Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative |
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District created | 1993 | ||
Last contested | 2010 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 13,202 | ||
Electors | 10,075 | ||
Area (km²) | 3,247 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 4.1 | ||
Census divisions | Cumberland County | ||
Census subdivisions |
Oxford Parrsboro Springhill |
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 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 Jamie Baillie.
The 2012 redistribution saw the riding gain territory from Cumberland North.
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly: