Photo: Abebenjoe · CC BY-SA 3.0Cape Breton straddles 2 federal ridings, from Sydney—Glace Bay to Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
Without an open map of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s ridings, this page can’t say which one Cape Breton is in. In Ottawa, Mike Kelloway speaks for 86% of Cape Breton, and Jaime Battiste for most of the remainder. In the census’s list of municipalities, Cape Breton is a regional municipality. Mayors and councillors in Nova Scotia aren’t on any open list, so Cape Breton’s council goes unnamed here.
Three governments, and who does what
Cape Breton, a regional municipality in Nova Scotia, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
nslegislature.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Cape Breton, from the most recent elections.
- 1Cape Breton councilRegional municipality
- 2Nova Scotia House of Assembly–
- 3House of CommonsSydney—Glace Bay · 86%
- 4House of CommonsCape Breton—Canso—Antigonish · 14%
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Cape Breton votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Breton council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The last general elections came on 26 November 2024 for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. The council elected on 19 October 2024 serves until 21 October 2028, when Cape Breton council is chosen again. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the third Saturday in October every four years. The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
nslegislature.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Cape Breton has 2 MPs
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Sydney—Glace Bay · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2019 · 86%
en.wikipedia.org ↗Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish · Liberal Party of Canada · 14%
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada11
As Wikidata records them.
Of the 11 MPs from Nova Scotia, 11 are with the Liberal Party of Canada, Mike Kelloway among them.
The MP’s record
Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Sydney—Glace Bay puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 42%; Mike Kelloway held it for the party in 2025. The current Parliament is Mike Kelloway’s 3rd, counting from a first win in 2019.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Sydney—Victoria returned Jaime Battiste (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021
Before the 2023 redistribution, Cape Breton voted in Sydney—Victoria; these are its 2019 and 2021 results, and Sydney—Glace Bay is its riding today. 64% of Cape Breton lived in it.
Sydney—Victoria elected Jaime Battiste (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 39% of the vote, a lead of 1,084 over Eddie Orrell (Conservative Party of Canada). In 2019, Jaime Battiste had won the same riding with 31%. At 62%, fewer of Sydney—Victoria voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%).
All 6 candidates in Sydney—Victoria, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Battiste | Liberal Party of Canada | 14,250 | 39.2% |
| Eddie Orrell | Conservative Party of Canada | 13,166 | 36.3% |
| Jeff Ward | New Democratic Party | 7,217 | 19.9% |
| Ronald Angus Barron | People's Party of Canada | 1,176 | 3.2% |
| Mark Embrett | Green Party of Canada | 376 | 1.0% |
| Nikki Boisvert | Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada | 127 | 0.4% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Cape Breton is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnovascotia.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. Wikidata, edited by volunteers, is the source for each MP, and it can trail a change of seat by a little.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
- Not on this page. Council budgets, band councils, and which party runs the council: the open lists carry no party, and most councils have none.
Questions about how Cape Breton is run
Who is the MP for Cape Breton?
It depends on the street: most of Cape Breton is in Sydney—Glace Bay (Mike Kelloway, Liberal Party of Canada), some in Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish (Jaime Battiste).
Which party won Cape Breton in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Jaime Battiste (Liberal Party of Canada), in Sydney—Victoria; Sydney—Glace Bay has elected Mike Kelloway since.
Who is the MLA for Cape Breton?
Use the Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Cape Breton isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Cape Breton?
The head of Cape Breton’s council isn’t named here; as a regional municipality, it publishes its council itself.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).