South Shore—St. Margaret's

South Shore—St. Margaret's

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Nova Scotia


caption = South Shore—St. Margaret's in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 12009
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Gerald Keddy
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 82855
demo-electors = 67983
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 9495
demo-cd =
demo-csd = 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.

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

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.

History

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1318 Riding history for South Shore—St. Margaret's (2003– ) from the] Library of Parliament

Candidate info from their own or the political parties websites:
* [http://www.ndp.ca/gordonearle/welcome Gordon Earle (NDP)]
* [http://www.geraldkeddy.ca/ Gerald Keddy (Conservative)]
* [http://www.chpelection.ca/ns_southshorestmargarets.html Joseph Larkin (Christian Heritage)]
* [http://www.greenshore.org/ Michael Oddy (Green Party)]
* [http://www.billsmith.ca Dr. Bill Smith (Liberal)]


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