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Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the Cape Breton North, Cape Breton South, and Cape Breton West. In 2003, it was reallocated to Victoria-The Lakes, Cape Breton South, Cape Breton North and Cape Breton West.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Brian Boudreau, Liberal (1999 - 2003)
Helen MacDonald, NDP (1997-1999)
Bernie Boudreau, Liberal (1988-1997)
John Newell, Progressive Conservative (1983-1988)
Ossie Fraser, Liberal (1978-October 29, 1982)

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ossie Fraser	3,473	46.26%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Jim MacDonald	2,642	35.19%	–
	New Democratic	Irene Le Blanc	1,393	18.55%	–
Total			7,508	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ossie Fraser	3,436	43.01%	-3.25%
	Progressive Conservative	John Newell	3,316	41.51%	6.32%
	New Democratic	Douglas D. MacDonald	1,237	15.48%	-3.07%
Total			7,989	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1983 Nova Scotia By-election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	John Newell	3190	38.28	-3.22
Liberal	John Coady	3078	36.93	-6.07
NDP	Gerald Yetman	1436	17.23	+1.75
Labour	Gary Mosher	630	7.56

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Newell	4,535	51.29%	9.78%
	Liberal	John Coady	3,338	37.75%	-5.26%
	New Democratic	Richard Fogarty	813	9.19%	-6.29%
	Labour	Mary Strickland	156	1.76%	–
Total			8,842	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Boudreau	4,192	45.37%	7.62%
	Progressive Conservative	John Newell	3,282	35.52%	-15.77%
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	1,766	19.11%	9.92%
Total			9,240	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Boudreau	6,591	71.90%	26.53%
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	1,312	14.31%	-4.80%
	Progressive Conservative	Lauchie G. Leslie	1,264	13.79%	-21.73%
Total			9,167	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

Nova Scotia By-Election, 1997
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Helen MacDonald	3727	49.19	+34.88
Liberal	Allan Henderson	3055	40.32	-31.58
Progressive Conservative	Rollie Clarke	795	10.49	-3.31

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	4,573	52.17%	37.86%
	Liberal	Allan Henderson	3,707	42.29%	-29.61%
	Progressive Conservative	Rollie Clarke	485	5.53%	-8.26%
Total			8,765	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Boudreau	3,715	43.70%	1.40%
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	3,614	42.51%	-9.67%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Langley	1,173	13.80%	8.26%
Total			8,502	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2021:	Argyle-Barrington Bedford Clare-Digby Preston-Dartmouth Queens-Shelburne
to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill
to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Guysborough–Port Hawkesbury Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria
to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville
to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid
to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West
to 1956:	Kings
to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou
to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925:	Cape Breton