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South Shore—St. Margarets

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

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:

  • 45.2

Median total income:

  • $20,580

Average total income:

  • $27,987

Median household income:

  • $44,108

Average household income:

  • $53,111

Median family income:

  • $52,772

Average family income:

  • $61,279

Unemployment:

  • 10.3%

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

South Shore—St. Margarets

2025

2021

2019

2015

South Shore—St. Margaret's

2011

2008

2006

2004

South Shore

2000

1997

1993

1988

1984

1980

1979

1974

1972

1968

See also

References

Notes

External links

Candidate info from their own or the political parties websites: