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 34,562 as of 2011.[2]

Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Charlottetown in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Coordinates:46.260°N 63.134°W / 46.260; -63.134
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Sean Casey
Liberal
District created2003
First contested2004
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]36,094
Electors (2019)27,480
Area (km²)[1]46
Pop. density (per km²)784.7
Census division(s)Queens
Census subdivision(s)Charlottetown

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
According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Twenty most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 86.8% English, 3.7% Mandarin, 2.1% French, 1.3% Arabic, 0.6% Nepali, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.3% Farsi, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Albanian, 0.2% Korean[3]

History

From 1966 until 2004, most of the Charlottetown riding was part of the riding of Hillsborough. In 2003, there was a riding readjustment; a part 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 Member 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  2015–2019
43rd  2019–present

Election results
Graph of election results in Charlottetown (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2019 general election
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalSean Casey8,81244.26−12.01$81,859.21
GreenDarcie Lanthier4,64823.35+17.57$36,415.23
ConservativeRobert A. Campbell4,04020.29+5.47$46,459.01
New DemocraticJoe Byrne2,23811.24−11.90$4,819.38
Christian HeritageFred MacLeod1720.86New$1,200.90
Total valid votes/Expense limit 19,910100.0   $86,542.92
Total rejected ballots 2741.36+0.89
Turnout 20,18473.45−2.14
Eligible voters 27,480
Liberal hold Swing −14.79
Source: Elections Canada[4]

2015 general election
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalSean Casey11,91056.27+16.79$133,567.53
New DemocraticJoe Byrne4,89723.14–1.94$51,147.58
ConservativeRon MacMillan3,13614.82–17.89$73,560.00
GreenBecka Viau1,2225.77+3.51$5,912.52
Total valid votes/Expense limit 21,16599.53 $170,107.74
Total rejected ballots 990.47–0.14
Turnout 21,26476.24+6.14
Eligible voters 27,891
Liberal hold Swing +9.36
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2011 general election
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalSean Casey7,29239.48-10.58$61,465.09
ConservativeDonna Profit6,04032.71+0.60$48,556.35
New DemocraticJoe Byrne4,63225.08+12.77$45,026.11
GreenEliza Knockwood4172.26-2.57$2,301.92
Christian HeritageBaird Judson870.47-0.23$3,159.86
Total valid votes/Expense limit 18,468100.0  –$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:[7][8]

2008 general election
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalShawn Murphy8,89350.06-0.10$66,093.14
ConservativeTom DeBlois5,70432.11-2.03$48,302.66
New DemocraticBrian Pollard2,18712.31+1.19$4,744.42
GreenLaura Bisaillon8584.83+1.76$1,257.27
Christian HeritageBaird Judson1240.70+0.19$8,750.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 17,776100.0  – $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

2006 general election
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalShawn Murphy9,58650.16+0.80$60,442.09
ConservativeTom DeBlois6,52434.14+6.59$60,317.15
New DemocraticBrian Pollard2,12611.12-7.32$5,251.38
GreenDavid Daughton5863.07-1.02$780.62
MarijuanaAndrew J. Chisholm1931.01–none listed
Christian HeritageBaird Judson970.51-0.05$5,346.77
Total valid votes/Expense limit 19,112100.0  –$62,665
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1140.59-0.12
Turnout 19,22670.75+3.45
Eligible voters 27,175
Liberal hold Swing -2.90

2004 general election
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalShawn Murphy9,17549.36+6.80$59,677.46
ConservativeDarren Peters5,12127.55-7.80$60,605.56
New DemocraticDody Crane3,42818.44-2.91$13,197.84
GreenWill McFadden7604.09–$1,647.47
Christian HeritageBaird Judson1050.56–$2,837.13
Total valid votes/Expense limit 18,589 100.0  –$61,440
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1330.71
Turnout 18,72267.30
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 %
  Liberal7,42742.56
  Progressive Conservative5,27030.20
  New Democratic3,72521.35
  Alliance8995.15
  Others1290.74

2000 general election
2000 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalShawn Murphy8,27741.81
Progressive ConservativeDarren Peters6,03930.50
New DemocraticDody Crane4,32821.86
AllianceGerry Stewart1,0055.08
Natural LawPeter Cameron920.46
IndependentBaird Judson580.29
Turnout 19,89567.2

1997 general election
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Proud7,63040.87
New DemocraticDody Crane5,75130.80
Progressive ConservativeMitchell Tweel4,59424.61
ReformBlaine Jensen4762.55
Christian HeritageBaird Judson1450.78
Natural LawPaula Price740.40
Turnout 18,84771.2%

1993 general election
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Proud11,97660.57
Progressive ConservativeThomas McMillan5,26926.65
New DemocraticDody Crane1,1435.78
ReformFreeman T. Whitty7443.76
NationalDave Patterson3501.77
Christian HeritageBaird Judson1670.84
Natural LawPeter Cameron1230.62

1988 general election
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Proud8,89743.68
Progressive ConservativeThomas McMillan8,63842.41
New DemocraticDody Crane1,9845.78
IndependentDavid Weale5692.79
Christian HeritageBaird Judson2811.38

1984 general election
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeThomas McMillan9,15853.20
LiberalGerry Birt6,76839.32
New DemocraticDavid Burke8464.91
IndependentBig John Muise3231.88
IndependentIzzurd Goat McFadden820.48
GreenDavid Daughton370.21

1980 general election
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeThomas McMillan7,12847.66
LiberalGerry Birt6,55543.83
New DemocraticBob Crockett1,2458.32
Marxist–LeninistKathryn Schmidt280.19

1979 general election
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeThomas McMillan8,33854.99
LiberalGordon Tweedy5,31935.08
New DemocraticBob Crockett1,4539.58
LibertarianGarry Anstett540.36

1974 general election
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHeath MacQuarrie9,91750.36
LiberalGeorge Chandler8,57743.56
New DemocraticPreston MacLeod1,1976.08

1972 general election
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHeath MacQuarrie10,60555.13
LiberalIan Glass7,16837.26
New DemocraticEtsel Ross1,4647.61

1968 general election
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHeath MacQuarrie8,32854.99
LiberalJack McAndrew6,44741.05
New DemocraticDavid Hall9305.92

Student Vote results

In a Student Vote, participating Canadian schools to parallel the 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.[9]

Graph of student vote election results in Charlottetown (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 election
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSean Casey1,00232.01-9.52
GreenDarcie Lanthier98331.41+7.7
ConservativeRobert Campell53617.12+5.05
New DemocraticJoe Byrne47015.02-7.66
Christian HeritageFred MacLeod1394.44New
Total Valid Votes 3,130100.0 
Source: Student Vote[10]

2015 election
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSean Casey1,28041.53+13.3
GreenBecka Viau73123.72+8.37
New DemocraticJoe Byrne69922.68-7.24
ConservativeRon MacMillan37212.07-9.19
Total Valid Votes 3,082100.0 

2011 election
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticJoe Byrne78529.92
LiberalSean Casey76729.23
ConservativeDonna Profit55821.26
GreenEliza Knockwood40215.32
Christian HeritageBaird Judson1124.27
Total valid votes 2,624100.00


See also

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. Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. "Electoral District Profile - Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island)". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
  4. "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Charlottetown (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  8. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
  9. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  10. "Student Vote Canada 2019 Results". Student Vote Canada 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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