Sackville—Bedford—Preston
Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Sackville—Bedford—Preston (formerly known as Sackville—Eastern Shore, Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore and 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.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 89,524 | ||
| Electors (2025)[2] | 79,664 | ||
| Area (km²)[3] | 645.18 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 138.8 | ||
| Census division | Halifax | ||
| Census subdivision | Halifax (part) | ||
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Demographics
- According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2023 representation[5]
Racial groups: 83.0% White, 4.2% Indigenous, 4.3% Black, 2.1% Arab, 1.9% Chinese, 1.8% South Asian
Languages: 90.1% English, 3.1% French, 1.6% Arabic
Religions: 58.5% Christian (25.3% Catholic, 9.0% Anglican, 7.3% United Church, 5.2% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 10.8% Other), 2.5% Muslim, 36.8% No religion
Median income (2020): $45,600
Average income (2015): $56,550
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 land area is 645.18 km2 (249.11 sq mi).[6]
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 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 was largely dissolved into the new riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook (94%), with small portions going to Central Nova (4%) and Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (2%).
Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook was largely replaced by the new riding of Sackville—Bedford—Preston. It gained the Bedford, Hammonds Plains and Lucasville areas from Halifax West; and the area north of Highways 111 and 118 plus the Lake Charles area from Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. It lost the Lawrencetown, Porters Lake and the Chezzetcook areas to Central Nova.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore Riding created from Central Nova and Dartmouth |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Peter Stoffer | New Democratic | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Sackville—Eastern Shore | ||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Peter Stoffer | New Democratic | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Darrell Samson | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| Sackville—Bedford—Preston | ||||
| 45th | 2025–present | Braedon Clark | Liberal | |
Election results
Sackville—Bedford—Preston
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Braedon Clark | 36,062 | 61.97 | +17.32 | ||||
| Conservative | Dave Carroll | 18,860 | 32.41 | +7.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Isaac Wilson | 2,324 | 3.99 | -20.79 | ||||
| Green | Andre Anderson | 526 | 0.90 | -1.15 | ||||
| People's | Ryan Slaney | 418 | 0.72 | -2.77 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,190 | 99.29 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 416 | 0.71 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 58,606 | 73.16 | +8.77 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,104 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +4.95 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 22,199 | 44.65 | |
| Conservative | 12,424 | 24.99 | |
| New Democratic | 12,317 | 24.78 | |
| People's | 1,732 | 3.48 | |
| Green | 1,019 | 2.05 | |
| Christian Heritage | 23 | 0.05 | |
| Total valid votes | 49,714 | 99.52 | |
| Rejected ballots | 242 | 0.48 | |
| Registered voters/ estimated turnout | 77,585 | 64.39 | |
Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
2021
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darrell Samson | 18,838 | 41.3 | +1.1 | $68,438.97 | |||
| Conservative | Angela Conrad | 12,047 | 26.4 | +3.8 | $24,989.76 | |||
| New Democratic | Jenna Chisholm | 12,012 | 26.3 | +2.4 | $23,933.45 | |||
| People's | Earl Gosse | 1,776 | 3.9 | +2.2 | $5,292.19 | |||
| Green | Anthony Edmonds | 933 | 2.0 | -9.6 | $1,654.05 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,606 | 99.5 | +0.1 | $107,534.18 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 252 | 0.5 | -0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,858 | 63.5 | -6.0 | |||||
| Registered voters | 72,197 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.4 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darrell Samson | 19,925 | 40.22 | −7.73 | $85,306.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Matt Stickland | 11,860 | 23.94 | −10.45 | none listed | |||
| Conservative | Kevin Copley | 11,211 | 22.63 | +7.75 | $34,737.99 | |||
| Green | Anthony Edmonds | 5,725 | 11.56 | +8.78 | $2,901.53 | |||
| People's | Sybil Hogg | 816 | 1.65 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,537 | 99.36 | $104,082.91 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 320 | 0.64 | +0.27 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,857 | 69.48 | −1.78 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,759 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.36 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darrell Samson | 23,161 | 47.95 | +36.64 | $70,884.65 | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 16,613 | 34.39 | –19.90 | $56,102.19 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Strickland | 7,186 | 14.88 | –15.31 | $16,062.61 | |||
| Green | Mike Montgomery | 1,341 | 2.78 | –1.42 | $1,127.68 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,301 | 99.63 | $201,426.67 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 180 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 48,481 | 71.25 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 68,040 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +28.27 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 21,174 | 54.30 | |
| Conservative | 11,772 | 30.19 | |
| Liberal | 4,409 | 11.31 | |
| Green | 1,637 | 4.20 | |
| Others | 3 | 0.01 | |
Sackville—Eastern Shore
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 22,483 | 54.07 | -7.36 | $41,167.28 | |||
| Conservative | Adam Mimnagh | 12,662 | 30.45 | +9.71 | $24,555.96 | |||
| Liberal | Scott Hemming | 4,673 | 11.24 | -1.46 | $18,619.07 | |||
| Green | John Percy | 1,762 | 4.24 | -0.91 | $828.54 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,580 | 100.0 | $83,710.01 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 246 | 0.59 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,826 | 59.47 | +0.95 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,329 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -8.54 | ||||||
| Sources:[15][16] | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 24,279 | 61.43 | +8.48 | $45,646.87 | |||
| Conservative | David Montgomery | 8,198 | 20.74 | -1.16 | $18,400.92 | |||
| Liberal | Carolyn Scott | 5,018 | 12.70 | -10.29 | $27,348.88 | |||
| Green | Noreen Hartlen | 2,034 | 5.15 | +2.90 | $399.04 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,524 | 100.0 | $80,209 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 142 | 0.36 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,666 | 58.52 | -3.92 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,786 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +4.82 | ||||||
2006
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 22,848 | 52.95 | +7.18 | $55,364.52 | |||
| Liberal | Bill Fleming | 9,921 | 22.99 | -5.67 | $30,450.85 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Francis | 9,450 | 21.90 | +0.55 | $59,102.04 | |||
| Green | Richard MacDonald | 933 | 2.16 | -0.41 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,152 | 100.0 | $75,334 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 125 | 0.29 | -0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,277 | 62.44 | +1.89 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 69,311 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.42 | ||||||
2004
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 17,925 | 45.77 | +9.87 | $41,208.92 | |||
| Liberal | Dale Stevens | 11,222 | 28.66 | -4.40 | $51,797.99 | |||
| Conservative | Steve Streatch | 8,363 | 21.35 | -8.24 | $66,799.41 | |||
| Green | David Fullerton | 1,007 | 2.57 | – | none listed | |||
| Progressive Canadian | Greg Moors | 645 | 1.65 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,162 | 100.0 | $72,023 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 181 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 39,343 | 60.55 | +0.89 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,979 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional hold | Swing | +7.14 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. | ||||||||
| 2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 12,886 | 35.90 | |
| Liberal | 11,866 | 33.06 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 6,459 | 18.00 | |
| Alliance | 4,161 | 11.59 | |
| Others | 519 | 1.45 | |
Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore
2000
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 13,619 | 34.48 | +4.11 | ||||
| Liberal | Bruce Stephen | 12,864 | 32.56 | +6.30 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wade Marshall | 7,589 | 19.21 | -11.06 | ||||
| Alliance | Bill Stevens | 4,773 | 12.08 | -0.51 | ||||
| Marijuana | Melanie Patriquen | 658 | 1.67 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 39,503 | 100.00 | ||||||
Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.
1997
| 1997 Canadian federal election: Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 12,433 | 30.37 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Streatch | 12,392 | 30.27 | |||||
| Liberal | Beverley Peters | 10,750 | 26.26 | |||||
| Reform | Rob Cuthbert | 5,155 | 12.59 | |||||
| Natural Law | Bernard Wayne Gormley | 211 | 0.52 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,941 | 100.00 | ||||||