Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook (formerly known as Sackville—Eastern Shore and Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore) is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 1997.

Demographics

''From the 2006 census http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12008.pdf Sackville-Eastern Shore's census profile'' Ethnic groups: *

European Canadian European Canadians, or Euro-Canadians, are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the continent of Europe. They form the largest panethnic group within Canada. In the 2021 Canadian census, 19,062,115 Canadians self-i ...

: 89.9% *

African Canadian Black Canadians (also known as Caribbean-Canadians or Afro-Canadians) are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though ...

: 3.8% *

First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Natio ...

: 2.2% *

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: 0.4% *

Arab Canadian Arab Canadians (french: Arabo-Canadiens) come from all of the countries of the Arab world. According to the 2021 Census, there were 694,015 Canadians, or 1.87%, who claimed Arab ancestry. According to the 2011 Census there were 380,620 Canadia ...

: 0.3% *Other: 0.8% Languages: *

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: 95.0% * French: 3.1% *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

: 0.4% *

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: 0.3% *Other: 1.2% Religions: *

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: 51.3% *

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: 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

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located on the

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coast between Lake Charlotte and Jeddore Harbour in the east to

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in the west excluding the community of Dartmouth and the community of

Eastern Passage Eastern Passage is an unincorporated suburban community in Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia, Canada. Eastern Passage has historically been tied to the fishing industry. Its waterfront has several small wharves and piers. The constru ...

. It also includes HRM's northern suburbs in the Sackville River valley north to the boundary with

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. The land area is .

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from

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and Dartmouth ridings, and was known as "Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore" from 1999 to 2003. MP Peter Stoffer has tabled a

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to change the name of the riding to "Sackville—Preston—Eastern Shore". As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be largely dissolved into the new riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook (94%), with small portions going to

(4%) and

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Demographics ''From the 2021 census '' ...

(2%).

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook

2021 general election

2019 general election

2015 general election

Sackville—Eastern Shore

2011 general election

2008 general election

2006 general election

2004 general election

Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore

2000 general election

1997 general election

References

Notes

External links

Riding history for Sackville—Eastern Shore (1996–1999) from the

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Riding history for Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore (1999–2003) from the

Riding history for Sackville—Eastern Shore (2003– ) from the

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