Chester—St. Margaret's is a provincial

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, Canada, that elects one member of the

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. It is located on the South Shore. The constituency was created in 1956 as a division of Lunenburg County. It was called Lunenburg East from 1956 to 1993. In 1993, the district was renamed Chester—St. Margaret's and gained Tancook Islands from

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and St. Margaret's Bay from Halifax St. Margarets. In 2003, it gained the communities of West Dover and Bayside. In 2012, the district lost the Upper Tantallon area north of Highway 103 to

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. The district includes the Municipality of

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and the communities in the

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along the coast of St. Margarets Bay including Peggys Cove. Major towns in the riding include Hubbards,

, Western Shore, Boutiliers Point and Head of St. Margarets Bay.

Geography

The land area of Chester-St. Margaret's is .

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

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Election results

2024

2021

2017

2013

, - ,

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, Denise Peterson-Rafuse , align="right", 3,341 , align="right", 35.25 , align="right", -12.84 , - , Progressive Conservative , Janet Elizabeth Irwin , align="right", 3,193 , align="right", 33.69 , align="right", +6.22 , - , Liberal , Timothy Whitman Harris , align="right", 2,943 , align="right", 31.06 , align="right", +9.95

2009

2006

2005 by-election

, - , Progressive Conservative , Judy Streatch , align="right", 2,955 , align="right", 36.18 , align="right", -1.15 , - , Liberal , Rick Fraughton , align="right", 2,548 , align="right", 31.20 , align="right", +6.95 , - ,

, Hinrich Bitter-Suermann , align="right", 2,434 , align="right", 29.80 , align="right", -7.10 , -

2003

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1998

1993

1988

1984

1981

1978

1974

1970

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1960

1956

References

External links

cbc riding profile

riding mapChester-St.Margaret's June 21, 2005 By-Election Poll-by-Poll ResultsJune 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results
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