Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Jaime Battiste (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish, the riding that includes Inverness County, Subdivision A
From Nova Scotia come 11 MPs, 11 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada. For local government, Inverness County, Subdivision A is a subdivision of county municipality. This page names no head of council for Inverness County, Subdivision A, as no open list of councils exists in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s ridings aren’t published as open data we could find, so Inverness County, Subdivision A isn’t placed in one.
Three governments, and who does what
Inverness County, Subdivision A, a subdivision of county 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.
There is no county government over Inverness County, Subdivision A; Inverness is a census division, not a council.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Inverness County, Subdivision A, from the most recent elections.
- 1Inverness County, Subdivision A councilSubdivision of county municipality
- 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 Inverness County, Subdivision A votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness County, Subdivision A council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly was last elected on 26 November 2024, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. Inverness County, Subdivision A council was elected on 19 October 2024, and the next vote is on 21 October 2028. That date comes from the Municipal Elections Act, which sets the third Saturday in October every four years.
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.
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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
First elected in 2019, Jaime Battiste is serving the 3rd term of a Commons career. Mapped onto today’s Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 45%; in 2025 Jaime Battiste kept the seat in the same hands.
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
Before the 2023 redistribution, Inverness County, Subdivision A voted in Cape Breton—Canso; these are its 2019 and 2021 results, and Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish is its riding today.
66% of electors in Cape Breton—Canso voted in 2021, above the 63% turnout across Canada. In 2019, Mike Kelloway had won the same riding with 39%. 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%.
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 Inverness County, Subdivision A is run
Check or update the federal list.
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ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnovascotia.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. A riding is listed when 5% or more of the place’s 2021 Census residents live in it; the largest share comes first.
Questions about how Inverness County, Subdivision A is run
Who is the MP for Inverness County, Subdivision A?
Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish’s MP, Jaime Battiste of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Inverness County, Subdivision A.
Which party won Inverness County, Subdivision A in the 2021 federal election?
The Liberal Party of Canada, with Mike Kelloway in Cape Breton—Canso; since 2025 Jaime Battiste represents Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish.
Who is the MLA for Inverness County, Subdivision A?
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Inverness County, Subdivision A has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Inverness County, Subdivision A?
The head of Inverness County, Subdivision A’s council isn’t named here; as a subdivision of county 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).