Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.

History

It consisted initially of:

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

the County of Antigonish, and
parts of the Counties of Inverness, Victoria, Richmond and Guysborough lying to the east of the meridian of Longitude 62(30'00" West.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sydney—Victoria ridings.

Parliament	Years		Party
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Riding created from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria
28th	1968–1972	Allan MacEachen	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988	Lawrence O'Neil	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Francis LeBlanc	Liberal
35th	1993–1997	Francis LeBlanc	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sydney—Victoria

v t e Federal ridings in Nova Scotia
Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook Sydney—Victoria
Conservative	Cumberland—Colchester South Shore—St. Margarets West Nova