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The riding of Bras d'Or was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings. Bras d'Or was renamed "Bras d'Or—Cape Breton" in 1998. It was abolished in 2003.
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Riding created from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria: 28th 1968–1972 Allan MacEachen: Liberal: 29th 1972–1974: 30th 1974–1979: 31st 1979–1980: 32nd 1980–1984: 33rd 1984–1988 Lawrence O'Neil: Progressive Conservative: 34th 1988–1993 Francis LeBlanc: Liberal
The Canso Causeway was built at a narrow location on the Strait of Canso, about 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) northwest of Port Hawkesbury and Mulgrave, [6] crossing from Cape Porcupine near Auld's Cove on the Nova Scotia side to Port Hastings on the Cape Breton side. About 10,092,000 t (9,933,000 long tons) of rock for building the causeway was ...
Michael J. "Mike" Kelloway MP (born September 9, 1970) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Cape Breton—Canso as a member of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. [2]
Federally, Glace Bay is located in the riding of Cape Breton–Canso, currently held by Liberal MP Mike Kelloway. Provincially, the riding of Glace Bay-Dominion is currently held by Progressive Conservative MLA John White who was elected in the 2021 Nova Scotia provincial election.
Cape Breton is separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the very deep Strait of Canso. The island is joined to the mainland by the Canso Causeway. Cape Breton Island is composed of rocky shores, rolling farmland, glacial valleys, barren headlands, highlands, woods and plateaus.
Port Hastings is an unincorporated settlement on Cape Breton Island, within the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Canada. The population in 2021 was 90. The community is located at the eastern end of the Canso Causeway on Cape Breton Island. It is named after Charles Hastings Doyle. [1]
Port Hawkesbury is represented in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly by Allan MacMaster, elected to the riding of Inverness, and in Canada's House of Commons by Mike Kelloway, elected to represent the riding of Cape Breton—Canso.