CHESTER-ST. MARGARET'S

'Chester-St. Margaret's' is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It is located on the South Shore.
Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Judy Streatch of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
The constituency was created in 1993. It includes the Municipality of Chester and the communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality along the coast of St. Margarets Bay including Peggy's Cove. Major towns in the riding include Hubbards, Chester, Western Shore, Boutiliers Point and Head of St. Margarets Bay.

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Statistics

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

External links

Statistics

'Avg. Income:' $27,440 (2003)

'Population:' 19,720 (2003)

'Post-secondary education:' 36% (2003)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

★ Judy Streatch, Progressive Conservative (2005 - )

★ John E. Chataway Progressive Conservative (1999 - 2004)

★ Hinrich Bitter-Suermann Progressive Conservative/ New Democratic Party (1998 - 1999)

★ Jim Barkhouse Liberal (1993 - 1998)

Election results

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|Progressive Conservative
|Judy Streatch
|align="right"|3950
|align="right"|42.67
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|New Democratic Party
|Jane Matheson
|align="right"|2833
|align="right"|30.6
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|Liberal
|Rick Fraughton
|align="right"|2192
|align="right"|23.68
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|Green
|Joanne MacKinnon
|align="right"|282
|align="right"|3.05
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|}
|-
|Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative
|Judy Streatch
|align="right"|2955
|align="right"|36.18
|align="right"|
|-
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|New Democratic Party
|Hinrich Bitter-Suermann
|align="right"|2434
|align="right"|29.8
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|Liberal
|Rick Fraughton
|align="right"|2548
|align="right"|31.2
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|Independent
|Michael Oddy
|align="right"|210
|align="right"|2.57
|align="right"|
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|John Chataway
|align="right"|3453
|align="right"|37.33
|align="right"|
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|New Democratic Party
|Hinrich Bitter-Suermann
|align="right"|3413
|align="right"|36.90
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|Liberal
|Milt Larsen
|align="right"|2243
|align="right"|24.25
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|Nova Scotia Party
|Sue Gault
|align="right"|141
|align="right"|1.52
|align="right"|
|}

External links

★ cbc riding profile

★ riding map

★ Chester-St.Margaret's June 21, 2005 By-Election Poll-by-Poll Results

★ June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results