SOUTH SHORE—ST. MARGARET'S

'South Shore—St. Margaret's' is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It covers the South Shore region of Nova Scotia.
It was created in 2003 mostly from South Shore riding, but also with portions of Halifax West. Its only Member of Parliament (MP) has been Conservative Gerald Keddy.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Election results

See also

External links

Demographics

'Ethnic groups:' 97.1% White, 1.5% First Nations

'Languages:' 97.6% English, 1.0% French, 1.2% other

'Religions:' 71.5% Protestant, 11.5% Catholic, 1.1% Other Christian, 15.4% no affiliation

'Average income:' $24,501

Geography

It consists of:

★ the counties of Shelburne and Lunenburg;

★ the Region of Queens Municipality; 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

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''South Shore and Halifax West prior to 2004''
38th	2004-2006		Gerald Keddy	Conservative
39th	2006-

Election results

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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 41 000


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 39 452

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Riding history for South Shore—St. Margaret's (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament
Candidate info from their own or the political parties websites:

★ James Hnatiuk (Christian Heritage)

★ Katie Morris Boudreau (Green Party)

★ Gordon Earle (NDP)

★ Darian Huskilson (Liberal)

★ Gerald Keddy (Conservative)