South Shore—St. Margarets (formerly South Shore—St. Margaret's and South Shore) is a federal

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, that has been represented in the

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since 1968. It covers the South Shore region of

Demographics

''From the 2006 census http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12009.pdf South Shore-St. Margaret's census profile'' Ethnic groups: *

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: 97.1% *

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: 1.5% *

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: 0.6% Languages: * English: 96.9% * French: 1.2% *

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: 0.6% *Other: 1.1% Religions: *

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: 71.5% *

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: 11.5% *Other Christian: 1.1% *No affiliation: 15.4% Education: *No certificate, diploma or degree: 34.5% *High school certificate: 21.2% *Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 12.2% *Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 17.4% *University certificate or diploma: 14.7% Median Age: *45.2 Median total income: *$20,580 Average total income: *$27,987 Median household income: *$44,108 Average household income: *$53,111 Median family income: *$52,772 Average family income: *$61,279 Unemployment: *10.3%

Geography

It consists of: * the counties of Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg; 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

It was created in 1966 mostly from

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and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare. In 2003, the district added portions of

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. After the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained 11% of its new territory from

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

South Shore—St. Margarets

2025

2021

2019

2015

South Shore—St. Margaret's

2011

2008

2006

2004

South Shore

2000

1997

1993

1988

1984

1980

1979

1974

1972

1968

References

*
Riding history for South Shore–St. Margaret's (2003– ) from the

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Campaign expenses from Elections Canada website

Notes

External links

Candidate info from their own or the political parties websites:
Gordon Earle (NDP)

Gerald Keddy (Conservative)

Michael Oddy (Green Party)

Dr. Bill Smith (Liberal)
{{DEFAULTSORT:South Shore-St. Margaret's Nova Scotia federal electoral districts Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia Region of Queens Municipality Shelburne County, Nova Scotia