CHARLOTTETOWN (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'Charlottetown' is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 32,245.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

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

Geography

The district includes the entire City of Charlottetown. The area is 46 sq. km.

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.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''Queen's prior to 1968''
'''Hillsborough'''
28th	1968-1972		Heath MacQuarrie	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980		Tom McMillan	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993		George Proud	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004		Shawn Murphy	Liberal
'''Charlottetown'''
38th	2004-2006		Shawn Murphy	Liberal
39th	2006-

Election results

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! align="right" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 19 112
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|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 18 589
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Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. The Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. The Christian Heritage change based on vote from previous election of the same candidate, who ran as an independent (the CHP was not recognized in that election.)

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Riding history for Hillsborough (1966–2003) from the Library of Parliament

★ Riding history for Charlottetown (2003–) from the Library of Parliament