Inverness is a provincial electoral district on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Initially created with the name "Juste-au-Corps", the electoral district of Inverness has existed in various forms since 1836. The name was changed to Inverness after lobbying by William Young. It existed continuously as Inverness County until 1981 when it was divided into Inverness North and Inverness South. It was re-formed in 1993.
Following the 2012 redistribution, the district lost the Town of Port Hawkesbury to the new district of Cape Breton-Richmond.
Geography
The land area of Inverness is .
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Inverness have elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Inverness returned two members from 1867-1981.
Election results
1867 general election
1871 general election
1874 general election
1878 general election
1882 general election
1886 general election
1890 general election
1894 general election
1897 general election
1901 general election
1906 general election
1911 general election
1916 general election
1920 general election
1925 general election
1928 general election
1933 general election
1937 general election
1941 general election
1945 general election
1949 general election
1953 general election
1956 general election
1960 general election
1963 general election
1967 general election
1970 general election
1974 general election
1978 general election
1993 general election
1998 general election
1999 general election
2003 general election
2006 general election
2009 general election
2009 by-election
|Progressive Conservative
|Allan MacMaster
|align="right"|3,155
|align="right"|35.75
|align="right"|-20.30
|New Democratic Party
|Bert Lewis
|align="right"|2,342
|align="right"|26.54
|align="right"|+5.66
|}
2013 general election
|Progressive Conservative
|Allan MacMaster
|align="right"|3,816
|align="right"|49.29
|align="right"|
|New Democratic Party
|Michelle A. Smith
|align="right"|678
|align="right"|8.76
|align="right"|
|}
2017 general election
2021 general election
References
Elections Nova Scotia Election Summary From 1867 - 2007
2006 Election Results (CBC) 2006 Poll by Poll Results 2003 Election Results (CBC) 2003 Poll by Poll Results 1998 Poll by Poll Results 1998 Poll by Poll Results