Sydney-Membertou

Sydney-Membertou
Nova Scotia Cape Breton County
Census subdivision(s)	Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Membertou 28B

Sydney-Membertou is a provincial

Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg

, and was re-named Sydney-Membertou.

The district contains the communities of Sydney, Grand Lake Road, Mira Road, Sydney River, Prime Brook and the Membertou 28B Indian Reserve.

The riding is represented by Derek Mombourquette of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He won the seat in a byelection on July 14, 2015,^[1] following the resignation of MLA Gordie Gosse.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021–present	Derek Mombourquette	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
62nd	2015–2017
62nd	2013-2015	Gordie Gosse	New Democratic

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	4,561	54.27	+15.55	$56,323.12
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	2,377	28.28	-8.75	$46,873.89
	Progressive Conservative	Pauline Singer	1,467	17.45	-6.80	$39,112.21
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,405	99.44	–	$92,135.10
Total rejected ballots			47	0.56
Turnout			8,452	52.66
Eligible voters			16,049
	Liberal hold		Swing		+12.15
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,257	37.42
	New Democratic	2,816	32.35
	Progressive Conservative	2,632	30.24

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	3,656	38.72	-10.33
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	3,496	37.03	+6.88
	Progressive Conservative	Laurie MacIntosh	2,290	24.25	+3.45
Total valid votes			9,442	100.0
Total rejected ballots			62	0.65
Turnout			9,504	52.80
Eligible voters			18,001
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.61
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

Sydney-Whitney Pier On the resignation of Gordie Gosse
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	3,794	49.05	+5.02
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	2,332	30.15	-19.22
	Progressive Conservative	Brian E. MacArthur	1,609	20.80	+14.20
Total valid votes			7,735	99.55
Total rejected ballots			35	0.45
Turnout			7,770	42.60
Electors on the lists			18,238
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+12.12

Sydney-Whitney Pier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordie Gosse	5,084	49.37	−5.25
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	4,534	44.03	+8.80
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie MacPhee	680	6.60	−1.79
Total valid votes			10,298	99.40
Total rejected ballots			62	0.60
Turnout			10,360	57.86
Electors on the lists			17,906	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−7.03
Source(s) "Voters in two Cape Breton ridings head to polls Tuesday". Cape Breton Post. July 13, 2015.

2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	5,774	54.62
	Liberal	3,724	35.23
	Progressive Conservative	887	8.39
	Green	186	1.76