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{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada}}
'''Cumberland West''' was a provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]], that elected one member to the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]]. It was formed in 1949 when [[Cumberland (Nova Scotia electoral district)|Cumberland County]] was divided into three new districts, the other two being [[Cumberland Centre]] and [[Cumberland East]]. It existed until 1993, when it was redistributed to include all of Cumberland Centre and a portion of Cumberland East, at which point it was renamed [[Cumberland South]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland%20south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland West|date=July 10, 2018|website=Nova Scotia Legislature|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
Cumberland West elected the following [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|members]] to the legislature:<ref name=":0" />
{|border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
|-bgcolor="CCCCCC"
!Legislature
!Years
! colspan="2" |Member
!Party
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" |[[55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|55th]]
|1988-1993
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} |
|[[Ross Bragg]]
|[[Nova Scotia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|54th]]
|1984-1988
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |
|[[Gardner Hurley]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservative]]
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia|53rd]]
|1981-1984
| rowspan="6" {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
| rowspan="6" |[[D. L. George Henley]]
| rowspan="6" |Progressive Conservative
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia|52nd]]
|1978-1981
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia|51st]]
|1974-1978
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|50th]]
|1970-1974
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|49th]]
|1967-1970
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[48th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|48th]]
|1963-1967
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|47th]]
|1960-1963
| rowspan="3" {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} |
| rowspan="3" |[[Allison T. Smith]]
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[46th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|46th]]
|1956-1960
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" |[[45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|45th]]
|1953-1956
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC"|[[44th General Assembly of Nova Scotia|44th]]
|1949-1953
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |
|[[Thomas A. Giles]]
|Progressive Conservative
|}

== Election results ==
=== 1949 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1949|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal-Conservative|[[Thomas A. Giles]]|2,822|51.62%|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Kenneth Judson Cochrane]]|2,645|48.38%|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,467|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1953 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1953|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Allison T. Smith]]|2,799|54.55%|6.17%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[Thomas A. Giles]]|2,332|45.45%|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,131|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1956 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1956|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Allison T. Smith]]|2,618|54.82%|0.26%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|William Harmon Wasson|2,158|45.18%|-0.26%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|4,776|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1960 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1960|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Allison T. Smith]]|2,418|49.90%|-4.92%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|George Percy Graham|2,219|45.79%|0.61%}}
{{CANelec|NS|CCF|Thomas Alton Johnstone|209|4.31%|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|4,846|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1963 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1963|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[D. L. George Henley]]|2,516|54.04%|8.25%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Allison T. Smith]]|2,140|45.96%|-3.93%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|4,656|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1967 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1967|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[D. L. George Henley]]|2,506|57.81%|3.77%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Ruth Fullerton|1,698|39.17%|-6.79%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Shirley Spicer|131|3.02%|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|4,335|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1970 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1970|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[D. L. George Henley]]|2,458|57.35%|-0.46%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Thomas H. Tonner|1,828|42.65%|3.48%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|4,286|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1974 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1974|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[D. L. George Henley]]|2,323|48.32%|-9.03%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|(Mill) Bill Brown|2,205|45.86%|3.21%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Brad Colpitts|280|5.82%|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|4,808|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1978 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1978|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[D. L. George Henley]]|2,633|47.51%|-0.81%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Duncan Lake|2,592|46.77%|0.91%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|John S. Edgecombe|317|5.72%|-0.10%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,542|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1981 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1981|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[D. L. George Henley]]|2,745|54.12%|6.61%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bartley Babineau|1,717|33.85%|-12.92%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Doug Meekins|610|12.03%|6.31%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,072|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1984 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1984|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[Gardner Hurley]]|2,503|51.77%|-2.35%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Gary Gordon|1,845|38.16%|4.31%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Sandy Graham|487|10.07%|-1.95%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|4,835|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1988 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1988|Cumberland West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Ross Bragg]]|2,389|45.91%|7.75%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[Gardner Hurley]]|2,306|44.31%|-7.46%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Barbara Jack|509|9.78%|-0.29%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,204|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}

==References==
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[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of Nova Scotia]]
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