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

Peter Stoffer
New Democratic

District created

1996

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

91,266

Electors (2011)

67,786

Area (km²)^[1]

1,073.14

Pop. density (per km²)

85

Census divisions

Census subdivisions

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 House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2011 was 91,226.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	84,209	—
2006	86,963	+3.3%
2011	91,266	+4.9%

From the 2006 census ^[2]

Ethnic groups:

White: 95.0%
Black: 3.8%
Arab: 0.3%
Other: 0.9%

Languages:

English: 95.0%
French: 3.1%
German: 0.4%
Arabic: 0.3%
Other: 1.2%

Religions:

Protestant: 51.3%
Catholic: 36.8%
Other Christian: 1.2%
No religious affiliation: 10.2%

Education:

No certificate, diploma or degree: 22.7%
High school certificate: 23.9%
Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 13.0%
Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 21.7%
University certificate or diploma: 18.6%

Median Age:

38.4

Median total income:

$29,212

Average total income:

$34,589

Median household income:

$64,588

Average household income:

$72,245

Median family income:

$71,566

Average family income:

$78,873

Unemployment:

5.9%

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.

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".

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Central Nova and Dartmouth prior to 1997
Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore
36th	1997–2000		Peter Stoffer	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004		Peter Stoffer	New Democratic
Sackville—Eastern Shore
38th	2004–2006		Peter Stoffer	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Sackville—Eastern Shore

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	22,483	54.07	-7.38
	Conservative	Adam Mimnagh	12,662	30.45	+9.81
	Liberal	Scott Hemming	4,673	11.24	-1.52
	Green	John Percy	1,762	4.24	-0.90
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,580	100.00
Total rejected ballots			246	0.59	–
Turnout			41,826	60.22	–
Eligible voters			69,458	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	24,290	61.45	+8.50	$45.973
	Conservative	David Montgomery	8,156	20.64	-1.26	$19.059
	Liberal	Carolyn Scott	5,045	12.76	-10.23	$27.198
	Green	Noreen Hartlen	2,033	5.14	+2.98	$399
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,524	100.00	$80.209

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	22,848	52.95	+7.18
	Liberal	Bill Fleming	9,921	22.99	-5.67
	Conservative	Paul Francis	9,450	21.90	+0.55
	Green	Richard MacDonald	933	2.16	-0.41
Total valid votes			43,152	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	17,925	45.77	+11.29
	Liberal	Dale Stevens	11,222	28.66	-3.90
	Conservative	Steve Streatch	8,363	21.35	-9.94
	Green	David Fullerton	1,007	2.57
	Progressive Canadian	Greg Moors	645	1.65
Total valid votes			39,162	100.00

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	13,619	34.48	+4.11
	Liberal	Bruce Stephen	12,864	32.56	+6.30
	Progressive Conservative	Wade Marshall	7,589	19.21	-11.06
	Alliance	Bill Stevens	4,773	12.08	-0.51
	Marijuana	Melanie Patriquen	658	1.67
Total valid votes			39,503	100.00

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 Democratic	Peter Stoffer	12,433	30.37
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Streatch	12,392	30.27
	Liberal	Beverley Peters	10,750	26.26
	Reform	Rob Cuthbert	5,155	12.59
	Natural Law	Bernard Wayne Gormley	211	0.52
Total valid votes			40,941	100.00

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts

References

"(Code 12008) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12008.pdf Sackville-Eastern Shore's census profile

External links

v t e Federal ridings in Nova Scotia

Conservative	Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley South Shore—St. Margaret's West Nova

Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Halifax West Kings—Hants Sydney—Victoria

New Democratic	Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Sackville—Eastern Shore

v t e Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada

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Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Eastern Shore South Shore—St. Margaret's Sydney—Victoria West Nova

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