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) <br />

Population: 19,720 (2003) <br />

Post-secondary education: 36% (2003)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

2024

2021

2017

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! colspan="4" | 2017 provincial election redistributed results

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| Liberal ||align=right| 2,934 ||align=right| 35.23

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| New Democratic ||align=right| 2,867 ||align=right| 34.43

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| Progressive Conservative ||align=right| 2,137 ||align=right| 25.66

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| Green ||align=right| 390 ||align=right| 4.68

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2013

2009

2006

2005 by-election

2003

1999

1998

1993

1988

1984

1981

1978

1974

1970

1967

1963

1960

1959 by-election

1956

See also

  • List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
  • Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

  • 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