Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook

Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
Nova Scotia electoral district
	Sackville—Porters Lake in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	86,498
Electors (2015)	67,401
Area (km²)[1]	645
Pop. density (per km²)	134.1
Census divisions	Halifax
Census subdivisions	Halifax

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.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
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%

From the 2006 census ^[2]

Ethnic groups:

White: 95.0%
Black: 3.8%
Arab: 0.3%
Other: 0.9%

Languages:

English: 95.0%
French: 3.1%
German: 0.4%
Arabic: 0.3%
Other: 1.2%

Religions:

Protestant: 51.3%
Catholic: 36.8%
Other Christian: 1.2%
No religious affiliation: 10.2%

Education:

No certificate, diploma or degree: 22.7%
High school certificate: 23.9%
Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 13.0%
Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 21.7%
University certificate or diploma: 18.6%

Median Age:

38.4

Median total income:

$29,212

Average total income:

$34,589

Median household income:

$64,588

Average household income:

$72,245

Median family income:

$71,566

Average family income:

$78,873

Unemployment:

5.9%

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 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 area is 1,328 km².

History

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%).

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore Riding created from Central Nova and Dartmouth
36th	1997–2000	Peter Stoffer	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004	Peter Stoffer	New Democratic
Sackville—Eastern Shore
38th	2004–2006	Peter Stoffer	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
42nd	2015–Present	Darrell Samson	Liberal

Election results