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Sackville—Eastern Shore is the name of a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada. Its population is 83,655. (2001)
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Demographics
Ethnic Groups: 94.0% White, 4.2% Black
Languages: 95.3% English, 2.9% French, 1.4% Other
Religions: 51.3% Protestant, 36.8% Catholic, 1.2% Other Christian, 10.1% No Affiliation
Average Income: $28,217
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 former city of Dartmouth and the former town of Cole Harbour. It also includes the northern suburbs within the Halifax RM of the Halifax-Dartmouth area. The area is 1,328 km².
History
The electoral district was created in 2003, 78.3% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore, 14% from Halifax West and 7.7% from Dartmouth. The district also existed from 1996 to 1999. It was created from Central Nova and Dartmouth and was disolved into Halifax and Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore.
Results
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |N.D.P. |Peter Stoffer |align="right"|17,925 |align="right"|45.8 |align="right"|+9.9 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Dale Stevens |align="right"|11,222 |align="right"|28.7 |align="right"|-4.4 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row | style="width: 130px" |Conservative |Steve Streatch |align="right"|8,363 |align="right"|21.4 |align="right"|-8.2 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |David Fullerton |align="right"|1,007 |align="right"|2.6 |align="right"|+2.6 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Canadian/row |Progressive Canadian |Greg Moors |align="right"|645 |align="right"|1.7 |align="right"|+1.7 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|39,162 !align="right"| !align="right"| |} Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
List of members
First creation
- Peter Stoffer, N.D.P. (1997-2000)
Second creation
- Peter Stoffer, N.D.P. (2004-present)