Inverness is a provincial electoral district on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Initially created with the name "Juste-au-Corps", the electoral district of Inverness has existed in various forms since 1836. The name was changed to Inverness after lobbying by William Young. It existed continuously as Inverness County until 1981 when it was divided into Inverness North and Inverness South. It was re-formed in 1993.
Following the 2012 redistribution, the district lost the Town of Port Hawkesbury to the new district of Cape Breton-Richmond.
Following the 2026 Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling that existing boundaries violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the district was divided in two to improve Acadian representation. The northern section was detached to form the new district of Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay while the southern portion retained the original district name and its MHA until the next general election. A by-election was called to elect a member for the newly established district.
Geography The land area of Inverness is .
Members of the Legislative Assembly Inverness have elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Inverness returned two members from 1867 to 1981.
Legislature Years Member Party Member Party 52nd 1978–1981 William (Bill) MacEachernLiberal John Archie MacKenzieLiberal 51st 1974–1978 50th 1970–1974Norman J. MacLeanProgressive Conservative 49th 1967–1970William N. MacLean 48th 1963–1967 47th 1960–1963 Joseph Clyde NunnLiberalRoderick MacLean 46th 1956–1960 45th 1953–1956Alexander H. McKinnon 44th 1949–1953 43rd 1945–1949 42nd 1941–1945 41st 1937–1941Moses Elijah McGarry John Alexander McDonald Liberal 40th 1933–1937 39th 1928–1933 Liberal-Conservative James Adam Proudfoot Liberal-Conservative 38th 1925–1928 Hubert Meen Aucoin Conservative Malcolm McKay Conservative 37th 1920–1925 Donald MacLennanLiberal John C. BourinotLiberal 36th 1916–1920 35th 1911–1916James MacDonald 34th 1906–1911 Charles Edward McMillan Liberal-Conservative 33rd 1901–1906 Moses J. DoucetLiberal 32nd 1897–1901 31st 1894–1897 Alex Campbell Liberal-Conservative John H. Jamieson Liberal-Conservative 30th 1890–1894 John McKinnonLiberal Daniel McNeilLiberal 29th 1886–1890 28th 1882–1886Duncan J. CampbellAlex CampbellConservative 27th 1878–1882 26th 1874–1878 John McKinnon Duncan J. Campbell 25th 1871–1874Hiram BlanchardConservative Samuel McDonnell 24th 1867–1871 Alexander Campbell Liberal
Election results 2024 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results Party Votes % Progressive Conservative 3,112 59.1 Liberal 1,496 28.4 New Democratic 655 12.4
2024
2021
2017 2017 provincial election redistributed results Party Vote % Progressive Conservative 5,338 59.27 Liberal 2,901 32.21 New Democratic 768 8.53
2013
2009 by-election 2009 by-election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 2,944 39.10 Progressive Conservative 2,811 37.34 New Democratic 1,564 20.77 Green 210 2.79
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1963
1962 by-election
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1940 by-election
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1928
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1911
1906
1901
1897
1894
1890
1886
1883 by-election
1882
1878
1874
1872 by-election
1871
1868 by-election
1867
See also List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
Elections Nova Scotia Election Summary From 1867 - 2007 2006 Election Results (CBC) 2006 Poll by Poll Results 2003 Election Results (CBC) 2003 Poll by Poll Results 1998 Poll by Poll Results 1998 Poll by Poll Results
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