Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Barrington sends Jessica Fancy-Landry (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from South Shore—St. Margarets
11 of the 11 MPs from Nova Scotia belong to the Liberal Party of Canada. For local government, Barrington is a municipal district. No open list of councils exists in Nova Scotia, so no mayor of Barrington is named here. No provincial riding is named for Barrington, as no open boundary file exists for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that we could find.
Three governments, and who does what
Barrington, a municipal district in Nova Scotia, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
nslegislature.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
No county or regional government sits above Barrington’s council; Shelburne is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Barrington, from the most recent elections.
- 1Barrington councilMunicipal district
- 2Nova Scotia House of Assembly–
- 3House of CommonsSouth Shore—St. Margarets
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Barrington votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Barrington council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
After the 19 October 2024 election, Barrington council next goes to the polls on 21 October 2028. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the third Saturday in October every four years. The last general elections came on 26 November 2024 for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
nslegislature.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Jessica Fancy-Landry represents South Shore—St. Margarets in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
South Shore—St. Margarets · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada11
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
April 2025 was Jessica Fancy-Landry’s first election to the House of Commons. Mapped onto today’s South Shore—St. Margarets, the 2021 vote favoured the Conservative Party of Canada with 43%, which makes Jessica Fancy-Landry’s 2025 win a gain.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
South Shore—St. Margarets changed hands in 2021, to Rick Perkins (Conservative Party of Canada)
South Shore—St. Margarets as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
In 2019 the riding had gone to Bernadette Jordan (Liberal Party of Canada) with 42%. In 2021, South Shore—St. Margarets went to Rick Perkins (Conservative Party of Canada) on 41%; Bernadette Jordan (Liberal Party of Canada) finished 1,879 votes behind.
All 4 candidates in South Shore—St. Margarets, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Perkins | Conservative Party of Canada | 20,454 | 40.9% |
| Bernadette Jordan | Liberal Party of Canada | 18,575 | 37.2% |
| Olivia Dorey | New Democratic Party | 9,541 | 19.1% |
| Thomas Trappenberg | Green Party of Canada | 1,434 | 2.9% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Barrington is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnovascotia.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
Questions about how Barrington is run
Who is the MP for Barrington?
Jessica Fancy-Landry (Liberal Party of Canada) sits for South Shore—St. Margarets, the riding Barrington is in.
Which party won Barrington in the 2021 federal election?
The Conservative Party of Canada, with Rick Perkins in South Shore—St. Margarets; since 2025 Jessica Fancy-Landry represents South Shore—St. Margarets.
Who is the MLA for Barrington?
Use the Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Barrington isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Barrington?
Barrington, a municipal district, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).