Sackville—Eastern Shore

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Sackville—Eastern Shore

Nova Scotia electoral district
Sackville—Eastern Shore in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Peter Stoffer NDP
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	86,963
Electors (2006)	69,311
Area (km²)	1,328
Pop. density (per km²)	65.5
Census divisions	Halifax
Census subdivisions	Halifax

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.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Sackville—Eastern Shore 4.2 Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore 5 See also 6 External links

[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 community of Dartmouth and the community of Eastern Passage. 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 Democrat	Peter Stoffer	22 848	52.95	+7.18
	Liberal	Bill Fleming	9921	22.99	-5.67
	Conservative	Paul Francis	9450	21.90	+0.55
	Green	Richard MacDonald	933	2.16	-0.41
Total valid votes			43 152

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Peter Stoffer	17 925	45.77	+11.29
	Liberal	Dale Stevens	11 222	28.66	-3.90
	Conservative	Steve Streatch	8363	21.35	-9.94
	Green	David Fullerton	1007	2.57	Ø
	Progressive Canadian	Greg Moors	645	1.65	Ø
Total valid votes			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	34.48	+4.11
	Liberal	Bruce Stephen	12 864	32.56	+6.30
	Progressive Conservative	Wade Marshall	7589	19.21	-11.06
	Canadian Alliance	Bill Stevens	4773	12.08	-0.51
	Marijuana	Melanie Patriquen	658	1.67	Ø
Total valid votes			39 503

Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Peter Stoffer	12 433	30.37	Ø
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Streatch	12 392	30.27	Ø
	Liberal	Beverley Peters	10 750	26.26	Ø
	Reform	Rob Cuthbert	5155	12.59	Ø
	Natural Law	Bernard Wayne Gormley	211	0.52	Ø
Total valid votes			40 941

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Sackville—Eastern Shore (1996–1999) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore (1999–2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Sackville—Eastern Shore (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament

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