The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Sydney—Glace Bay
Federal riding · NS · No. 12011 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Mike Kelloway Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal hold by 7,788 votes
- Turnout
- 69.2% of 68,679 electors
- Population
- 82,330 2021 census
- Area
- 752 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Lowest turnout in Nova Scotia69.2% of 68,679 electors voted · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 156th of 343 in Canada
- Most candidates on the ballot in Nova Scotia8 candidates stood · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 11th of 343 in Canada
- Population, smallest first82,330 people, 2021 census · 30th of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Mike Kelloway
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Member: Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 47% of today's Sydney—Glace Bay came from ridings other than the old Cape Breton—Canso.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
53.0%Cape Breton—Canso 3% of it kept
47.0%Sydney—Victoria 6% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal hold
Elected
Mike Kelloway
Liberal
25,766
54.6% of valid votes
Margin
7,788
votes · +16.5 pts
Runner-up
Anna Manley
Conservative
17,978
38.1% of valid votes
Liberal 54.6% · Conservative 38.1% · New Democratic 3.8% · Independent 1.3% · People's 1.2%
Turnout69.2% of 68,679 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Kelloway | Liberal | 25,766 | 54.6% | 41.4% | +13.2 |
| Anna Manley | Conservative | 17,978 | 38.1% | 33.8% | +4.3 |
| Kimberly Losier | New Democratic | 1,789 | 3.8% | 19.5% | −15.7 |
| Joe Ward | Independent | 601 | 1.3% | — | +1.3 |
| Jeffrey Evely | People's | 589 | 1.2% | 3.2% | −2.0 |
3 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Michael Pittman | Other | 189 | 0.4% |
| Chris Gallant | Other | 169 | 0.4% |
| Nik Boisvert | Other | 85 | 0.2% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
8.3 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,789 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 7,788-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
67 of 185
3 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 3,895 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 8.3% of the 47,166 valid votes, 8.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal25,766
Conservative17,978
Still Liberal by 7,788 votes. Actual margin: 7,788.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 49.0% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal49.2%59.9%+10.7
Conservative42.0%34.4%−7.6
New Democratic4.5%3.1%−1.4
People's1.7%0.8%−0.9
Independent1.5%1.0%−0.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $60,400 — about 72 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest14th lowest of 343
- Median age is 49.6 — about 1.2 times the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest28th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.6% — about 77 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest114th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 2.3% — about 13 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest22nd lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 67.5% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest126th lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.7% — about 44 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest48th lowest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 12011NS · 2025
Sydney—Glace Bay
Mike Kelloway
- Result
- Liberal hold by 7,788
- Turnout
- 69.2%
- Population
- 82,330
- Area
- 752 km²
Lowest turnout in Nova ScotiaMost candidates on the ballot in Nova ScotiaPopulation, smallest first
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