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: Election results South Shore—St. Margarets 2021 general election 2019 general election 2015 general election South Shore—St. Margaret's 2011 general election 2008 general election 2006 general election 2004 general election South Shore 2000 general election 1997 general election 1993 general election 1988 general election 1984 general election 1980 general election 1979 general election 1974 general election 1972 general election 1968 general election See also List of Canadian federal electoral districts Past Canadian electoral