Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook is a federal electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.Demographics
From the 2006 census
Ethnic groups:
- European Canadian: 89.9%
- African Canadian: 3.8%
- First Nations: 2.2%
- Chinese Canadian: 0.4%
- Arab Canadian: 0.3%
- Other: 0.8%
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%
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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 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, with small portions going to Central Nova and Dartmouth—Cole Harbour.Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:Election results
Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
2015 general election
Sackville—Eastern Shore
2011 general election
2008 general election
2006 general election
2004 general election
Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore
2000 general election
Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.1997 general election
