The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
South Shore—St. Margarets
Federal riding · NS · No. 12010 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Jessica Fancy Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal gain by 6,967 votes
- Turnout
- 72.2% of 70,712 electors
- Population
- 79,130 2021 census
- Area
- 11,715 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Oldest median ageMedian age 53.2, 9th highest of 343 (Median age, 2021 census)
- Changed hands in 2025One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (2 of 11 in Nova Scotia)
- Population, smallest first79,130 people, 2021 census · 23rd of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Jessica Fancy
- Member: Procedure and House Affairs
- Member: Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
IDid this riding change?
Yes — it shrank. All of today's South Shore—St. Margarets comes from the old South Shore—St. Margarets, but it is only 95% of that riding. The rest went elsewhere.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
100.0%South Shore—St. Margarets 95% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal gain
Elected
Jessica Fancy-Landry
Liberal
27,831
54.9% of valid votes
Margin
6,967
votes · +13.8 pts
Runner-up
Rick Perkins
Conservative
20,864
41.1% of valid votes
Liberal 54.9% · Conservative 41.1% · Green 1.6% · People's 1.4% · Independent 1.0%
Turnout72.2% of 70,712 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Fancy-Landry | Liberal | 27,831 | 54.9% | 35.3% | +19.6 |
| Rick Perkins | Conservative | 20,864 | 41.1% | 43.1% | −2.0 |
| Mark Embrett | Green | 818 | 1.6% | 2.8% | −1.2 |
| Patrick Shea Boyd | People's | 698 | 1.4% | 0.0% | +1.4 |
| Hayden Henderson | Independent | 500 | 1.0% | — | +1.0 |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
6.9 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
818 votes
Green took fewer than the 6,967-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
91 of 196
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 3,484 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 6.9% of the 50,711 valid votes, 6.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal27,831
Conservative20,864
Still Liberal by 6,967 votes. Actual margin: 6,967.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 52.5% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal47.6%62.9%+15.3
Conservative47.2%34.5%−12.7
Green2.1%1.1%−1.0
People's1.9%0.8%−1.1
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $65,500 — about 78 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest37th lowest of 343
- Median age is 53.2 — about 1.3 times the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest9th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.8% — about 70 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest95th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 5.7% — about 33 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest63rd lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 81.4% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest48th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.2% — about 75 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest126th lowest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 12010NS · 2025
South Shore—St. Margarets
Jessica Fancy
- Result
- Liberal gain by 6,967
- Turnout
- 72.2%
- Population
- 79,130
- Area
- 11,715 km²
Oldest median ageChanged hands in 2025Population, smallest first
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