South Shore—St. Margaret's

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South Shore—St. Margaret's

Nova Scotia electoral district
South Shore—St. Margaret's in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Gerald Keddy Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	82,855
Electors (2006)	67,983
Area (km²)	9,495
Pop. density (per km²)	8.7
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Halifax, Lunenburg, Queens, Shelburne

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 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[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 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.

[edit] 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-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 40th
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Smith	N/A	N/A	N/A
	New Democrat	Gordon Earle	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Gerald Keddy	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Green		N/A	N/A	N/A
Total valid votes			N/A

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Keddy	15 108	36.85	-1.05
	New Democrat	Gordon Earle	11 689	28.51	+2.81
	Liberal	Darian Huskilson	11 629	28.36	-3.72
	Christian Heritage	James Hnatiuk	1376	3.36	Ø
	Green	Kate Morris Boudreau	1198	2.92	-1.39
Total valid votes			41 000

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Keddy	14 954	37.90	Ø
	Liberal	John Chandler	12 658	32.08	Ø
	New Democrat	Gordon Earle	10 140	25.70	Ø
	Green	Kate Morris Boudreau	1700	4.31	Ø
Total valid votes			39 452

[edit] See also

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

[edit] 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)
• Dr. Bill Smith (Liberal)
• Gerald Keddy (Conservative)

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