Cumberland South

Template:Template other Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created before the 1993 election from most of Cumberland West and Cumberland Centre ridings and a small part of Cumberland East.

The communities of Oxford, Parrsboro and Springhill are within its boundaries.

The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. A Tory stronghold, Cumberland South has been dominated by Progressive Conservative Murray Scott for over a decade and now Tory Rushton

The 2012 redistribution saw the riding gain territory from Cumberland North.

Geography

The land area of Cumberland South is .

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

1993

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1998

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1999

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2003

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2006

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2009

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2010 by-election

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October 26, 2010 by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Jamie Baillie	3,262	57.20%	-10.26	New Democratic Party	Scott McKee	276	4.84%	-21.06

2013

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2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Jamie Baillie	3,655	51.0%	-6.2
Liberal	Kenny Jackson	2,884	40.2%	+2.2
New Democratic Party	Larry Duchesne	486	6.8%	+2.0

2018 by-election

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