Legislature House of Commons District created 1996 Last contested 2015 Province Nova Scotia | MP Darrell Samson
Liberal First contested 1997 District webpage profile, map Elector 67,401 | |
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Census division Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
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.
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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:
Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore
Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.