South Shore—St. Margarets Explained

Province:	Nova Scotia
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-District-Number:	12009
Fed-Created:	1966
Fed-Election-First:	1968
Fed-Election-Last:	2021
Fed-Rep:	Rick Perkins
Fed-Rep-Party:	Conservative
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:	Conservative
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Census-Date:	2016
Demo-Pop:	91830
Demo-Electors:	79797
Demo-Electors-Date:	2021
Demo-Area:	8475
Demo-Cd:	HRM, Lunenburg County, Queens County, Shelburne County
Demo-Csd:	Bridgewater, Clark's Harbour, Chester, Liverpool, Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Shelburne

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:

White

97.1%

First Nations

1.5%

Black

0.6%

Languages:

English

96.9%

French

1.2%

German

0.6%

Other: 1.1%

Religions:

Protestant

71.5%

Catholic

11.5%

Other Christian: 1.1%
No affiliation: 15.4%

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

2021

2021 federal election redistributed results^[3]
Party	Vote	%
		18,044	43.39
		14,794	35.58
		7,568	18.20
		1,176	2.83

2015

2011 federal election redistributed results^[4]
Party	Vote	%
		19,709	41.98
		16,939	36.08
		8,431	17.96
		1,875	3.99

South Shore—St. Margaret's

2004

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party	Vote	%
		15,083	37.89
		13,979	35.12
		5,718	14.37
		5,013	12.59
	Others	12	0.03

South Shore

1968

References

Notes

External links

Candidate info from their own or the political parties websites:

Notes and References

[#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12009.pdf South Shore-St. Margaret's census profile
Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=1856 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections