Cape Breton—East Richmond

Cape Breton—East Richmond
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

Cape Breton—East Richmond was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.

This riding was created in 1966 from Cape Breton South, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria ridings. It consisted initially of parts the Counties of Cape Breton and Richmond. It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d'Or and Sydney—Victoria.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Cape Breton—East Richmond Riding created from Cape Breton South, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria
28th	1968–1972	Donald MacInnis	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974	Donald MacInnis	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979	Andrew Hogan	New Democratic
31st	1979–1980	Andrew Hogan	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984	David Dingwall	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Bras d'Or and Sydney—Victoria

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Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook Sydney—Victoria
Conservative	Cumberland—Colchester South Shore—St. Margarets West Nova