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 This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Election results
2024
2021
2017 2017 provincial election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 2,934 35.23 New Democratic 2,867 34.43 Progressive Conservative 2,137 25.66 Green 390 4.68
2013
2009
2006
2005 by-election
2003
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1960
1959 by-election
1956
See also List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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