Charlottetown-Sherwood

Charlottetown-Sherwood

Prince Edward Island electoral district
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 created	2007
District abolished	2019
First contested	2007
Last contested	2015
Demographics
Census division	Queens County
Census subdivision	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.

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
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Stanhope-East Royalty, Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Winsloe-West Royalty (1996–2007)
63rd	2007–2011		Robert Mitchell	Liberal
64th	2011–2015
65th	2015–2019

Election results

Charlottetown-Sherwood, 2007–2019

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Mitchell	1,425	45.81	-8.12
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Gillis	1,031	33.14	-4.03
	New Democratic	Karalee McAskill	360	11.57	+7.12
	Green	Mitchell Gallant	295	9.48	+5.03
Total valid votes			3,111	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.04
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Mitchell	1,538	53.93	-0.85
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Gillis	1,060	37.17	-2.67
	New Democratic	Kat Murphy	127	4.45	+1.73
	Green	Sarah Jones	127	4.45	+1.79
Total valid votes			2,852	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.91

2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Mitchell	1,712	54.78	+19.42
	Progressive Conservative	Chester Gillan	1,245	39.84	-21.73
	New Democratic	Brian Pollard	85	2.72	-0.35
	Green	Kat Murphy	83	2.66
Total valid votes			3,125	100.0
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
Side	Votes	%
First Past the Post	522	31.31
Mixed Member Proportional	487	29.21
Dual Member Proportional Representation	338	20.28
Preferential Voting	165	9.90
First Past the Post plus leaders	155	9.30
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional	851	53.42
First Past the Post	742	46.58
Total votes cast	1,667	42.67
Registered voters	3,908
Source "Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

See also

• List of Prince Edward Island provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

• Charlottetown-Sherwood information