Eastern Shore is a provincial

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, that elects one member of the

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. In 1967, the district was created as Halifax Eastern Shore out of Halifax East and part of

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. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission report, the district name was changed to Eastern Shore and it gained the Upper Lawrencetown area from Cole Harbour. In 2003, it gained an area on its western boundary from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and lost an area on its eastern boundary to Guysborough-Sheet Harbour. In 2013, the district lost the Ross Road area to Preston-Dartmouth. It is known as a

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district, having elected a government representative in every election since

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Geography

The land area of Eastern Shore is .

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

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2017

2013

, - , Liberal , Kevin Murphy , align="right", 3,770 , align="right", 52.99 , align="right", -39.53 , - ,

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, align="right", 1,922 , align="right", 27.01 , align="right", -22.21 , - , Progressive Conservative , Steve Brine , align="right", 1,423 , align="right", 20.00 , align="right", -14.69

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References

External links

CBC riding profile

June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results
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