Charlottetown

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Charlottetown in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Coordinates:	46°15′36″N 63°08′02″W / 46.260°N 63.134°W / 46.260; -63.134
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sean Casey Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, 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

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]

Hillsborough was formed in 1966 (from the old Queen's (Prince Edward Island federal electoral district). It elected its first MP in 1968. It was re=drawn and re-named Charlottetown in 2003.

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.

Election results

Charlottetown

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

2021 Election by polling area

2021 general election

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sean Casey	8,919	46.70	+2.44	$72,839.73
	Conservative	Doug Currie	5,932	31.06	+10.77	$77,864.04
	New Democratic	Margaret Andrade	2,048	10.72	-0.52	$3,242.50
	Green	Darcie Lanthier	1,832	9.59	-13.76	none listed
	People's	Scott McPhee	369	1.93	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,100	98.97	+0.40	$88,991.90
Total rejected ballots			198	1.03	-0.40
Turnout			19,298	71.08	-2.37
Eligible voters			27,150
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.17
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2019 general election

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sean Casey	8,812	44.26	−12.01	$81,859.21
	Green	Darcie Lanthier	4,648	23.35	+17.57	$36,415.23
	Conservative	Robert A. Campbell	4,040	20.29	+5.47	$46,459.01
	New Democratic	Joe Byrne	2,238	11.24	−11.90	$4,819.38
	Christian Heritage	Fred MacLeod	172	0.86	New	$1,200.90
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,910	100.0		$86,542.92
Total rejected ballots			274	1.36	+0.89
Turnout			20,184	73.45	−2.14
Eligible voters			27,480
	Liberal hold		Swing		−14.79
Source: Elections Canada[6]

2015 general election

2015 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sean Casey	11,910	56.27	+16.79	$133,567.53
	New Democratic	Joe Byrne	4,897	23.14	–1.94	$51,147.58
	Conservative	Ron MacMillan	3,136	14.82	–17.89	$73,560.00
	Green	Becka Viau	1,222	5.77	+3.51	$5,912.52
Total valid votes/expense limit			21,165	99.53		$170,107.74
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[7][8]

2011 general election

2011 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown
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:[9][10]

2008 general election

2008 Canadian federal election
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

2006 general election

2006 Canadian federal election
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

2004 general election

2004 Canadian federal election
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

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.^[11]

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Charlottetown (electoral district) (Code 11002) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• 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 December 20, 2010.