Chester-St. Margaret's

Chester-St. Margaret's
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Danielle Barkhouse
Progressive Conservative
District created1956
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)20,368
Electors15,291
Area (km²)1,661
Pop. density (per km²)12.3
Census division(s)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.

Geography

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The land area of Chester-St. Margaret's is 1,661 km2 (641 sq mi).[2]

Statistics

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Avg. Income: $27,440 (2003)
Population: 19,720 (2003)
Post-secondary education: 36% (2003)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature Years Member Party
64th 2021-Present Danielle Barkhouse Progressive Conservative
63rd 2020-2021 Hugh MacKay Independent
2017–2020     Liberal
62nd 2013–2017 Denise Peterson-Rafuse New Democratic
61st 2009–2013
60th 2006-2009 Judy Streatch Progressive Conservative
59th 2005-2006
2003-2005     John Chataway Progressive Conservative
58th 1999-2003
57th 1998-1999     Hinrich Bitter-Suermann New Democratic
1998     Progressive Conservative
56th 1993-1998     Jim Barkhouse Liberal
55th 1988-1993
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984 Ron Barkhouse Progressive Conservative
52nd 1978-1981
51st 1974-1978
50th 1970-1974 Maurice L. Zinck
49th 1967-1970
48th 1963-1967
47th 1960-1963
46th 1959-1960
1956-1959 R. Clifford Levy

Election results

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1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative R. Clifford Levy 1,887 54.44%
Liberal Kirk S. Hennigar 1,579 45.56%
Total 3,466
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Maurice L. Zinck 2,140 58.37% 3.93%
Liberal Kirk S. Hennigar 1,405 38.33% -7.23%
Co-operative Commonwealth Albro Boehner 121 3.30%
Total 3,666
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Maurice L. Zinck 2,267 63.17% 4.79%
Liberal Charles E. Harris 1,322 36.83% -1.49%
Total 3,589
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Maurice L. Zinck 2,100 55.87% -7.30%
Liberal Fred Porter Jr. 1,659 44.13% 7.30%
Total 3,759
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Maurice L. Zinck 2,092 51.31% -4.55%
Liberal Eric Hagen 1,985 48.69% 4.55%
Total 4,077
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ron Barkhouse 2,536 53.04% 1.73%
Liberal Joe Saunders 1,963 41.06% -7.63%
New Democratic A. W. (Tony) E. Zinck 282 5.90%
Total 4,781
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ron Barkhouse 3,386 66.93% 13.89%
Liberal Wally MacDonald 1,417 28.01% -13.05%
New Democratic Robert Whiting (Sr.) 256 5.06% -0.84%
Total 5,059
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ron Barkhouse 2,802 55.49% -11.45%
Liberal Dave Cook 1,180 23.37% -4.64%
New Democratic Janet Mooney 1,068 21.15% 16.09%
Total 5,050
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Barkhouse 2,696 49.06% 25.70%
Progressive Conservative David Hatt 1,764 32.10% -23.38%
New Democratic Janet Mooney 1,035 18.84% -2.31%
Total 5,495
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

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1988 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Barkhouse 3,024 50.02% 0.96%
Progressive Conservative Richard P. Eldridge 2,352 38.91% 6.81%
New Democratic Wanda Broome 623 10.31% -8.53%
Independent Malcolm Callaway 46 0.76%
Total 6,045
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

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1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Barkhouse 5,025 51.69% 1.67%
Progressive Conservative Aileen Heisler 2,867 29.49% -9.42%
New Democratic Jack Ross 1,644 16.91% 6.61%
Independent Malcolm Callaway 185 1.90% 1.14%
Total 9,721
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Hinrich Bitter-Suermann 3,256 35.22% 5.72%
Liberal Jim Barkhouse 3,153 34.10% -17.59%
New Democratic Doris Maley 2,837 30.68% 13.77%
Total 9,246
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Chataway 4,193 45.27% 10.06%
New Democratic Hinrich Bitter-Suermann 3,098 33.45% 2.76%
Liberal Karen Willis Duerden 1,971 21.28% -12.82%
Total 9,262
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Chataway 3,451 37.30% -7.97%
New Democratic Hinrich Bitter-Suermann 3,412 36.87% 3.43%
Liberal Mitt Larsen 2,249 24.31% 3.03%
Nova Scotia Party Sue Gault 141 1.52%
Total 9,253
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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
Green Michael Oddy 210 2.57

2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Judy Streatch 3,950 42.67% 5.37%
New Democratic Jane Matheson 2,833 30.60% -6.27%
Liberal Rick Fraughton 2,192 23.68% -0.63%
Green Joanne MacKinnon 282 3.05%
Total 9,257
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Denise Peterson-Rafuse 4,835 48.09% 17.49%
Progressive Conservative Judy Streatch 2,762 27.47% -15.20%
Liberal Jo-Ann Grant 2,122 21.11% -2.57%
Green Ryan Cameron 335 3.33% 0.29%
Total 10,054
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Chester-St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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

2017

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2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh MacKay 3,112 35.46 +4.40
New Democratic Denise Peterson-Rafuse 3,021 34.42 -0.82
Progressive Conservative Julie Chaisson 2,230 25.41 -8.29
Green Harry Ward 413 4.71
Total valid votes 8,776 100
Total rejected ballots 32 0.21
Turnout 8,808 57.60
Eligible voters 15,291
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +2.61
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4]
2017 provincial election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 2,934 35.23
  New Democratic 2,867 34.43
  Progressive Conservative 2,137 25.66
  Green 390 4.68

2021

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2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Danielle Barkhouse 3,788 40.06 +14.40 $76,695.05
Liberal Jacob Killawee 3,556 37.61 +2.38 $67,872.46
New Democratic Amy Reitsma 1,626 17.20 -17.23 $50,011.78
Green Jessica Alexander 417 4.41 -0.27 $10,917.97
Atlantica Steven Foster 68 0.72 $200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 9,455 99.62 -0.17 $88,319.62
Total rejected ballots 36 0.38 +0.17
Turnout 9,491 62.48 +4.88
Eligible voters 15,191
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.01
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia.
  3. ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
  6. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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