Chester-St. Margaret's

Chester-St. Margaret's

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Denise Peterson-Rafuse New Democratic
District created	1956
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	20,368
Electors	14,860
Area (km²)	1,597.00
Pop. density (per km²)	12.8
Census divisions	Halifax RM, Lunenburg County

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.^[1]

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.

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 Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

References

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