# South Shore—St. Margarets

South Shore—St. Margarets (formerly South Shore—St. Margaret's and South Shore) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It covers the South Shore region of Nova Scotia.

## Demographics

From the 2006 census
Ethnic groups:
* White: 97.1%
* First Nations: 1.5%
* Black: 0.6%
Languages:
* English: 96.9%
* French: 1.2%
* German: 0.6%
* Other: 1.1%
Religions:
* Protestant: 71.5%
* Catholic: 11.5%
* Other Christian: 1.1%
* No affiliation: 15.4%
Education:
* No certificate, diploma or degree: 34.5%
* High school certificate: 21.2%
* Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 12.2%
* Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 17.4%
* University certificate or diploma: 14.7%
Median Age:
* 45.2
Median total income:
* $20,580
Average total income:
* $27,987
Median household income:
* $44,108
Average household income:
* $53,111
Median family income:
* $52,772
Average family income:
* $61,279
Unemployment:
* 10.3%

## Geography

It consists of:
* the counties of Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg;
and
* the western part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying west of a line drawn south from the intersection of the boundary between the regional municipality and the County of Hants with the western shoreline of Pockwock Lake along the shoreline to the western extremity of Ponhook Cove, then south in a straight line for approximately 2.7 km to the mouth of the Pockwock River at Wrights Lake, southeast in a straight line for approximately 3.8 km to the northern extremity of Stillwater Lake, south along that lake, southwest along Route 213 (Hammonds Plains Road) to Trunk 3, southeast in a straight line for approximately 18.6 km to the mouth of the Nine Mile River, southwest along Shad Bay (passing west of Cochrans Island) to the Atlantic Ocean.

## History

It was created in 1966 mostly from Queens—Lunenburg and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare. In 2003, the district added portions of Halifax West.
After the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained 11% of its new territory from Halifax West.

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| South Shore Riding created from Queens—Lunenburg and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare |||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Peter McCreath | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Derek Wells | Liberal |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Gerald Keddy | Progressive Conservative |
| 37th | 2000–2003 | Gerald Keddy | Progressive Conservative |
| 37th | 2003–2004 | Gerald Keddy | Conservative |
| South Shore—St. Margaret's |||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Gerald Keddy | Conservative |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Gerald Keddy | Conservative |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Gerald Keddy | Conservative |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Gerald Keddy | Conservative |
| South Shore—St. Margarets |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Bernadette Jordan | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Bernadette Jordan | Liberal |
| 44th | 2021–present | Rick Perkins | Conservative |

## Election results
### South Shore—St. Margarets
#### 2021

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Rick Perkins | 20,454 | 40.90 | +12.83 | $114,937.56 |
| | Liberal | Bernadette Jordan | 18,575 | 37.15 | -4.52 | $101,389.53 |
| | New Democratic | Olivia Dorey | 9,541 | 19.08 | +3.16 | $21,851.45 |
| | Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 1,434 | 2.87 | -14.47 | $2,256.32 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,004 | 100.0 | – | $115,179.35 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 400 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,404 | 63.16 | -4.53 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 79,797 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 18,044 | 43.39 |
| Liberal | 14,794 | 35.58 |
| New Democratic | 7,568 | 18.20 |
| Green | 1,176 | 2.83 |

#### 2019

vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Bernadette Jordan | 21,886 | 41.67 | −15.26 | $101,013.68 |
| | Conservative | Rick Perkins | 14,744 | 28.07 | +5.51 | $86,186.65 |
| | New Democratic | Jessika Hepburn | 8,361 | 15.92 | −0.91 | none listed |
| | Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 6,070 | 11.56 | +8.65 | $3,255.40 |
| | People's | Robert Monk | 667 | 1.27 | New | none listed |
| | Independent | Steven Foster | 376 | 0.72 | New | $662.21 |
| | Independent | Shawn McMahon | 165 | 0.31 | New | $0.00 |
| | Veterans Coalition | Jason Matthews | 125 | 0.24 | New | none listed |
| | Christian Heritage | Kevin Schulthies | 124 | 0.24 | New | $234.83 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,518 | 100.0 | | $109,434.66 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 439 | 0.83 | +0.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,957 | 67.69 | −2.14 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 78,238 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | −10.38 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||

#### 2015

2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Bernadette Jordan | 30,045 | 56.93 | +38.97 | $74,989.98 |
| | Conservative | Richard Clark | 11,905 | 22.56 | –19.42 | $77,116.91 |
| | New Democratic | Alex Godbold | 8,883 | 16.83 | –19.24 | $119,217.64 |
| | Green | Richard Biggar | 1,534 | 2.91 | –1.09 | $126.74 |
| | Independent | Trevor Bruhm | 257 | 0.49 | – | $1,450.37 |
| | Communist | Ryan Barry | 151 | 0.20 | – | – |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,775 | 100.00 | | $217,269.80 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 226 | 0.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,001 | 69.83 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 75,904 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +29.20 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 19,709 | 41.98 |
| New Democratic | 16,939 | 36.08 |
| Liberal | 8,431 | 17.96 |
| Green | 1,875 | 3.99 |

### South Shore—St. Margaret's
#### 2011

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 17,948 | 43.14 | +7.15 | $65,637.06 |
| | New Democratic | Gordon Earle | 15,033 | 36.14 | +2.79 | $79,480.73 |
| | Liberal | Derek Wells | 7,037 | 16.92 | -6.93 | $57,461.22 |
| | Green | Kris MacLellan | 1,579 | 3.80 | -1.43 | $41.21 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,597 | 100.0 | | $86,455.81 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 282 | 0.67 | +0.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,879 | 62.23 | +2.03 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 67,296 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +2.18 |
| Sources: |||||||

#### 2008

2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 14,388 | 35.99 | -0.79 | $64,451.93 |
| | New Democratic | Gordon Earle | 13,456 | 33.65 | +5.20 | $80,797.19 |
| | Liberal | Bill Smith | 9,536 | 23.85 | -4.64 | $54,540.83 |
| | Green | Michael Oddy | 2,090 | 5.23 | +2.32 | $105.90 |
| | Christian Heritage | Joseph Larkin | 513 | 1.28 | -2.08 | $1,140.54 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 39,983 | 100.0 | | $83,679 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 190 | 0.47 | +0.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,173 | 60.20 | -0.36 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 66,733 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -3.00 |

#### 2006

2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 15,108 | 36.85 | -1.05 | $54,773.43 |
| | New Democratic | Gordon Earle | 11,689 | 28.51 | +2.81 | $40,850.21 |
| | Liberal | Darian Huskilson | 11,629 | 28.36 | -3.72 | $40,530.60 |
| | Christian Heritage | James Hnatiuk | 1,376 | 3.36 | – | $8,815.18 |
| | Green | Kate Morris Boudreau | 1,198 | 2.92 | -1.39 | $2,624.42 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,000 | 100.0 | | $78,403 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 173 | 0.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,173 | 60.56 | +0.04 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 67,983 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -1.93 |

#### 2004

2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 14,954 | 37.90 | -12.58 | $55,398.71 |
| | Liberal | John Chandler | 12,658 | 32.08 | -3.04 | $47,623.99 |
| | New Democratic | Gordon Earle | 10,140 | 25.70 | +11.33 | $40,934.28 |
| | Green | Kate Boudreau | 1,700 | 4.31 | – | $1,478.43 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 39,452 | 100.0 | | $75,387 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 182 | 0.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,634 | 60.52 | -1.08 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 65,487 |
| | Conservative notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Conservative notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -4.77 |
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance. |||||||
2000 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Progressive Conservative | 15,083 | 37.89 |
| Liberal | 13,979 | 35.12 |
| New Democratic | 5,718 | 14.37 |
| Alliance | 5,013 | 12.59 |
| Others | 12 | 0.03 |

### South Shore
#### 2000

2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 14,328 | 39.69 | 3.70 |
| | Liberal | Derek Wells | 12,677 | 35.12 | 6.10 |
| | Alliance | Evan Walters | 4,697 | 13.01 | -0.49 |
| | New Democratic | Bill Zimmerman | 4,394 | 12.17 | -8.55 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 192 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,096 | 61.47 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 58,726 |

#### 1997

1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 14,136 | 36.00 | +3.38 |
| | Liberal | Derek Wells | 11,397 | 29.02 | -17.92 |
| | New Democratic | Blandford Nickerson | 8,137 | 20.72 | +15.72 |
| | Reform | Anne Matthiasson | 5,302 | 13.50 | -0.02 |
| | Natural Law | Terry Harnish | 298 | 0.76 | -0.02 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 39,270 | 100.00 |

#### 1993

1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Derek Wells | 17,351 | 46.94 | +4.37 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter McCreath | 12,058 | 32.62 | -13.84 |
| | Reform | Anne Matthiasson | 4,999 | 13.52 | |
| | New Democratic | Eric Hustvedt | 1,847 | 5.00 | -5.15 |
| | National | A. James Donahue | 422 | 1.14 | |
| | Natural Law | Richard Robertson | 287 | 0.78 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,964 | 100.00 |

#### 1988

1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter McCreath | 18,547 | 46.46 | -10.23 |
| | Liberal | Mike Delory | 16,995 | 42.57 | 13.55 |
| | New Democratic | Bill Zimmerman | 4,052 | 10.15 | -4.14 |
| | Libertarian | David Morgan | 329 | 0.82 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 39,923 | 100.00 |

#### 1984

1984 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Crouse | 22,347 | 56.69 | 12.30 |
| | Liberal | Paul Blades | 11,439 | 29.02 | -9.29 |
| | New Democratic | Bill Zimmerman | 5,633 | 14.29 | -1.82 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 39,419 | 100.00 |

#### 1980

1980 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Crouse | 16,139 | 44.39 | -12.74 |
| | Liberal | Jim Kinley | 13,926 | 38.31 | +6.36 |
| | New Democratic | John Yates | 5,856 | 16.11 | +5.19 |
| | Rhinoceros | Martha Tudor | 433 | 1.19 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,354 | 100.00 |

#### 1979

1979 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Crouse | 20,867 | 57.14 | +2.60 |
| | Liberal | Ted McFetridge | 11,666 | 31.94 | -7.02 |
| | New Democratic | John Yates | 3,988 | 10.92 | +5.08 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,521 | 100.00 |

#### 1974

1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Crouse | 18,206 | 54.54 | -2.77 |
| | Liberal | Bill Martin | 13,006 | 38.96 | +3.32 |
| | New Democratic | Bob Manthorne | 1,950 | 5.84 | -1.22 |
| | Social Credit | Edward Peterson | 222 | 0.66 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,384 | 100.00 |

#### 1972

1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Crouse | 18,653 | 57.30 | -1.23 |
| | Liberal | John Kinley | 11,602 | 35.64 | -3.28 |
| | New Democratic | Richard Stuart | 2,297 | 7.06 | +4.51 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,552 | 100.00 |

#### 1968

1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Crouse | 17,547 | 58.53 |
| | Liberal | John Kinley | 11,668 | 38.92 |
| | New Democratic | Aubrey Harding | 764 | 2.55 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,979 | 100.00 |