title: Richmond and Cape Breton West
text: # Richmond and Cape Breton West
  
  Richmond-Cape Breton West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1925 to 1933, at which point the district was divided into two distinct electoral districts: Richmond and Cape Breton West.
  
  It elected two members through Plurality block voting.
  
  ## Members of the Legislative Assembly
  
  Source:
  
  | Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 39th | 1930–1933 | Alonzo Martell | Liberal | seat declared vacant | seat declared vacant | seat declared vacant |
  | 39th | 1928–1930 | Alonzo Martell | Liberal | | Edward C. Doyle | Liberal |
  | 38th | 1926–1928 | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | Liberal-Conservative | | John Angus Stewart | Liberal-Conservative |
  | 38th | 1925–1926 | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | Liberal-Conservative | | John Alexander Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1925 general election
  
  1925 Nova Scotia general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal–Conservative | John Alexander Macdonald | 3,503 | 28.46% |
  | | Liberal–Conservative | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | 3,500 | 28.44% |
  | | Liberal | Donald David Boyd | 2,667 | 21.67% |
  | | Liberal | George R. Deveau | 2,637 | 21.43% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 12,307 | – |
  | Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||
  
  ### 1928 general election
  
  1928 Nova Scotia general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Edward C. Doyle | 2,118 | 25.67% |
  | | Liberal | Alonzo Martell | 2,055 | 24.90% |
  | | Liberal–Conservative | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | 2,044 | 24.77% |
  | | Liberal–Conservative | John Angus Stewart | 2,035 | 24.66% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 8,252 | – |
  | Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||
  