Inverness (provincial electoral district)

Inverness
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Allan MacMaster
Progressive Conservative
District created1836
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)17,963
Electors11,147
Area (km²)3,889
Pop. density (per km²)4.6
Census division(s)Inverness County
Census subdivision(s)Inverness, Subd. A, Inverness, Subd. B, Inverness, Subd. C, Whycocomagh 2

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.[1] 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.

  1. ^ Beck, J. Murray. "YOUNG, Sir WILLIAM". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2009-09-15.