Cumberland North

Cumberland North
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin; Independent
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District created	1993
First contested	1993
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	18,148
Electors	14,452
Area (km²)	1,054
Pop. density (per km²)	17.2
Census division(s)	Cumberland County
Census subdivision(s)	Amherst, Pugwash

Cumberland North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Prior to 1993, it was part of Cumberland East.

The communities of Amherst and Pugwash are within its boundaries.

Geography

Cumberland North covers 1,054 km² (407 sq mi).^[1]

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

Cumberland North
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cumberland East
56th	1993–1997		Ross Bragg	Liberal
56th	1997–1998		Ernest Fage	Progressive Conservative
57th	1997–1998
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2005
60th	2006–2007
60th	2007–2009			Independent
61st	2009–2013		Brian Skabar	New Democratic
62nd	2013–2017		Terry Farrell	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021		Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2021–2021			Independent
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–Present

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ross Bragg	5,605	52.31%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Fage	4,354	40.63%	–
	New Democratic	Curtis Leland Bird	756	7.06%	–
Total			10,715	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

Nova Scotia by-elections, November 4,1997
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Ernie Fage	4954
Liberal	Russell Scott	2123
New Democratic Party	Dorothy Jorgensen	1014

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Fage	5,451	62.35%	21.71%
	Liberal	Russell Scott	2,438	27.89%	-24.42%
	New Democratic	Peter Stewart	854	9.77%	2.71%
Total			8,743	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Fage	5,936	70.78%	8.43%
	Liberal	Kathy Langille	1,595	19.02%	-8.87%
	New Democratic	Doug Wilson	856	10.21%	0.44%
Total			8,387	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Fage	4,609	61.95%	-8.83%
	Liberal	Marsh G. Fox	1,389	18.67%	-0.35%
	New Democratic	Kim Cail	1,105	14.85%	4.65%
	Independent	Jason Blanch	337	4.53%	–
Total			7,440	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Fage	4,640	62.64%	0.69%
	Liberal	Bruce Fage	1,480	19.98%	1.31%
	New Democratic	Kim Cail	1,085	14.65%	-0.20%
	Green	Darryl Whetter	202	2.73%	–
Total			7,407	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Skabar	3,170	40.19%	25.54%
	Independent	Ernie Fage	2,159	27.37%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Hunter	1,359	17.23%	-45.41%
	Liberal	Brent Noiles	1,073	13.60%	-6.38%
	Green	Aviva Silburt	127	1.61%	-1.12%
Total			7,888	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Terry Farrell	2,944	39.81
Progressive Conservative	Judith Marie Giroux	2,230	30.15
New Democratic Party	Brian Skabar	1,943	26.27
Green	Jason Blanch	279	3.77

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	3,639	51.71	+21.56
	Liberal	Terry Farrell	2,713	38.55	-1.26
	New Democratic	Earl Dow	496	7.05	-19.22
	Independent	Richard Plett	106	1.51
	Atlantica	Bill Archer	84	1.19
Total valid votes			7,031	100
Total rejected ballots			36
Turnout			7,067	53.3
Eligible voters			13,259
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.41
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[2]^[3]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	4,235	53.87	+2.16¹	$61,145.93
	Liberal	Bill Casey	2,488	31.65	-6.90	$51,915.80
	Progressive Conservative	David Wightman	569	7.24	-44.47¹	$16,693.84
	New Democratic	Lauren Skabar	569	7.24	+0.19	$23,023.94
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,861	99.43	-0.06	$79,940.53
Total rejected ballots			45	0.57	+0.06
Turnout			7,906	58.59	+5.29
Eligible voters			13,494
	Independent gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+4.53
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]^[5]

^ For both the 2009 and 2021 general elections in this riding, the results of both the Independent and Progressive Conservative candidates are compared to the PC total in the respective previous elections. In both races, the incumbent sought re-election as an Independent after being elected as a PC MLA in the previous election.

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	3,533	55.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Dowe	2,182	34.1%
	Liberal	Kurt Ditner	414	6.5%
	New Democratic	Tyson Boyd	277	4.3%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			6,406
Eligible voters
	Independent hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[6]