Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook

Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook

Nova Scotia electoral district
Sackville—Porters Lake in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Darrell Samson Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	85,583
Electors (2015)	67,401
Area (km²)[1]	777
Pop. density (per km²)	110.1
Census divisions	Halifax
Census subdivisions	Halifax

Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook (formerly known as Sackville—Eastern Shore and Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore) is a federal electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	84,209	—
2006	86,963	+3.3%
2011 (2003 redist.)	91,266	+4.9%
2011 (2013 redist.)	85,853	−5.9%

From the 2006 census ^[2]

Ethnic groups:

• White: 95.0%
• Black: 3.8%
• Arab: 0.3%
• Other: 0.9%

Languages:

• English: 95.0%
• French: 3.1%
• German: 0.4%
• Arabic: 0.3%
• Other: 1.2%

Religions:

• Protestant: 51.3%
• Catholic: 36.8%
• Other Christian: 1.2%
• No religious affiliation: 10.2%

Education:

• No certificate, diploma or degree: 22.7%
• High school certificate: 23.9%
• Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 13.0%
• Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 21.7%
• University certificate or diploma: 18.6%

Median Age:

• 38.4

Median total income:

• $29,212

Average total income:

• $34,589

Median household income:

• $64,588

Average household income:

• $72,245

Median family income:

• $71,566

Average family income:

• $78,873

Unemployment:

• 5.9%

Geography

The district includes the part of the Halifax Regional Municipality located on the Atlantic coast between Lake Charlotte and Jeddore Harbour in the east to Halifax Harbour in the west excluding the community of Dartmouth and the community of Eastern Passage. It also includes HRM's northern suburbs in the Sackville River valley north to the boundary with Hants County. The area is 1,328 km².

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Central Nova and Dartmouth ridings, and was known as "Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore" from 1999 to 2003. MP Peter Stoffer has tabled a Private Members Bill to change the name of the riding to "Sackville—Preston—Eastern Shore". As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be largely dissolved into the new riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook (94%), with small portions going to Central Nova (4%) and Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (2%).

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore Riding created from Central Nova and Dartmouth
36th	1997–2000		Peter Stoffer	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004
Sackville—Eastern Shore
38th	2004–2006		Peter Stoffer	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
42nd	2015–Present		Darrell Samson	Liberal

Election results

Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, 2013 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Darrell Samson	23,161	47.95	+36.64	–
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	16,613	34.39	–19.90	–
	Conservative	Robert Strickland	7,186	14.88	–15.31	–
	Green	Mike Montgomery	1,341	2.78	–1.42	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,301	100.00		$200,617.35
Total rejected ballots			180	0.37
Turnout			48,481	71.93
Eligible voters			67,401
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+28.27
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,174	54.30
	Conservative	11,772	30.19
	Liberal	4,409	11.31
	Green	1,637	4.20
	Others	3	0.01

Sackville—Eastern Shore, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	22,483	54.07	-7.36	$41,167.28
	Conservative	Adam Mimnagh	12,662	30.45	+9.71	$24,555.96
	Liberal	Scott Hemming	4,673	11.24	-1.46	$18,619.07
	Green	John Percy	1,762	4.24	-0.91	$828.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,580	100.0		$83,710.01
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			246	0.59	+0.23
Turnout			41,826	59.47	+0.95
Eligible voters			70,329
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-8.54
Sources:[6][7]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	24,279	61.43	+8.48	$45,646.87
	Conservative	David Montgomery	8,198	20.74	-1.16	$18,400.92
	Liberal	Carolyn Scott	5,018	12.70	-10.29	$27,348.88
	Green	Noreen Hartlen	2,034	5.15	+2.90	$399.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,524	100.0		$80,209
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			142	0.36	+0.10
Turnout			39,666	58.52	-3.92
Eligible voters			67,786
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.82

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	22,848	52.95	+7.18	$55,364.52
	Liberal	Bill Fleming	9,921	22.99	-5.67	$30,450.85
	Conservative	Paul Francis	9,450	21.90	+0.55	$59,102.04
	Green	Richard MacDonald	933	2.16	-0.41	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,152	100.0		$75,334
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			125	0.29	-0.17
Turnout			43,277	62.44	+1.89
Eligible voters			69,311
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.42

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	17,925	45.77	+9.87	$41,208.92
	Liberal	Dale Stevens	11,222	28.66	-4.40	$51,797.99
	Conservative	Steve Streatch	8,363	21.35	-8.24	$66,799.41
	Green	David Fullerton	1,007	2.57	–	none listed
	Progressive Canadian	Greg Moors	645	1.65	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,162	100.0		$72,023
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			181	0.46
Turnout			39,343	60.55	+0.89
Eligible voters			64,979
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		+7.14
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	12,886	35.90
	Liberal	11,866	33.06
	Progressive Conservative	6,459	18.00
	Alliance	4,161	11.59
	Others	519	1.45

Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	13,619	34.48	+4.11
	Liberal	Bruce Stephen	12,864	32.56	+6.30
	Progressive Conservative	Wade Marshall	7,589	19.21	-11.06
	Alliance	Bill Stevens	4,773	12.08	-0.51
	Marijuana	Melanie Patriquen	658	1.67
Total valid votes			39,503	100.00

Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Peter Stoffer	12,433	30.37
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Streatch	12,392	30.27
	Liberal	Beverley Peters	10,750	26.26
	Reform	Rob Cuthbert	5,155	12.59
	Natural Law	Bernard Wayne Gormley	211	0.52
Total valid votes			40,941	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 12008) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12008.pdf Sackville-Eastern Shore's census profile
3. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
4. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
5. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
6. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
7. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

External links

• Riding history for Sackville—Eastern Shore (1996–1999) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore (1999–2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Sackville—Eastern Shore (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament