Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
South Shore—St. Margarets (formerly South Shore—St. Margaret's and South Shore) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It covers the South Shore region of Nova Scotia.
Demographics
From the 2006 census [2]
Ethnic groups:
Languages:
Religions:
Education:
- No certificate, diploma or degree: 34.5%
- High school certificate: 21.2%
- Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 12.2%
- Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 17.4%
- University certificate or diploma: 14.7%
Median Age:
Median total income:
Average total income:
Median household income:
Average household income:
Median family income:
Average family income:
Unemployment:
Geography
It consists of:
- the counties of Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg;
and
- the western part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying west of a line drawn south from the intersection of the boundary between the regional municipality and the County of Hants with the western shoreline of Pockwock Lake along the shoreline to the western extremity of Ponhook Cove, then south in a straight line for approximately 2.7 km to the mouth of the Pockwock River at Wrights Lake, southeast in a straight line for approximately 3.8 km to the northern extremity of Stillwater Lake, south along that lake, southwest along Route 213 (Hammonds Plains Road) to Trunk 3, southeast in a straight line for approximately 18.6 km to the mouth of the Nine Mile River, southwest along Shad Bay (passing west of Cochrans Island) to the Atlantic Ocean.
History
It was created in 1966 mostly from Queens—Lunenburg and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare. In 2003, the district added portions of Halifax West.
After the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained 11% of its new territory from Halifax West.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Graph of election results in South Shore, South Shore—St. Margaret's, South Shore—St. Margarets (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
South Shore—St. Margarets
Graph of election results in South Shore—St. Margarets (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021
2019
2015
South Shore—St. Margaret's
Graph of election results in South Shore—St. Margaret's (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2011
2008
2006
2004
South Shore
Graph of election results in South Shore (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2000
1997
1993
1988
1984
1980
1979
1974
1972
1968
See also
References
Notes
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12009.pdf South Shore-St. Margaret's census profile
- ^ "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — South Shore—St. Margarets (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
- ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
External links
Candidate info from their own or the political parties websites:
- Gordon Earle (NDP)
- Gerald Keddy (Conservative)
- Joseph Larkin (Christian Heritage)
- Michael Oddy (Green Party)
- Dr. Bill Smith (Liberal)
