Chester-St. Margaret's

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 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 Lunenburg Centre 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 Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.

The district 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.

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

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Election results

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	2,934	35.23
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	2,867	34.43
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	2,137	25.66
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	390	4.68

2013

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2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Denise Peterson-Rafuse	3,341	35.25	-12.84
Progressive Conservative	Janet Elizabeth Irwin	3,193	33.69	+6.22
Liberal	Timothy Whitman Harris	2,943	31.06	+9.95

2009

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2006

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2005 by-election

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Chester-St. Margaret's By-election, June 21, 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Judy Streatch	2,955	36.18	-1.15
Liberal	Rick Fraughton	2,548	31.20	+6.95
New Democratic Party	Hinrich Bitter-Suermann	2,434	29.80	-7.10

2003

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1999

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1998

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1993

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1988

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1984

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1981

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1978

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1974

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1970

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1967

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1963

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1960

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1956

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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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