Richmond_and_Cape_Breton_West

Richmond and Cape Breton West

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Richmond-Cape Breton West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1925 to 1933, at which point the district was divided into two distinct electoral districts: Richmond and Cape Breton West.^[1]

It elected two members through Plurality block voting.^[2]

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Legislature	Years		Party	Member		Party
39th	1930–1933	Alonzo Martell	Liberal	seat declared vacant
39th	1928–1930	Alonzo Martell	Liberal		Edward C. Doyle	Liberal
38th	1926–1928	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	Liberal-Conservative		John Angus Stewart	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925–1926	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	Liberal-Conservative		John Alexander Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative

1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Alexander Macdonald	3,503	28.46%
	Liberal–Conservative	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	3,500	28.44%
	Liberal	Donald David Boyd	2,667	21.67%
	Liberal	George R. Deveau	2,637	21.43%
Total			12,307	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edward C. Doyle	2,118	25.67%
	Liberal	Alonzo Martell	2,055	24.90%
	Liberal–Conservative	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	2,044	24.77%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Angus Stewart	2,035	24.66%
Total			8,252	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

Richmond and Cape Breton West