Sydney—Victoria

Ethnic groups: 83.9% European, 10.5% Indigenous, 2.4% South Asian, 1.3% Black
Religion: 74.2% Christian (50.5% Catholic, 6.7% United Church, 5.7% Anglican, 3% Presbyterian), 22.5% No religion stated.
Median income (2020): $33,600
Average income (2020): $40,920

According to the 2016 Canadian census

Languages: (2016) 93.3% English, 4.1% Mi’kmaq, 0.9% French, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% German, 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Scottish Gaelic

Geography

It consists of:

The County of Victoria;
the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

History

The riding maintained its boundaries as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

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 Municipality from Sydney Forks to Morien, including the Glace Bay area).

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Sydney—Victoria Riding created from Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
36th	1997–2000	Peter Mancini	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004	Mark Eyking	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021	Jaime Battiste
44th	2021–present	Jaime Battiste

Election results

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Graph of election results in Sydney—Victoria (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Sydney—Glace Bay

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	17,539	41.93
	Conservative	14,294	34.17
	New Democratic	8,265	19.76
	People's	1,367	3.27
	Green	267	0.64
	Others	95	0.23

2021

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jaime Battiste	14,250	39.2	+8.3	$68,768.55
	Conservative	Eddie Orrell	13,166	36.3	+8.6	none listed
	New Democratic	Jeff Ward	7,217	19.9	-0.2	$11,605.07
	People's	Ronald Angus Barron	1,176	3.2	N/A	$1,145.74
	Green	Mark Embrett	376	1.0	-4.5	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Nikki Boisvert	127	0.3	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,312	98.7	±0.0	$102,433.21
Total rejected ballots			472	1.3	±0.0
Turnout			36,784	61.6	-6.5
Registered voters			59,757
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.2
Source: Elections Canada

2019

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jaime Battiste	12,536	30.90	−42.30	$63,429.21
	Conservative	Eddie Orrell	11,227	27.68	+17.04	none listed
	New Democratic	Jodi McDavid	8,146	20.08	+7.02	none listed
	Independent	Archie MacKinnon	5,679	14.00	New	none listed
	Green	Lois Foster	2,249	5.54	+3.04	$0.00
	Independent	Kenzie MacNeil	480	1.18	New	none listed
	Veterans Coalition	Randy Joy	248	0.61	New	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,565	98.72		$99,536.07
Total rejected ballots			528	1.28	+0.71
Turnout			41,093	68.12	−0.84
Eligible voters			60,322
	Liberal hold		Swing		−29.67
Source: Elections Canada

2015

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	29,995	73.20	+33.29	–
	New Democratic	Monika Dutt	5,351	13.06	–5.97	$32,027.50
	Conservative	John Douglas Chiasson	4,360	10.64	–27.21	$41,720.11
	Green	Matthew Cavanaugh	1,026	2.50	–0.71	–
	Libertarian	Wayne James Hiscock	242	0.59	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,974	100.00		$195,473.50
Total rejected ballots			236	0.57
Turnout			41,210	68.96
Eligible voters			59,761
	Liberal hold		Swing		+19.63
Source: Elections Canada

2011

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	14,788	39.91	-9.49	$67,454.53
	Conservative	Cecil Clarke	14,023	37.85	+17.23	$77,334.98
	New Democratic	Kathy MacLeod	7,049	19.02	-5.42	$17,238.77
	Green	Chris Milburn	1,191	3.21	-2.33	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,051	100.0		$80,666.28
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			279	0.75	+0.03
Turnout			37,330	61.48	+4.07
Eligible voters			60,719
	Liberal hold		Swing		-13.36
Sources:

2008

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	17,303	49.40	-0.48	$60,561.52
	New Democratic	Wayne McKay	8,559	24.44	-4.06	$15,485.05
	Conservative	Kristen Rudderham	7,223	20.62	+2.28	$60,092.18
	Green	Collin Harker	1,941	5.54	+2.25	$1,966.54
Total valid votes/expense limit			35,026	100.0		$78,337
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			254	0.72	+0.16
Turnout			35,280	57.41	-5.89
Eligible voters			61,448
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.79

2006

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	20,277	49.88	-2.25	$47,473.95
	New Democratic	John Hugh Edwards	11,587	28.50	+0.79	$28,987.58
	Conservative	Howie MacDonald	7,455	18.34	+2.47	$26,033.71
	Green	Chris Milburn	1,336	3.29	+0.99	$537.60
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,655	100.0		$73,953
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			227	0.56	-0.23
Turnout			40,882	63.30	+2.72
Eligible voters			64,589
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.52

2004

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	19,372	52.13	+2.14	$51,343.95
	New Democratic	John Hugh Edwards	10,298	27.71	-8.50	$24,957.69
	Conservative	Howie MacDonald	5,897	15.87	+2.08	$48,515.46
	Green	Chris Milburn	855	2.30	–	$580.41
	Marijuana	Cathy Thériault	474	1.28	–	none listed
	Independent	B. Chris Gallant	264	0.71	–	$165.54
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,160	100.0		$71,187
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			297	0.79
Turnout			37,457	60.58
Eligible voters			61,826
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+5.32
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,698	49.99
	New Democratic	14,267	36.21
	Progressive Conservative	3,934	9.98
	Alliance	1,501	3.81

2000

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	19,388	49.8	+23.5
	New Democratic	Peter Mancini	14,216	36.5	-14.6
	Progressive Conservative	Anna Curtis-Steele	3,779	9.7	-12.9
	Alliance	Rod A.M. Farrell	1,528	3.9
Total valid votes			38,911	100.0

1997

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Peter Mancini	22,455	51.1
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	11,569	26.3
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	9,920	22.6
Total valid votes			43,944	100.0

References

"Sydney—Victoria (Code 12010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes

^ Statistics Canada: 2011
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sydney--Victoria [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Nova Scotia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
"Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
"New Federal Electoral Map for Nova Scotia". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022. April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
"Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
"Confirmed candidates — Sydney—Victoria". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
"September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
"Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
"October 19, 2015 Election Results — Sydney—Victoria (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
"Elections Canada On-line - Élection Canada en-ligne". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
"OVR / ROS". www.elections.ca.
Canada, Elections. "Search for Returns". www.elections.ca.

External links

Riding history for Sydney–Victoria (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament

v t e Federal ridings in Nova Scotia
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

v t e Historical federal ridings in Nova Scotia
Annapolis Annapolis—Kings Annapolis Valley Annapolis Valley—Hants Antigonish Antigonish—Guysborough Bras d'Or Bras d'Or—Cape Breton Cape Breton Cape Breton—East Richmond Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Cape Breton North and Victoria Cape Breton North—Victoria Cape Breton South Cape Breton South and Richmond Cape Breton—The Sydneys Colchester Colchester—Hants Cumberland Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley Cumberland—Colchester North Dartmouth Dartmouth—Halifax East Digby Digby and Annapolis Digby—Annapolis Digby—Annapolis—Kings Digby—Yarmouth Guysborough Halifax—East Hants Hants Hants—Kings Inverness Inverness—Richmond Kings Lunenburg North Cape Breton and Victoria North Nova Pictou Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough Queens Queens—Lunenburg Queens—Shelburne Richmond Richmond—West Cape Breton Sackville—Eastern Shore Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore Shelburne Shelburne and Queen's Shelburne—Yarmouth Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare South Shore South Shore—St. Margaret's South Western Nova South West Nova Victoria Yarmouth Yarmouth and Clare

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