Charlottetown-Victoria Park

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Charlottetown-Victoria Park
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
Charlottetown-Victoria Park electoral district map.svg
Coordinates: 46°14′06″N63°07′41″W / 46.235°N 63.128°W / 46.235; -63.128
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA
 
 		 
Karla Bernard
Green
District created1996
First contested 1996
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Census division(s) Queens County
Census subdivision(s) Charlottetown

Charlottetown-Victoria Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It consists of the entire downtown core of Charlottetown. It was previously known as Charlottetown-Kings Square.

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Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Victoria Park
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See 5th Queens 1873–1996 and 6th Queens 1966–1996
60th 1996–1997 Wayne Cheverie Liberal
1997–2000 Richard Brown
61st 2000–2003 Bob MacMillan Progressive Conservative
62nd 2003–2007 Richard Brown Liberal
63rd 2007–2011
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019
66th 2019–2023 Karla Bernard Green
67th 2023–present

Election results

Charlottetown-Victoria Park, 2007–present

2023 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Karla Bernard 1,05242.0+1.5
Progressive Conservative Tim Keizer97839.0+18.2
Liberal Barb MacLeod29311.7-16.2
New Democratic Joe Byrne 1506.0-4.8
Island Danni Moher321.3
Total valid votes 2,505 100.0
Green hold Swing -4.8
Source(s)
[1]
2019 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Green Karla Bernard 1,27240.5+21.7$5,713.87
Liberal Richard Brown 87527.9-11.5$8,745.20
Progressive Conservative Tim Keizer65620.9-6.6$8,352.69
New Democratic Joe Byrne 33810.8-3.6$20,244.92
Total valid votes/expense limit 3,141 99.5   $11,564.28
Rejected ballots 17 0.5
Turnout 3,158 74.55 −6.1
Eligible voters 4,236
Green gain from Liberal Swing +14.4
Source: Elections PEI [2]
2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Brown 95539.38-11.75
Progressive Conservative Joey Kitson 66627.46+0.53
Green Darcie Lanthier45618.80+5.94
New Democratic Chris Clay34814.35+6.16
Total valid votes2,425100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -6.14
[3]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Brown 1,10551.13-2.45
Progressive Conservative Miles MacKinnon58226.93-6.48
Green Sharon Labchuk 27812.86+7.07
New Democratic Rita Jackson1778.19+0.97
Island Phillip Stewart190.88
Total valid votes2,161100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.02
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Brown 1,53653.58+2.57
Progressive Conservative Jason Lee95833.41-12.50
New Democratic Dean Constable 2077.22+4.13
Green Denise Reiser1665.79
Total valid votes2,867100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +7.54

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Mixed Member Proportional 41133.86
Dual Member Proportional Representation 33827.84
First Past the Post 25120.68
Preferential Voting 12210.05
First Past the Post plus leaders927.58
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 55955.79
Dual Member Proportional Representation 44344.21
Total votes cast1,21440.83
Registered voters2,973
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

Charlottetown-Kings Square, 1996–2007

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Brown 1,42051.01+6.66
Progressive Conservative Bobby MacMillan 1,27845.91+0.97
New Democratic Kevin Roach863.09-7.62
Total valid votes2,784100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +2.84
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bobby MacMillan 1,21344.94+8.51
Liberal Richard Brown 1,19744.35+1.68
New Democratic Lesley Sprague28910.71-10.19
Total valid votes2,699100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.42
Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, 17 November 1997
On the appointment of Wayne Cheverie to the Regulatory and Appeals Commission
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Brown 1,01942.67-5.66
Progressive Conservative Brian McKenna87036.43-2.20
New Democratic Leo Broderick49920.90+7.86
Total valid votes2,388100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -1.73
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Wayne D. Cheverie 1,34548.33
Progressive Conservative Brian McKenna1,07538.63
New Democratic Sibyl Frei36313.04
Total valid votes2,783100.0  
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 5th Queens and 6th Queens.

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References

  1. ↑ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ Garrity, Tim (November 12, 2019). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of PEI: 2019 Provincial General Election (PDF) (Report). Elections Prince Edward Island. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ 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.


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