Charlottetown-Parkdale

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Charlottetown-Parkdale
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates: 46°15′18″N63°07′05″W / 46.255°N 63.118°W / 46.255; -63.118
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created2007
District abolished2019
First contested 2007
Last contested2017 (by-election)
Demographics
Census division(s) Queens County
Census subdivision(s) Charlottetown

Charlottetown-Parkdale was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2007 election from parts of Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Charlottetown-Kings Square.

Contents

The riding consisted of most of the Parkdale neighbourhood and the St. Avard's and Belvedere neighbourhoods of Charlottetown.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Parkdale
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Charlottetown-Kings Square 1996–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Doug Currie Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2017
2017–2019 Hannah Bell Green

Election results

Charlottetown-Parkdale, 2007–2019

Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, 27 November 2017
Resignation of Doug Currie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Hannah Bell 76835.28+16.12
Liberal Bob Doiron62128.53-15.18
Progressive Conservative Melissa Hilton58626.92+0.72
New Democratic Michael Redmond 2029.28-1.67
Total valid votes2,177100.00
Green gain from Liberal Swing +15.65
[1]
2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Doug Currie 1,16643.70-18.06
Progressive Conservative Lynn MacLaren69926.20-1.00
Green Becka Viau51119.15+12.93
New Democratic Andrew Watts29210.94+6.11
Total valid votes2,668100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -8.53
[2]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Doug Currie 1,51061.76+4.33
Progressive Conservative Bernie Flynn66527.20-10.75
Green Eliza Knockwood1526.22
New Democratic Noel Pauley1184.83+0.21
Total valid votes2,445100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +7.54
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Doug Currie 1,66657.43
Progressive Conservative Mike Molyneaux1,10137.95
New Democratic Zain Esseghaier1344.62
Total valid votes2,901100.0  
This was a newly created district

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Mixed Member Proportional 42231.01
Dual Member Proportional Representation 39529.02
First Past the Post 35426.01
Preferential Voting 1249.11
First Past the Post plus leaders664.85
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 56852.35
Dual Member Proportional Representation 51747.65
Total votes cast1,36139.56
Registered voters3,439
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

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References

  1. Elections Prince Edward Island (27 Nov 2017). "By-Election - Unofficial Results 2017-11-27". Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 27 Nov 2017.
  2. Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 5 May 2015.