Chester-St. Margaret's
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Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1993 | ||
Last contested | 2013 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 20,368 | ||
Electors | 14,860 | ||
Area (km²) | 1,597.00 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 12.8 | ||
Census divisions |
Halifax RM, Lunenburg County |
Chester—St. Margaret's is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It is located on the South Shore.
The constituency was created in 1993. It includes the Municipality of Chester and the communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality along the coast of St. Margarets Bay including Peggys Cove. Major towns in the riding include Hubbards, Chester, Western Shore, Boutiliers Point and Head of St. Margarets Bay.
Statistics
Avg. Income: $27,440 (2003)
Population: 19,720 (2003)
Post-secondary education: 36% (2003)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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61st | 2009–Present | Denise Peterson-Rafuse | New Democratic | |
60th | 2006-2009 | Judy Streatch | Progressive Conservative | |
59th | 2005-2006 | |||
2003-2005 | John Chataway | Progressive Conservative | ||
58th | 1999-2003 | |||
57th | 1998-1999 | Hinrich Bitter-Suermann | New Democratic | |
1998 | Progressive Conservative | |||
56th | 1993-1998 | Jim Barkhouse | Liberal |
Election results
Nova Scotia general election, 2013 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
New Democratic Party | Denise Peterson-Rafuse | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Janet Elizabeth Irwin | ||||
Liberal | Timothy Whitman Harris |
Nova Scotia general election, 2009 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
New Democratic Party | Denise Peterson-Rafuse | 4835 | 48.09 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Judy Streatch | 2762 | 27.47 | ||
Liberal | Jo-Ann Grant | 2122 | 21.11 | ||
Green | Ryan Cameron | 335 | 3.33 | – |
Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | Judy Streatch | 3950 | 42.67 | ||
New Democratic Party | Jane Matheson | 2833 | 30.60 | ||
Liberal | Rick Fraughton | 2192 | 23.68 | ||
Green | Joanne MacKinnon | 282 | 3.05 | – |
Chester-St. Margaret's By-election, June 21, 2005 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | Judy Streatch | 2955 | 36.18 | ||
New Democratic Party | Hinrich Bitter-Suermann | 2434 | 29.80 | ||
Liberal | Rick Fraughton | 2548 | 31.20 | ||
Green | Michael Oddy | 210 | 2.57 | – |
Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | John Chataway | 3453 | 37.33 | ||
New Democratic Party | Hinrich Bitter-Suermann | 3413 | 36.90 | ||
Liberal | Milt Larsen | 2243 | 24.25 | ||
Nova Scotia Party | Sue Gault | 141 | 1.52 |
Nova Scotia general election, 1999 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | John Chataway | 4,193 | |||
New Democratic Party | Hinrich Bitter-Suermann | 3,098 | |||
Liberal | Karen Willis Duerden | 1,971 |
External links
- cbc riding profile
- riding map
- Chester-St.Margaret's June 21, 2005 By-Election Poll-by-Poll Results
- June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results
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