Federal electoral districts redistribution 2022

South Shore—St. Margarets – Proposal

  • (Population: 91,288)
  • (Map 1)

Consists of:

  • (a) the County of Lunenburg;
  • (b) the Regional Municipality of Queens; and
  • (c) that part of the Halifax Regional Municipality lying westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said regional municipality with the westerly shoreline of Pockwock Lake; thence generally southerly along said shoreline to the westernmost extremity of Ponhook Cove in Pockwock Lake; thence southerly in a straight line to the mouth of the Pockwock River at Wrights Lake; thence southeasterly in a straight line to the northernmost extremity of Stillwater Lake at the mouth of East River; thence southerly along said lake to Highway 213 (Hammonds Plains Road); thence southwesterly along said highway to Highway 103 (Fishermen’s Memorial Highway); thence generally southeasterly along said highway to Nine Mile River; thence northerly along said river to Highway 3 (St. Margarets Bay Road); thence generally southeasterly and easterly along said highway to Dunbrack Street; thence generally southerly and southeasterly along said street to Old Sambro Road; thence southerly along said road to McIntosh Run; thence northeasterly along said run to the southerly boundary of Long Lake Provincial Park at latitude 44°36'51"N and longitude 63°37'22"W; thence southwesterly and southerly along said provincial park boundary to Old Sambro Road; thence generally southwesterly and southerly along said road to the intersection with Fish Brook (approximate latitude 44°35'13"N and longitude 63°38'18"W); thence generally southeasterly along said brook to Governors Lake (approximate latitude 44°34'4"N and longitude 63°36'28"W); thence northeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of Herring Cove Road and Sarah Drive; thence northeasterly along said drive and its production in a straight line to the southwesternmost point of Connaught Battery Park (approximate latitude 44°36'8"N and longitude 63°33'44"W); thence generally northeasterly along said park boundary to the southeasternmost point of said park (approximate latitude 44°36'16"N and longitude 63°33'34"W); thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point in Halifax Harbour at latitude 44°36'35"N and longitude 63°32'53"W; thence generally southeasterly along said harbour (passing west of McNabs Island) to a point in the Atlantic Ocean on the southerly limit of the Halifax Regional Municipality at latitude 44°33'43"N and longitude 63°30'00"W.