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Cape Breton East
MLA: Brian Comer · Progressive Conservative
Projected winner
If an election were held today. Projection as of Oct 11, 2026; the next election may be years away.
Progressive Conservative99% chance of winning
- Progressive Conservative · 43.5% projected vote99%
- Liberal · 27.9% projected vote1%
2024 result
- Brian Comer · Progressive Conservativeelected4,25061.3%
- Joe Ward · Liberal1,73725.1%
- Isabelle Lalonde · NS NDP94213.6%
- Margin
- 36.3%
- Tier
- Safe
- Turnout
- 48.1%
- Registered
- 14,391
2021 result
- Brian Comer · Progressive Conservativeelected3,89746.3%
- Heather Peters · Liberal3,09436.7%
- Barbara Beaton · NS NDP1,43217.0%
District at a glance
2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada publishes no profile on Nova Scotia's provincial districts, so these are built from the dissemination areas inside each one: counts are exact sums, medians are estimates. Ranks are against all 56 districts.
- Median household income
- $81,45416 of 56
- Average rent
- $87634 of 56
- Renters
- 11.5%50 of 56
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.4%24 of 56
- Median age
- 52.113 of 56
- Over 65
- 27.9%13 of 56
- Speak French
- 6.2%39 of 56
- Immigrants
- 2.6%49 of 56
- Indigenous identity
- 2.8%45 of 56
- Unemployment
- 17.6%9 of 56
Closest races in Cape Breton
The seats most likely to move with this one.
Results and boundaries: Elections Nova Scotia. Census: Statistics Canada.