Sherwood-Hillsborough
Sherwood-Hillsborough was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created for the 1996 election out of the dual member 5th Queens riding. It was divided prior to the 2007 election into Charlottetown-Sherwood, Tracadie-Hillsborough Park and Charlottetown-Parkdale.
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| First contested | 1996 |
| Last contested | 2003 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Queens County |
| Census subdivision(s) | Charlottetown |
Members
The riding elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sherwood-Hillsborough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See 5th Queens 1873-1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Elmer MacFadyen | Progressive Conservative | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | |||
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
| See Charlottetown-Sherwood, Tracadie-Hillsborough Park and Charlottetown-Parkdale | ||||
Election results
| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacFadyen | 1,480 | 51.00 | -12.00 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Mitchell | 1,347 | 46.42 | +16.36 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ronald G. Kelly | 75 | 2.58 | -4.36 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,902 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -14.18 | ||||||
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacFadyen | 1,815 | 63.00 | +10.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Poulton | 866 | 30.06 | -10.29 | ||||
| New Democratic | Victoria Hill | 200 | 6.94 | +0.05 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,881 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +10.26 | ||||||
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacFadyen | 1,585 | 52.76 | |||||
| Liberal | Larry Hughes | 1,212 | 40.35 | |||||
| New Democratic | Ronald Kelly | 207 | 6.89 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,004 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 5th Queens | ||||||||
References
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