The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 12011Nova Scotia

Sydney—Glace Bay

Sydney—Glace Bay is a federal riding in Nova Scotia. Mike Kelloway (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2019) represents Sydney—Glace Bay. Mike Kelloway (Liberal) held Sydney—Glace Bay for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 7,788 votes (16.5 points), with 54.6% of the vote. Anna Manley (Conservative) was second with 38.1%, on a turnout of 69.2% of 68,679 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Sydney—Glace Bay on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Sydney—Glace Bay

Mike Kelloway's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Mike Kelloway

Member of Parliament for Sydney—Glace Bay

Liberal

MP since 2019-10-21 · 3 terms

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities committee

81 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Elimination of the Streaming Tax.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Liberal hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Sydney—Glace Bay, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 47,166 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mike Kelloway	Liberal	25,766	54.6%
Anna Manley	Conservative	17,978	38.1%
Kimberly Losier	New Democratic	1,789	3.8%
Joe Ward	Independent	601	1.3%
Jeffrey Evely	People's Party	589	1.2%
Others (3)		443	0.9%

Mike Kelloway (Liberal) won Sydney—Glace Bay on April 28, 2025 with 25,766 votes, 54.6% of the 47,166 valid votes. Anna Manley (Conservative) was second with 17,978 (38.1%), 7,788 votes and 16.5 points behind.

Of the 47,166 valid votes, Mike Kelloway (Liberal) took 54.6%, Anna Manley (Conservative) 38.1%, Kimberly Losier (New Democratic) 3.8%, Joe Ward (Independent) 1.3% and Jeffrey Evely (People's Party) 1.2%; the 3 other candidates took 0.9% together. Turnout was 69.2% of 68,679 electors: 47,539 ballots cast, 47,166 of them valid, for 8 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 13.2 (41.4% to 54.6%), the Conservatives up 4.3 (33.8% to 38.1%), the New Democrats down 15.7 (19.5% to 3.8%) and the People's Party down 2.0 (3.2% to 1.2%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: a Liberal stronghold

The party first in Sydney—Glace Bay at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Liberal52.5%by 25.9 points over the New Democrats
2006Liberal50.9%by 25.1 points over the New Democrats
2008Liberal49.0%by 25.6 points over the New Democrats
2011Liberal42.0%by 6.4 points over the Conservatives
2015Liberal73.6%by 61.7 points over the Conservatives
2019Liberal33.6%by 3.6 points over the Conservatives
2021Liberal41.4%by 7.7 points over the Conservatives
2025Liberal54.6%by 16.5 points over the Conservatives

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Liberal	52.5%	New Democratic	25.9	carried, our estimate
2006	Liberal	50.9%	New Democratic	25.1	carried, our estimate
2008	Liberal	49.0%	New Democratic	25.6	carried, our estimate
2011	Liberal	42.0%	Conservative	6.4	carried, our estimate
2015	Liberal	73.6%	Conservative	61.7	carried, our estimate
2019	Liberal	33.6%	Conservative	3.6	carried, our estimate
2021	Liberal	41.4%	Conservative	7.7	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Liberal	54.6%	Conservative	16.5	official result

The Liberals were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 21.6 points over the next party. In 2025 the Liberals took 54.6% of the vote here, 5.6 points above their average of 49.0% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021. The Liberals have been first here at every general election since 2000, nine in a row.

On today's boundaries the Liberals were first here in 2004 (52.5%), 2006 (50.9%), 2008 (49.0%), 2011 (42.0%), 2015 (73.6%), 2019 (33.6%), 2021 (41.4%) and 2025 (54.6%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 Liberal · Jaime Battiste, by 1,084 votes (2.9 pts)
2019 Liberal · Jaime Battiste, by 1,309 votes (3.2 pts)
2015 Liberal · Mark Eyking, by 24,644 votes (60.1 pts)

In Sydney—Victoria on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Sydney—Glace Bay lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Sydney—Glace Bay is

Population: 82,3302021 census
Area: 752km²
Density: 110people per km²
Electors: 68,679on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

Lowest turnout in Nova Scotia
69.2% of 68,679 electors voted · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 156th of 343 in Canada
Most candidates on the ballot in Nova Scotia
8 candidates stood · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 11th of 343 in Canada

Median total household income is $60,400 — about 72 percent of the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest14th lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 2.3% — about 13 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest22nd lowest of 343
Median age is 49.6 — about 1.2 times the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest28th highest 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
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 of households that own their home is 67.5% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest126th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 66% of the 2025 electors in today's Sydney—Glace Bay lived in the old Sydney—Victoria; by area, 53% of the riding came from the old Cape Breton—Canso.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

66.3%Sydney—Victoria 47.0% of the area · 6% of it kept

33.7%Cape Breton—Canso 53.0% of the area · 3% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

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

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.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (115) · ■ won by another party (67) · ▨ tied (3).

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.

Voters who switch: 007,790

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.

On election day the Liberals took 49.2%, the Conservatives 42.0%, the New Democrats 4.5%, the independents 1.5% and the People's Party 1.7%; in advance and special ballots, 59.9%, 34.4%, 3.1%, 1.0% and 0.8%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Sydney—Glace Bay, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Liberal	49.2%	59.9%	+10.7
Conservative	42.0%	34.4%	−7.6
New Democratic	4.5%	3.1%	−1.4
Independent	1.5%	1.0%	−0.5
People's Party	1.7%	0.8%	−0.9

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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Sydney—Glace Bay and its 1 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Sydney—Glace Bay — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/sydney-glace-bay/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.