Richmond (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)
 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 | 1933 | ||
| Last contested | 2017 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Area (km²) | 1,795 | ||
| Census divisions | Cape Breton County, Richmond County, Inverness | ||
| Census subdivisions | Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Chapel Island 5, Port Hawkesbury, Richmond, Subd. A, Richmond, Subd. B, Richmond, Subd. C | ||
Cape Breton-Richmond is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
It was created in 1933 when the counties of Cape Breton and Richmond were divided into three electoral districts, one of which was called Richmond-West Cape Breton. In 1992, it was renamed Richmond. In 2013, at the recommendation of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, the district was renamed Cape Breton-Richmond and gained the town of Port Hawkesbury from Inverness and expanded northeast to include the area east of East Bay and west of the Mira River to Morley Road from Cape Breton West.
Prior to dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, the electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
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