Charlottetown (electoral district)

Charlottetown (formerly Hillsborough) is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The district, which includes the entire City of Charlottetown, has an area of 46 km² and a population of 32,245 as of 2001.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 97.2% White
Languages: 94.8% English, 2.1% French, 2.5% Other
Religions: 47.7% Catholic, 39.5% Protestant, 2.5% Other Christian, 8.3% no affiliation
Average income: $26,205

History

From 1966 until 2004, most of the Charlottetown riding was part of the riding of Hillsborough. In 2003, there was a riding readjustment; some pieces of the old Hillsborough riding became part of Cardigan. 96.4% of the riding of Charlottetown was previously part of the Hillsborough riding, and 3.6% was previously part of Malpeque. There were no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Hillsborough Riding created from Queen's
28th	1968–1972	Heath MacQuarrie	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Tom McMillan
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	George Proud	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004	Shawn Murphy
Charlottetown
38th	2004–2006	Shawn Murphy	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Sean Casey
42nd	2015–Present	Sean Casey

Election results

Charlottetown, 2013 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sean Casey	11,910	56.27	+16.79	–
	New Democratic	Joe Byrne	4,897	23.14	–1.94	–
	Conservative	Ron MacMillan	3,136	14.82	–17.89	–
	Green	Becka Viau	1,222	5.77	+3.51	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			21,165	100.0		$168,485.89
Total rejected ballots			99	0.47	–0.14
Turnout			21,264	76.24	+6.14
Eligible voters			27,891
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.36
Source: Elections Canada^[2]^[3]

Charlottetown, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sean Casey	7,292	39.48	-10.58	$61,465.09
	Conservative	Donna Profit	6,040	32.71	+0.60	$48,556.35
	New Democratic	Joe Byrne	4,632	25.08	+12.77	$45,026.11
	Green	Eliza Knockwood	417	2.26	-2.57	$2,301.92
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	87	0.47	-0.23	$3,159.86
Total valid votes/Expense limit			18,468	100.0	–	$69,664.10
Total rejected ballots			113	0.61	-0.16
Turnout			18,581	70.10	+3.96
Eligible voters			26,507
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.59
Sources:^[4]^[5]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shawn Murphy	8,893	50.06	-0.10	$66,093.14
	Conservative	Tom DeBlois	5,704	32.11	-2.03	$48,302.66
	New Democratic	Brian Pollard	2,187	12.31	+1.19	$4,744.42
	Green	Laura Bisaillon	858	4.83	+1.76	$1,257.27
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	124	0.70	+0.19	$8,750.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			17,776	100.0	–	$67,455
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			137	0.77	+0.18
Turnout			17,913	66.14	-4.61
Eligible voters			27,083
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.96

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shawn Murphy	9,586	50.16	+0.80	$60,442.09
	Conservative	Tom DeBlois	6,524	34.14	+6.59	$60,317.15
	New Democratic	Brian Pollard	2,126	11.12	-7.32	$5,251.38
	Green	David Daughton	586	3.07	-1.02	$780.62
	Marijuana	Andrew J. Chisholm	193	1.01	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	97	0.51	-0.05	$5,346.77
Total valid votes/Expense limit			19,112	100.0	–	$62,665
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			114	0.59	-0.12
Turnout			19,226	70.75	+3.45
Eligible voters			27,175
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.90

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shawn Murphy	9,175	49.36	+6.80	$59,677.46
	Conservative	Darren Peters	5,121	27.55	-7.80	$60,605.56
	New Democratic	Dody Crane	3,428	18.44	-2.91	$13,197.84
	Green	Will McFadden	760	4.09	–	$1,647.47
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	105	0.56	–	$2,837.13
Total valid votes/Expense limit			18,589	100.0	–	$61,440
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			133	0.71
Turnout			18,722	67.30
Eligible voters			27,820
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+7.30
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined total of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	7,427	42.56
	Progressive Conservative	5,270	30.20
	New Democratic	3,725	21.35
	Alliance	899	5.15
	Others	129	0.74

Hillsborough, 1968–2004

Canadian federal election, 2000: Hillsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Shawn Murphy	8,277	41.81
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Peters	6,039	30.50
	New Democratic	Dody Crane	4,328	21.86
	Alliance	Gerry Stewart	1,005	5.08
	Natural Law	Peter Cameron	92	0.46
	Independent	Baird Judson	58	0.29
Turnout			19,895	67.2%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Proud	7,630	40.87
	New Democratic	Dody Crane	5,751	30.80
	Progressive Conservative	Mitchell Tweel	4,594	24.61
	Reform	Blaine Jensen	476	2.55
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	145	0.78
	Natural Law	Paula Price	74	0.40
Turnout			18,847	71.2%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Proud	11,976	60.57
	Progressive Conservative	Tom McMillan	5,269	26.65
	New Democratic	Dody Crane	1,143	5.78
	Reform	Freeman T. Whitty	744	3.76
	National	Dave Patterson	350	1.77
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	167	0.84
	Natural Law	Peter Cameron	123	0.62

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Proud	8,897	43.68
	Progressive Conservative	Tom McMillan	8,638	42.41
	New Democratic	Dody Crane	1,984	5.78
	Independent	David Weale	569	2.79
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	281	1.38

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom McMillan	9,158	53.20
	Liberal	Gerry Birt	6,768	39.32
	New Democratic	David Burke	846	4.91
	Independent	Big John Muise	323	1.88
	Independent	Izzurd Goat McFadden	82	0.48
	Green	David Daughton	37	0.21

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom McMillan	7,128	47.66
	Liberal	Gerry Birt	6,555	43.83
	New Democratic	Bob Crockett	1,245	8.32
	Marxist–Leninist	Kathryn Schmidt	28	0.19

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom McMillan	8,338	54.99
	Liberal	Gordon Tweedy	5,319	35.08
	New Democratic	Bob Crockett	1,453	9.58
	Libertarian	Garry Anstett	54	0.36

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heath MacQuarrie	9,917	50.36
	Liberal	George Chandler	8,577	43.56
	New Democratic	Preston MacLeod	1,197	6.08

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heath MacQuarrie	10,605	55.13
	Liberal	Ian Glass	7,168	37.26
	New Democratic	Etsel Ross	1,464	7.61

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heath MacQuarrie	8,328	54.99
	Liberal	Jack McAndrew	6,447	41.05
	New Democratic	David Hall	930	5.92

Student Vote results

2011 election

In 2011, a Student Vote was conducted at participating Canadian schools to parallel the 2011 Canadian federal election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.^[6]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Joe Byrne	785	29.92
	Liberal	Sean Casey	767	29.23
	Conservative	Donna Profit	558	21.26
	Green	Eliza Knockwood	402	15.32
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	112	4.27
Total valid votes			2,624	100.00

References

"(Code 11002) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history for Hillsborough (1966–2003) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Charlottetown (2003–) from the Library of Parliament
"Canada Votes 2006". CBC News. Retrieved 20 December 2010.

Notes

1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Charlottetown (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

Federal ridings in Prince Edward Island

Liberal	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque

Historical federal ridings in Prince Edward Island

East Prince East Queen's Hillsborough King's King's County Prince Prince County Queen's Queen's County West Prince West Queen's

Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque

New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

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