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Cumberland East was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1949 to 1993. It was formed in 1949 when Cumberland County was divided into three new districts, the other two being Cumberland Centre and Cumberland West.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

This electoral district elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
55th 1988–1993   Roger Bacon Progressive Conservative
54th 1984–1988
53rd 1981–1984
52nd 1978–1981
51st 1974–1978
50th 1970–1974
49th 1967–1970 James A. Langille Progressive Conservative
48th 1963–1967
47th 1960–1963
46th 1956–1960
45th 1953–1956
44th 1949–1953 Martin J. Kaufman Liberal

Election results

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Martin J. Kaufman 4,28049.79%
Liberal–ConservativeArnold G. McLellan3,61942.10%
Co-operative Commonwealth Brenton Garnhum6978.11%
Total8,596
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative James A. Langille 4,39351.04%
Liberal Martin J. Kaufman 4,21448.96%-0.83%
Total8,607
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative James A. Langille 4,40650.59%-0.45%
Liberal Walter Tremaine Purdy4,30349.41%0.45%
Total8,709
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative James A. Langille 5,08157.08%6.49%
Liberal Walter Tremaine Purdy3,47139.00%-10.41%
Co-operative Commonwealth Lloyd L. Ayer3493.92%
Total8,901
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative James A. Langille 5,22663.10%6.02%
Liberal Norman Willard Noonan2,79533.75%-5.25%
New Democratic Lloyd L. Ayer2613.15%
Total8,282
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative James A. Langille 4,41555.16%-7.94%
Liberal Howard R. Furlong3,05338.14%4.40%
New Democratic John E. Burbine5366.70%3.55%
Total8,004
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Roger Stuart Bacon 4,35551.89%-3.27%
Liberal Leonard J. Dolan3,14237.44%-0.70%
New Democratic James M. MacSwan89510.66%3.97%
Total8,392
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Roger Stuart Bacon 4,12548.25%-3.64%
Liberal Russell MacNeil 3,49040.82%3.38%
New Democratic David W D'Aubin93410.93%0.26%
Total8,549
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Roger Stuart Bacon 4,95552.33%4.08%
Liberal Norman J. Mansour3,23434.15%-6.67%
New Democratic Francis Soontiens1,28013.52%2.59%
Total9,469
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Roger Stuart Bacon 4,66353.08%0.75%
Liberal Shelagh Frances Rayworth2,41327.47%-6.69%
New Democratic Hal Davidson1,70919.45%5.94%
Total8,785
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Roger Stuart Bacon 4,83761.35%8.27%
Liberal Ira Drysdale2,34929.79%2.33%
New Democratic Barbara Anne Marsden6988.85%-10.60%
Total7,884
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Roger Stuart Bacon 4,75852.31%-9.04%
Liberal Carolyn Drysdale3,27636.02%6.22%
New Democratic Jim Mitchell1,06211.68%2.82%
Total9,096
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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