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South ShoreSafeRural
Chester-St. Margaret's
MLA: Danielle Barkhouse · Progressive Conservative
Projected winner
If an election were held today. Projection as of Oct 11, 2026; the next election may be years away.
Progressive Conservative96% chance of winning
- Progressive Conservative · 40.4% projected vote96%
- Liberal · 29.0% projected vote3%
- NS NDP · 26.1% projected vote1%
2024 result
- Danielle Barkhouse · Progressive Conservativeelected4,80658.2%
- Laura Mulrooney · Liberal2,16026.2%
- Brendan Mosher · NS NDP1,29015.6%
- Margin
- 32.0%
- Tier
- Safe
- Turnout
- 50.0%
- Registered
- 16,521
2021 result
- Danielle Barkhouse · Progressive Conservativeelected3,78840.1%
- Jacob Killawee · Liberal3,55637.6%
- Amy Reitsma · NS NDP1,62617.2%
- Jessica Alexander · Green4174.4%
- Steven Foster · Other680.7%
District at a glance
2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada publishes no profile on Nova Scotia's provincial districts, so these are built from the dissemination areas inside each one: counts are exact sums, medians are estimates. Ranks are against all 56 districts.
- Median household income
- $77,89018 of 56
- Average rent
- $94027 of 56
- Renters
- 14.1%45 of 56
- Bachelor's or higher
- 25.1%20 of 56
- Median age
- 53.08 of 56
- Over 65
- 27.7%15 of 56
- Speak French
- 8.8%28 of 56
- Immigrants
- 6.1%20 of 56
- Indigenous identity
- 4.0%32 of 56
- Unemployment
- 11.7%33 of 56
Closest races in South Shore
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Results and boundaries: Elections Nova Scotia. Census: Statistics Canada.