Chester-St. Margaret's

Chester-St. Margaret's

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Denise Peterson-Rafuse New Democratic
District created	1993
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	20,368
Electors	14,860
Area (km²)	1,597.00
Pop. density (per km²)	12.8
Census divisions	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 1993. It 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.

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:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
61st	2009–Present		Denise Peterson-Rafuse	New Democratic
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

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Denise Peterson-Rafuse	3341	35.25
	Progressive Conservative	Janet Elizabeth Irwin	3193	33.69
	Liberal	Timothy Whitman Harris	2943	31.06

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Denise Peterson-Rafuse	4835	48.09
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Streatch	2762	27.47
	Liberal	Jo-Ann Grant	2122	21.11
	Green	Ryan Cameron	335	3.33	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Streatch	3950	42.67
	New Democratic Party	Jane Matheson	2833	30.60
	Liberal	Rick Fraughton	2192	23.68
	Green	Joanne MacKinnon	282	3.05	–

Chester-St. Margaret's By-election, June 21, 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Streatch	2955	36.18
	New Democratic Party	Hinrich Bitter-Suermann	2434	29.80
	Liberal	Rick Fraughton	2548	31.20
	Green	Michael Oddy	210	2.57	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Chataway	3453	37.33
	New Democratic Party	Hinrich Bitter-Suermann	3413	36.90
	Liberal	Milt Larsen	2243	24.25
	Nova Scotia Party	Sue Gault	141	1.52

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Chataway	4,193
	New Democratic Party	Hinrich Bitter-Suermann	3,098
	Liberal	Karen Willis Duerden	1,971

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