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Cape Breton—Canso is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2011 was 75,247. It is the successor to Bras d'Or (later known as Bras d'Or—Cape Breton), which was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
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
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]
This riding was created in 1903 as "North Cape Breton and Victoria"' riding from Cape Breton and Victoria ridings.. It consisted initially of the county of Victoria, the northern part of the County of Cape Breton: the districts of Boisdale, Boularderie, East Bay (North), French Vale, George's River, Grand Narrows, and Little Bras d'Or, and the towns of North Sydney and Sydney Mines.
Port Hawkesbury (Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chlamhain) is a municipality in southern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. While within the historical county of Inverness , it is not part of the Municipality of Inverness County.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will largely be replaced by Sydney—Glace Bay. It will exchange territory with Cape Breton—Canso , losing Victoria , the remainder of Inverness and rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality , and gain the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional ...
The CNR line to Inverness was eventually abandoned in the 1980s, although the Truro-Sydney mainline continues to operate under the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway. The construction of the Canso Causeway also brought what would become the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 104 and Highway 105 ) through the community.
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 ...