Sackville—Eastern Shore

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Sackville—Eastern Shore
 Canadian Federal electoral district  

Sackville—Eastern Shore in relation to the other Nova Scotia ridings.
Member of Parliament       Peter Stoffer
New Democrat
Population (2001) 83 655
Electors (2006) 69 311
Area (km²) 1328
Pop. density (per km²) 63.0
Riding created 1996, from Central Nova and Dartmouth
Census divisions Halifax Reg. Mun.
Subdivisions Regional Municipalities:
Halifax (part)
First Nations reserves:
Shubenacadie 13

Sackville—Eastern Shore (formerly known as Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 83,655.

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[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 94.0% White, 4.2% Black
Languages: 95.3% English, 2.9% French, 1.4% Other
Religions: 51.3% Protestant, 36.8% Catholic, 1.2% Other Christian, 10.1% No affiliation
Average income: $28,217

[edit] Geography

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 former city of Dartmouth and the village of Cole Harbour. It also includes HRM's northern suburbs in the Sackville River valley north to the boundary with Hants County. The area is 1,328 km².

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Central Nova and Dartmouth ridings, and was known as "Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore" from 1999 to 2003. MP Peter Stoffer has tabled a Private Members Bill to change the name of the riding to "Sackville—Preston—Eastern Shore".

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Central Nova and Dartmouth prior to 1997
36th 1997-2000     Peter Stoffer New Democrat
37th 2000-2004
38th 2004-2006
39th 2006-

[edit] Election results

[edit] Sackville—Eastern Shore

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democratic Party Peter Stoffer 22,848 52.95% 7.18%
     Liberal Bill Fleming 9,921 22.99% -5.66%
     Conservative Paul Francis 9,450 21.90% 0.54%
     Green Richard MacDonald 933 2.16% -0.41%
Total 43,152 100.00%
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democratic Party Peter Stoffer 17,925 45.8 +9.9
     Liberal Dale Stevens 11,222 28.7 -4.4
     Conservative Steve Streatch 8,363 21.4 -8.2
     Green David Fullerton 1,007 2.6 +2.6
Progressive Canadian Greg Moors 645 1.7 +1.7
Total 39,162

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

[edit] Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
     New Democrat Peter Stoffer 13,619
     Liberal Bruce Stephen 12,864
     Progressive Conservative Wade Marshall 7,589
     Canadian Alliance Bill Stevens 4,773
     Marijuana Melanie Patriquen 658


Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
     New Democrat Peter Stoffer 12,433
     Progressive Conservative Ken Streatch 12,392
     Liberal Beverley Peters 10,750
     Reform Rob Cuthbert 5,155
     Natural Law Bernard Wayne Gormley 211

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Federal Ridings in Nova Scotia
Liberal

Cape Breton—Canso | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | Halifax West | Kings—Hants | Sydney—Victoria | West Nova
Conservative

Central Nova | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | South Shore—St. Margaret's
New Democrat

Halifax | Sackville—Eastern Shore
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