South Shore—St. Margarets
federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada (Since 2015)
South Shore—St. Margarets (formerly South Shore—St. Margaret's and South Shore) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It covers the South Shore region of Nova Scotia.
Demographics
From the 2006 census
Ethnic groups:
White: 97.1%
First Nations: 1.5%
Black: 0.6%
Languages:
English: 96.9%
French: 1.2%
German: 0.6%
Other: 1.1%
Religions:
Protestant: 71.5%
Catholic: 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%
Geography
It consists of the counties of Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg;
and the western part of the Halifax Regional Municipality
History
It was created in 1966 mostly from Queens—Lunenburg and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare. In 2003, the district added portions of Halifax West.
After the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained 11% of its new territory from Halifax West.
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
See also
List of Canadian electoral districts
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
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“South Shore—St. Margarets” enters the record as federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada (Since 2015). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what South, Shore and Margarets can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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