South Shore—St. Margarets

'''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: and
 * the counties of Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg;
 * 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: