Cape Breton (provincial electoral district) explained

Cape Breton was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, from 1867 to 1925. For the bulk of its existence, the district elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In 1925, Cape Breton and neighbouring Richmond County were divided into three electoral districts: Cape Breton East, Cape Breton Centre, and Richmond—West Cape Breton.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Cape Breton elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly. Except for a brief period from 1916-1925 when it elected four members, the Cape Breton district always elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
37th	1920–1925		William Forman Waye	Labour
			Joseph Steele
			Arthur R. Richardson	Farmer's Party
			Daniel W. Morrison	Independent Labour
36th	1916–1920		Neil Ferguson
			John Carey Douglas
			Daniel Alexander Cameron
			Robert Hamilton Butts	Liberal-Conservative

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
35th	1911–1916		John Carey Douglas	Liberal-Conservative		Robert Hamilton Butts	Liberal-Conservative
	1906–1911		Arthur Samuel Kendall	Liberal		Neil J. Gillis	Liberal
33rd	1904–1906
	1901–1904		Daniel Duncan McKenzie	Liberal
	1900–1901
	1897–1900		Arthur Samuel Kendall	Liberal			Liberal
31st	1894–1897		John McCormick	Liberal-Conservative		William MacKay	Liberal-Conservative
30th	1890–1894		Joseph McPherson	Liberal		Angus J. MacDonald	Liberal
29th	1886–1890		Colin Chisholm	Liberal-Conservative		William MacKay	Liberal-Conservative
	1882–1886		Alonza J. White	Liberal		William Buchanan	Liberal
27th	1878–1882		Ebenezer Tilton Moseley	Liberal-Conservative		Hector Francis McDougall	Liberal-Conservative
26th	1874–1878			Independent		Alonza J. White	Liberal
25th	1871-1874		John Ferguson	Liberal
24th	1867–1871			Anti-Confederation Party			Anti-Confederation Party

References

1. Web site: Electoral History for Cape Breton County. October 30, 2013. Nova Scotia Legislature. March 28, 2019. December 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191208133407/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cape%20breton%20centre.pdf. dead.