CARDIGAN (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'Cardigan' is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

Demographics

'Ethnic groups:' 98.5% White, 1.1% Native Canadian

'Languages:' 97.0% English, 1.2% French, 1.7% Other

'Religions:' 51.0% Catholic, 40.3% Protestant, 2.6% Other Christian, 5.9% No affiliation

'Average income:' $22 712

Geography

The district includes all of Kings County and eastern Queens County. It also includes Governors Island and Boughton Island.
According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election (2006) are:
: "Consisting of:
:: (a) the County of Kings;
:: (b) that part of the County of Queens comprised of: lots 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 50, 57, 58, 60 and 62; the Town of Stratford; and
:: (c) Governors Island and all other islands adjacent to the County of Kings and to the above-mentioned lots.
See the map of Cardigan riding.

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of the ridings of King's and Queen's.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''King's and Queen's prior to 1968''
28th	1968-1972		Melvin McQuaid	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974		Daniel J. MacDonald 1st term	Liberal
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980		Wilbur MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980		Daniel J. MacDonald † 2nd term	Liberal
	1980-1981	''vacant''
1981 By-election	1981-1984		W. Bennett Campbell	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		Pat Binns	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993		Lawrence MacAulay	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

Election results

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|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 20 533
! align="right" | 100.0%
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|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Total rejected ballots
! align="right" | 116
! align="right" | 0.56%
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|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Turnout
! align="right" | 20 649
! align="right" | 75.9
! align="right" | -0.3%


|-
|- bgcolor="white"
! align="left" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 20 726
! align="right" | 76.2%
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
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|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 16 772


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 16 409


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 18 066


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 19 801



|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 16 653


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 17 830


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 17 083


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 12 887


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 12 410


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 11 543

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Cardigan riding from Elections Canada

★ Riding history for Cardigan (1966–) from the Library of Parliament

★ Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada