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.
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![]() Sackville—Porters Lake in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries) | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2021)[1] | 89,524 | ||
Electors (2021) | 72,197 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 645.18 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 138.8 | ||
Census division(s) | Halifax | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Halifax |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001 | 84,209 | — |
2006 | 86,963 | +3.3% |
2011 (2003 redist.) | 91,266 | +4.9% |
2011 (2013 redist.) | 85,853 | −5.9% |
2016 | 86,498 | +0.8% |
2021 | 89,524 | +3.5% |
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From the 2006 census [4]
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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 land area is 645.18 km2 (249.11 sq mi).[5]
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%).
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore Riding created from Central Nova and Dartmouth |
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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 | 2015–2019 | Darrell Samson | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Darrell Samson | 18,838 | 41.3 | +1.1 | ||||
Conservative | Angela Conrad | 12,047 | 26.4 | +3.8 | ||||
New Democratic | Jenna Chisholm | 12,012 | 26.3 | +2.4 | ||||
People's | Earl Gosse | 1,776 | 3.9 | +2.2 | ||||
Green | Anthony Edmonds | 933 | 2.0 | -9.6 | ||||
Total valid votes | 45,606 | 99.5 | +0.1 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 252 | 0.5 | -0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 45,858 | 63.5 | -6.0 | |||||
Registered voters | 72,197 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.4 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Darrell Samson | 19,925 | 40.22 | −7.73 | $85,306.32 | |||
New Democratic | Matt Stickland | 11,860 | 23.94 | −10.45 | none listed | |||
Conservative | Kevin Copley | 11,211 | 22.63 | +7.75 | $34,737.99 | |||
Green | Anthony Edmonds | 5,725 | 11.56 | +8.78 | $2,901.53 | |||
People's | Sybil Hogg | 816 | 1.65 | none listed | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,537 | 99.36 | $104,082.91 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 320 | 0.64 | +0.27 | |||||
Turnout | 49,857 | 69.48 | −1.78 | |||||
Eligible voters | 71,759 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.36 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Darrell Samson | 23,161 | 47.95 | +36.64 | $70,884.65 | |||
New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 16,613 | 34.39 | –19.90 | $56,102.19 | |||
Conservative | Robert Strickland | 7,186 | 14.88 | –15.31 | $16,062.61 | |||
Green | Mike Montgomery | 1,341 | 2.78 | –1.42 | $1,127.68 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,301 | 99.63 | $201,426.67 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 180 | 0.37 | ||||||
Turnout | 48,481 | 71.25 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 68,040 | |||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +28.27 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
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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 |
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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 | ||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |||
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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