Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park

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Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
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Coordinates: 46°16′34″N63°06′22″W / 46.276°N 63.106°W / 46.276; -63.106
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
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Natalie Jameson
Progressive Conservative
District created2019
First contested 2019
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Census division(s) Queens County
Census subdivision(s) Charlottetown

Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2019 election from parts of the former districts Tracadie-Hillsborough Park, York-Oyster Bed and Charlottetown-Sherwood.

Contents

The riding is located in the city of Charlottetown, and includes the neighbourhoods of East Royalty, Hillsborough Park and Falconwood.

Members

The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
66th 2019–2023 Natalie Jameson Progressive Conservative
67th 2023–present

Election results

Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park, 2019–present

2023 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Natalie Jameson 1,66061.9+18.2
Green Adina Nault52319.5-9.2
Liberal Dellon Paul35213.1-12.6
New Democratic Tristan Mitchell1254.7+2.8
Island Cari Barbour210.8
Total valid votes 2,681 100.0
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +13.7
Source(s)
[1]

The district was excluded from the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election due to the death of registered Green Party candidate Josh Underhay on April 19, 2019. [2] A deferred election was held on July 15, 2019. [3] Nominated PC candidate, Sarah Stewart-Clark, withdrew her candidacy on May 26, 2019 for personal reasons. She was later replaced by Natalie Jameson. [4]

2019 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Natalie Jameson 1,08043.72+10.7
Green John Andrew70928.70+20.7
Liberal Karen Lavers63525.71-12.3
New Democratic Gordon Gay461.86-19.1
Total valid votes2,470
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
This is a newly created district
2015 Prince Edward Island general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
Liberal 1,11738.0
Progressive Conservative 97033.0
New Democratic 61921.0
Green 2368.0
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

Referendum and plebiscite results

2019 electoral reform referendum

The 2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum was held on April 23, 2019. Although the general election in the district was deferred, the referendum was not.

2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Yes77651.80
No72248.20
Total valid votes1,489100.00
Source
"Island Referendum Vote on Electoral Reform: Island Referendum Vote on Electoral Reform". Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.

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References

  1. "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. Ross, Shane (April 20, 2019). "P.E.I. Green candidate, son die in canoeing accident days before election". CBC News. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. "Byelection to be held in District 9 Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park due to death of candidate". The Guardian. April 20, 2019. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  4. "Saltwire | Prince Edward Island".