South Shore (electoral district)

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South Shore was a federal electoral district It was located in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1966 from Queens—Lunenburg and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare ridings. It initially consisted of:

• the counties of Lunenburg and Queens,
• the Municipality of Shelburne in the county of Shelburne, and
• part of the county of Halifax.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Counties of Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg.

It was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into South Shore—St. Margaret's.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Lloyd R. Crouse, Progressive Conservative (1968-1988)
2. Peter L. McCreath, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
3. Derek Wells, Liberal (1993-1997)
4. Gerald Keddy, Progressive Conservative (1997-2004)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CROUSE, Lloyd R.	17,547
	Liberal	KINLEY, John James	11,668
	New Democrat	HARDING, Aubrey	764

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CROUSE, Lloyd R.	18,653
	Liberal	KINLEY, John James	11,602
	New Democrat	STUART, Richard N.	2,297

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CROUSE, Lloyd R.	18,206
	Liberal	MARTIN, Bill K.	13,006
	New Democrat	MANTHORNE, Bob	1,950
	Social Credit	PETERSON, Edward	222

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CROUSE, Lloyd R.	20,867
	Liberal	MCFETRIDGE, Ted	11,666
	New Democrat	YATES, John	3,988

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CROUSE, Lloyd R.	16,139
	Liberal	KINLEY, Jim	13,926
	New Democrat	YATES, John H.	5,856
	New Democrat	TUDOR, Martha	433

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CROUSE, Lloyd R.	22,347
	Liberal	BLADES, Paul	11,439
	New Democrat	ZIMMERMAN, Bill	5,633

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MCCREATH, Peter L.	18,547
	Liberal	DELORY, Mike	16,995
	New Democrat	ZIMMERMAN, Bill	4,052
	Libertarian	MORGAN, David	329

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WELLS, Derek	17,351
	Progressive Conservative	MCCREATH, Peter L.	12,058
	Reform	MATTHIASSON, Anne	4,999
	New Democrat	HUSTVEDT, Eric	1,847
	National	DONAHUE, A. James	422
	Natural Law	ROBERTSON, Richard	287

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	KEDDY, Gerald	14,136
	Liberal	WELLS, Derek	11,397
	New Democrat	NICKERSON, Blantford Willie	8,137
	Reform	MATTHIASSON, Anne	5,302
	Natural Law	HARNISH, Terry June	298

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	KEDDY, Gerald	14,328
	Liberal	WELLS, Derek	12,677
	Canadian Alliance	WALTERS, Evan	4,697
	New Democrat	ZIMMERMAN, Bill	4,394

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for South Shore (1966–2003) from the Library of Parliament