South Shore—St. Margaret's
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 South Shore—St. Margaret's in relation to the other Nova Scotia ridings. |
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| Member of Parliament | Gerald Keddy Conservative |
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| Population (2001) | 83 694 | |
| Electors (2006) | 67 983 | |
| Area (km²) | 9495 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 8.81 | |
| Riding created | 2003, from South Shore and Halifax West | |
| Census divisions | Halifax Reg. Mun. Lunenburg County Queens County Shelburne County |
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| Subdivisions | Regional Municipalities: Halifax (part) Towns: Bridgewater Clark's Harbour Lockeport Lunenburg Mahone Bay Shelburne Municipality districts: Barrington, Chester, Lunenburg, Queens, Shelburne First Nations reserves: Gold River 21, New Ross 20, Pennal 19, Wildcat 12 |
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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.
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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 Highway 213 (Hammonds Plains Road) to Highway 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.
[edit] History
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| South Shore and Halifax West prior to 2004 | ||||
| 38th | 2004-2006 | Gerald Keddy | Conservative | |
| 39th | 2006- | |||
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 15,108 | 36.85% | -1.06% | |
| New Democratic Party | Gordon Earle | 11,689 | 28.51% | 2.81% | |
| Liberal | Darian Huskilson | 11,629 | 28.36% | -3.72% | |
| Christian Heritage | James Hnatiuk | 1,376 | 3.36% | 3.36% | |
| Green | Katie Morris Boudreau | 1,198 | 2.92% | -1.39% | |
| Total | 41,000 | 100.00% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 14,954 | |||
| Liberal | John Chandler | 12,658 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Gordon Earle | 10,140 | |||
| Green | Kate Morris Boudreau | 1,700 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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)
| Federal Ridings in Nova Scotia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Liberal |
Cape Breton—Canso | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | Halifax West | Kings—Hants | Sydney—Victoria | West Nova |
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| Conservative |
Central Nova | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | South Shore—St. Margaret's |
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| New Democrat | ||
