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Sydney - Victoria
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209/209 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| LIB | Mark Eyking | 14,805 | 40.03 |
Elected |
| CON | Cecil Clarke | 13,945 | 37.70 |
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| NDP | Kathy MacLeod | 7,050 | 19.06 |
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| GRN | Chris Milburn | 1,187 | 3.21 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
This riding is on the north shore of Cape Breton Island and stretches from Bras d'Or Lake in the southwest to Cabot Strait and St. Paul Island in the northeast. Sydney is the largest centre, along with North Sydney, Sydney Mines and New Waterford. There are also three Mi'kmaq reserves, Membertou, Eskasoni and Wagmatcook.
In the 2004 redistribution, most of the riding was unchanged, but four per cent of Bras d'Or-Cape Breton was added in the south. The riding was created in the 1996 redistribution from all of Cape Breton-The Sydneys, 22 per cent of Cape Breton-East Richmond and six per cent of Cape Breton Highlands-Canso.
Population: 76,801 (2006 census; a decrease of 3.1% since 2001)
Political History
Liberal MP Mark Eyking won a comfortable victory in 2008, beating Wayne McKay of the NDP with almost 50 per cent of the votes cast. McKay garnered slightly less than 25 per cent. In 2006, Eyking also received about 50 per cent of the vote to win over New Democrat John Hugh Edwards.
It was only a slightly less decisive victory than 2004, when Eyking defeated Edwards by more than 9,000 votes. The former ridings of Cape Breton North and Victoria were Liberal from 1935 to 1953. PC Robert Muir was MP from 1957 to 1974. Liberal Russell MacLellan won in 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1993.
Cape Breton-The Sydneys:
- 1968, 1972, 1974 - PC
- 1979-1993 - LIB
Sydney-Victoria:
- 1997 - NDP
- 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 - LIB
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 63.17% (47,815) |
| French | 18.71% (14,165) |
| Aboriginal | 8.10% (6,130) |
| American | 0.38% (290) |
| Canadian | 36.80% (27,855) |
| Caribbean | 0.44% (330) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.03% (25) |
| Western European | 5.65% (4,275) |
| Northern European | 1.10% (830) |
| Eastern European | 4.49% (3,400) |
| S European | 3.71% (2,810) |
| Other European | 0.36% (275) |
| Scandinavian | 1.07% (810) |
| Baltic | 0.19% (145) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.26% (195) |
| African | 0.65% (490) |
| Arab | 1.20% (910) |
| Maghrebi | 0.00% (0) |
| West Asia | 0.09% (65) |
| South Asia | 0.41% (310) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.24% (180) |
| Oceania | 0.03% (20) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 75,695 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 93% (70,430) |
| French | 1% (780) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (10) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (25) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 0% (80) |
| Portuguese | 0% (30) |
| Romanian | 0% (0) |
| Spanish | 0% (30) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (120) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (155) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (0) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (0) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (115) |
| Russian | 0% (20) |
| Serbian | 0% (0) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Slovak | 0% (0) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (75) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (70) |
| Greek | 0% (35) |
| Armenian | 0% (0) |
| Turkish | 0% (10) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (45) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (15) |
| Gujarati | 0% (0) |
| Hindi | 0% (10) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (20) |
| Pashto | 0% (15) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (20) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (145) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (0) |
| Korean | 0% (10) |
| Cantonese | 0% (10) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (80) |
| Mandarin | 0% (10) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (0) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (0) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (60) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (15) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (0) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (0) |
| Creoles | 0% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 75,465 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 9.63 |
| Mining | 0.69 |
| Utilities | 1.85 |
| Construction | 7.54 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 2.71 |
| Retail | 9.63 |
| Transport | 5.39 |
| Info Culture | 1.15 |
| Finance Insurance | 2.46 |
| Real Estate | 1.07 |
| ProSciTech | 3.44 |
| Management | 0.12 |
| Waste/Remediation | 4.28 |
| Education | 6.35 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 9.50 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.39 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 4.87 |
| Public Admin | 7.70 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 32,675 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 17.3%
9.1% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 17.84%
15.13%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 29.16%
29.68%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $57,777
$67,672 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 2%
5% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 29.47%
33.65% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
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Cecil Clarke | |
| Party: Conservative Party of Canada Contact Information: 902-564-6700 | |
| Age: | 43 |
| Birthplace: | North Sydney |
| Profession: | Manager |
| Education: | Mount Allison University - bachelor's degree |
| Political Career: | PROVINCIAL: Elected in Cape Breton North in March 6, 2001, byelection, 2003, 2006, 2009. Resigned from legislature on March 25, 2011. FEDERAL: Defeated in Sydney-Victoria in 1997. PROVINCIAL CABINET: Several portfolios, including minister of economic development; minster of energy, attorney general, minister of justice; government house leader. SPEAKER: June 2006 to October 2007. |
Chris Milburn | |
| Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: 902-539-6852 | |
| Birthplace: | Sydney |
| Profession: | Doctor |
| Education: | Graduated from medical school at Queen's University |
| Political Career: | PROVINCIAL: Defeated in Cape Breton Nova in 2006, defeated in Cape Breton North in 2009. FEDERAL: Defeated in Kingston and the Islands in 2000, defeated in Sydney-Victoria in 2004, 2006. |
Mark Eyking | |
 | Party: Liberal Party of Canada Contact Information: |
| Age: | 50 |
| Birthplace: | Sydney, N.S. |
| Marital Status: | Married to Pamela |
| Children: | Four |
| Profession: | Farmer |
| Education: | Agriculture Business Diploma from Nova Scotia Agriculture College. Has taken courses at University of California at Davis. |
| Political Career: | FEDERAL: Elected in Sydney-Victoria in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008. PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to minister of agriculture and agri-food with special emphasis on agri-food and to minister of international trade with special emphasis on emerging markets. |
Kathy MacLeod | |
| Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: 902-564-0030 760 Victoria Rd. Sydney, N.S. B1N 16J | |
| Birthplace: | Sydney, N.S. |
| Profession: | Trade unionist |
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| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
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