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Sydney—Victoria

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Legislature
  
House of Commons

District created
  
1996

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Nova Scotia

MP
  
Mark Eyking Liberal

First contested
  
1997

District webpage
  
profile, map

Elector
  
59,761

Sydney—Victoria

Census divisions
  
Inverness County, Victoria County, Eskasoni 3

Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Contents

It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.

Cape Breton—Canso is the only adjacent riding.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation

Ethnic groups: 88.5 White, 8.9% Aboriginal, 1.1% Black
Languages: 92.9% English, 4.6% Mi'kmaq, 1.2% French
Religions: 90.7% Christian (62.8% Catholic, 8.3% United Church, 7.5% Anglican, 4.0% Presbyterian, 1.9% Baptist, 6.2% Other), 8.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $23,704
Average income (2010): $30,202

Geography

It consists of:

  • The County of Victoria;
  • the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
  • the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

    • This riding will maintain its boundaries as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

    Members of Parliament

    This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

    References

    Sydney—Victoria Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA