South Shore (electoral district)
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South Shore was a federal electoral district It was located in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 2004.
This riding was created in 1966 from Queens—Lunenburg and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare ridings. It initially consisted of:
- the counties of Lunenburg and Queens,
- the Municipality of Shelburne in the county of Shelburne, and
- part of the county of Halifax.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Counties of Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg.
It was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into South Shore—St. Margaret's.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Lloyd R. Crouse, Progressive Conservative (1968-1988)
- Peter L. McCreath, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
- Derek Wells, Liberal (1993-1997)
- Gerald Keddy, Progressive Conservative (1997-2004)
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | CROUSE, Lloyd R. | 17,547 | |||
| Liberal | KINLEY, John James | 11,668 | |||
| New Democrat | HARDING, Aubrey | 764 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | CROUSE, Lloyd R. | 18,653 | |||
| Liberal | KINLEY, John James | 11,602 | |||
| New Democrat | STUART, Richard N. | 2,297 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | CROUSE, Lloyd R. | 18,206 | |||
| Liberal | MARTIN, Bill K. | 13,006 | |||
| New Democrat | MANTHORNE, Bob | 1,950 | |||
| Social Credit | PETERSON, Edward | 222 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | CROUSE, Lloyd R. | 20,867 | |||
| Liberal | MCFETRIDGE, Ted | 11,666 | |||
| New Democrat | YATES, John | 3,988 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | CROUSE, Lloyd R. | 16,139 | |||
| Liberal | KINLEY, Jim | 13,926 | |||
| New Democrat | YATES, John H. | 5,856 | |||
| New Democrat | TUDOR, Martha | 433 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | CROUSE, Lloyd R. | 22,347 | |||
| Liberal | BLADES, Paul | 11,439 | |||
| New Democrat | ZIMMERMAN, Bill | 5,633 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MCCREATH, Peter L. | 18,547 | |||
| Liberal | DELORY, Mike | 16,995 | |||
| New Democrat | ZIMMERMAN, Bill | 4,052 | |||
| Libertarian | MORGAN, David | 329 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | WELLS, Derek | 17,351 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MCCREATH, Peter L. | 12,058 | |||
| Reform | MATTHIASSON, Anne | 4,999 | |||
| New Democrat | HUSTVEDT, Eric | 1,847 | |||
| National | DONAHUE, A. James | 422 | |||
| Natural Law | ROBERTSON, Richard | 287 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KEDDY, Gerald | 14,136 | |||
| Liberal | WELLS, Derek | 11,397 | |||
| New Democrat | NICKERSON, Blantford Willie | 8,137 | |||
| Reform | MATTHIASSON, Anne | 5,302 | |||
| Natural Law | HARNISH, Terry June | 298 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KEDDY, Gerald | 14,328 | |||
| Liberal | WELLS, Derek | 12,677 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | WALTERS, Evan | 4,697 | |||
| New Democrat | ZIMMERMAN, Bill | 4,394 | |||
