Charlottetown-Sherwood

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Charlottetown-Sherwood
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
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Coordinates: 46°15′58″N63°08′02″W / 46.266°N 63.134°W / 46.266; -63.134
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created2007
District abolished2019
First contested 2007
Last contested 2015
Demographics
Census division(s) Queens County
Census subdivision(s) Charlottetown

Charlottetown-Sherwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2007 election from Stanhope-East Royalty, Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Winsloe-West Royalty.

Contents

The district was replaced by Charlottetown-Winsloe.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Sherwood
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Stanhope-East Royalty, Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Winsloe-West Royalty (1996–2007)
63rd 2007–2011 Robert Mitchell Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 20152019

Election results

Charlottetown-Sherwood, 2007–2019

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Mitchell 1,42545.81-8.12
Progressive Conservative Mike Gillis1,03133.14-4.03
New Democratic Karalee McAskill36011.57+7.12
Green Mitchell Gallant2959.48+5.03
Total valid votes3,111100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.04
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Mitchell 1,53853.93-0.85
Progressive Conservative Mike Gillis1,06037.17-2.67
New Democratic Kat Murphy1274.45+1.73
Green Sarah Jones1274.45+1.79
Total valid votes2,852100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.91
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Mitchell 1,71254.78+19.42
Progressive Conservative Chester Gillan 1,24539.84-21.73
New Democratic Brian Pollard852.72-0.35
Green Kat Murphy832.66
Total valid votes3,125100.0  
This was a newly created district
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.57

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post 52231.31
Mixed Member Proportional 48729.21
Dual Member Proportional Representation 33820.28
Preferential Voting 1659.90
First Past the Post plus leaders1559.30
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 85153.42
First Past the Post 74246.58
Total votes cast1,66742.67
Registered voters3,908
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

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References

  1. 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.