SackvilleâÂÂBedfordâÂÂPreston (formerly known as SackvilleâÂÂEastern Shore, SackvilleâÂÂMusquodoboit ValleyâÂÂEastern Shore and SackvilleâÂÂPrestonâÂÂChezzetcook) is a federal electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Racial groups: 83.0% White, 4.2% Indigenous, 4.3% Black, 2.1% Arab, 1.9% Chinese, 1.8% South Asian <br /> Languages: 90.1% English, 3.1% French, 1.6% Arabic<br /> Religions: 58.5% Christian (25.3% Catholic, 9.0% Anglican, 7.3% United Church, 5.2% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 10.8% Other), 2.5% Muslim, 36.8% No religion <br /> Median income (2020): $45,600<br /> Average income (2015): $56,550
The district includes the part of the Halifax Regional Municipality located on the Atlantic coast between Lake Charlotte and Jeddore Harbour in the east to Halifax Harbour in the west excluding the community of Dartmouth and the community of Eastern Passage. It also includes HRM's northern suburbs in the Sackville River valley north to the boundary with Hants County. The land area is .
The electoral district was created in 1996 from Central Nova and Dartmouth ridings, and was known as "SackvilleâÂÂMusquodoboit ValleyâÂÂEastern Shore" from 1999 to 2003. MP Peter Stoffer tabled a Private Members Bill to change the name of the riding to "SackvilleâÂÂPrestonâÂÂEastern Shore". As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was largely dissolved into the new riding of SackvilleâÂÂPrestonâÂÂChezzetcook (94%), with small portions going to Central Nova (4%) and DartmouthâÂÂCole Harbour (2%).
Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution, SackvilleâÂÂPrestonâÂÂChezzetcook was largely replaced by the new riding of SackvilleâÂÂBedfordâÂÂPreston. It gained the Bedford, Hammonds Plains and Lucasville areas from Halifax West; and the area north of Highways 111 and 118 plus the Lake Charles area from DartmouthâÂÂCole Harbour. It lost the Lawrencetown, Porters Lake and the Chezzetcook areas to Central Nova.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: