Sydney—Victoria

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Nova Scotia


caption = Sydney—Victoria in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 12010
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Mark Eyking
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 76801
demo-electors = 64589
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 5085
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Cape Breton, Inverness, Victoria

Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 79,294. It has 61,191 eligible voters.

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

Ethnic groups: 93.1% White, 5.4% First Nations
Languages: 93.9% English, 1.1% French, 4.7% Other
Religions: 64.3% Catholic, 30.5% Protestant, 3.6% no affiliation
Average income: $20,605

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1067 Riding history for Sydney—Victoria (1996– ) from the] Library of Parliament