- Chester-St. Margaret's
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Chester—St. Margaret's 
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
provincial electoral district
Member of the
Legislative AssemblyDenise Peterson-Rafuse
NDPPopulation (2006) 19,970 Electors (2009) 15,409 Area (km²) Pop. density (per km²) Riding created 1993 Census divisions Halifax RM,
Lunenburg CountySubdivisions 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.
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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 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, 2009 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 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 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 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 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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