Photo: Tim Green from Bradford, UK · CC BY 2.0South Shore—St. Margarets, which takes in Shelburne, is held by Jessica Fancy-Landry (Liberal Party of Canada)
11 of the 11 MPs from Nova Scotia belong to the Liberal Party of Canada. Shelburne is a municipal district by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. This page names no head of council for Shelburne, as no open list of councils exists in Nova Scotia. No provincial riding is named for Shelburne, as no open boundary file exists for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that we could find.
Three governments, and who does what
Shelburne, 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.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Shelburne, from the most recent elections.
- 1Shelburne 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 Shelburne votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Shelburne council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The last general elections came on 26 November 2024 for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. After the 19 October 2024 election, Shelburne council next goes to the polls on 21 October 2028. That date comes from the Municipal Elections Act, which sets the third Saturday in October every four years. Counts from April 2025 can’t appear here, since Elections Canada allows only non-commercial reuse of them.
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
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. April 2025 was Jessica Fancy-Landry’s first election to the House of Commons.
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.
South Shore—St. Margarets elected Rick Perkins (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021: 41% of the vote, a lead of 1,879 over Bernadette Jordan (Liberal Party of Canada). Back in 2019 a different party held it: Bernadette Jordan (Liberal Party of Canada), on 42%.
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 Shelburne 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. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
Questions about how Shelburne is run
Who is the MP for Shelburne?
South Shore—St. Margarets’s MP, Jessica Fancy-Landry of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Shelburne.
Which party won Shelburne in the 2021 federal election?
South Shore—St. Margarets went to Rick Perkins (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021. Since 2025, Jessica Fancy-Landry has been the MP for South Shore—St. Margarets.
Who is the MLA for Shelburne?
Shelburne’s riding isn’t placed on this page; the Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s members page lists every MLA by riding.
Who heads the council in Shelburne?
Shelburne is a municipal district; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
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).