Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Guysborough sends Jaime Battiste (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
Guysborough is a municipal district by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. Who leads Guysborough’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Nova Scotia. No provincial riding is named for Guysborough, as no open boundary file exists for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that we could find. From Nova Scotia come 11 MPs, 11 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Guysborough, a municipal district 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 Guysborough, from the most recent elections.
- 1Guysborough councilMunicipal district
- 2Nova Scotia House of Assembly–
- 3House of CommonsCape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
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 Guysborough votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Guysborough council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The council elected on 19 October 2024 serves until 21 October 2028, when Guysborough council is chosen again. It is the third Saturday in October every four years, as the Municipal Elections Act provides. Provincially the last general election was on 26 November 2024, for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; federally, on 28 April 2025. No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown.
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
Jaime Battiste represents Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada11
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Jaime Battiste was first elected in 2019; the current Parliament is Jaime Battiste’s 3rd. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 45%; Jaime Battiste held it for the party in 2025.
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
Cape Breton—Canso returned Mike Kelloway (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021
Results in Cape Breton—Canso, the riding Guysborough belonged to on the 2013 map used in 2019 and 2021; since 2025 it votes in Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish.
66% of electors in Cape Breton—Canso voted in 2021, above the 63% turnout across Canada. 4,483 votes separated Mike Kelloway (Liberal Party of Canada) from Fiona MacLeod (Conservative Party of Canada) in Cape Breton—Canso in 2021, when the winner took 46%. 39% had elected Mike Kelloway there in 2019.
All 4 candidates in Cape Breton—Canso, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Kelloway | Liberal Party of Canada | 18,288 | 46.5% |
| Fiona MacLeod | Conservative Party of Canada | 13,805 | 35.1% |
| Jana Reddick | New Democratic Party | 5,618 | 14.3% |
| Brad Grandy | People's Party of Canada | 1,649 | 4.2% |
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 Guysborough 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. A member who resigned or switched parties last week may still show here: the names are Wikidata’s.
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
- 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 Guysborough is run
Who is the MP for Guysborough?
Jaime Battiste of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish, which includes Guysborough.
Which party won Guysborough in the 2021 federal election?
Mike Kelloway won Cape Breton—Canso for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish, held by Jaime Battiste.
Who is the MLA for Guysborough?
Use the Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Guysborough isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Guysborough?
Ask the municipality itself: Guysborough, a municipal district, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
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).