Results, Districts & Candidates

Cape Breton Centre

2009 Results

CAPE BRETON CENTRE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Jun. 9, 2009 3:09 PM ADT		24/39 polls
NDP	Frank Corbett	2,297	53.33	Elected
PC	Chris Ryan	1,097	25.47
LIB	Joe MacPherson	871	20.22
GRN	Chris Alders	42	0.98

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Nova Scotia.

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Candidates

Chris Alders	GRN
Frank Corbett	NDP
Joe McPherson	LIB
Chris Ryan	PC

Current MLA: Frank Corbett (NDP)

District profile: This district includes the town of New Waterford, as well as Reserve Mines and a part of the town of Dominion.

It's an area with a rich mining history – but the last coal mine in the riding, Phelan, closed in 1999. Many of the people living in this riding are former coal miners.

District map: Cape Breton Centre (PDF)

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Candidate	Party	Vote count	Vote share	Elected
Frank (Nanky) Corbett	NDP	3,490	43.65%	X
Darren Bruckschwaiger	PC	2,274	28.44%
Laura Lee MacDonald	LIB	2,152	26.92%
Frances Oommen	GRN	79	0.99%

2006:	Frank Corbett of the NDP is elected for the fourth time, beating PC Darren Bruckschwaiger by more than 1,200 votes. Liberal Laura Lee MacDonald finished a close third.
2003:	Corbett was re-elected by less than 500 votes over Liberal Basil McGillivray. The PCs were a distant third.
1999:	Corbett received 4,042 votes to defeat Liberal Susan Marsh Deruelle, who received 2,985 votes. PC candidate John Morrissey had 446 votes.
1998:	Corbett defeated Liberal Steve Drake by about 3,000 votes. PC Julien Frison was a distant third.
1993:	Liberal Russell MacNeil defeated New Democrat Victor Tomiczek by about 3,000 votes. Frison was third for the PCs.
1990:	MacNeil defeated New Democrat John Stevens by 800 votes in a special byelection.
1989:	MacNeil defeated PC "Big" Harold MacDonald by three votes in a byelection. The result was later declared void.
1988:	Liberal Buzzy Connors defeated MacDonald by 1,471 votes.