Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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Coordinates: | 46°15′43″N63°10′08″W / 46.262°N 63.169°W Coordinates: 46°15′43″N63°10′08″W / 46.262°N 63.169°W | ||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
MLA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2019 | ||
First contested | 2019 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Census division(s) | Queens County | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Charlottetown |
Charlottetown-West Royalty 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 Charlottetown-Lewis Point and West Royalty-Springvale.
The riding is located in the city of Charlottetown, including the neighbourhoods of Lewis Point and West Royalty.
2023 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Gord McNeilly | 1,207 | 45.1 | +9.9 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Kristi Mackay | 1,042 | 38.9 | +14.0 | ||||
Green | Nick Leclair | 301 | 11.2 | -20.2 | ||||
New Democratic | Simone Webster | 63 | 2.4 | +0.5 | ||||
Independent | Jessica Simmonds | 36 | 1.3 | |||||
Island | Bill Cann | 28 | 1.0 | |||||
Total valid votes | 2,677 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 | ||||||
Source(s) |
2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Gord McNeilly | 1,079 | 35.2 | |||||
Green | Gavin Hall | 966 | 31.5 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Angus Birt | 766 | 25.0 | |||||
Independent | Bush Dumville | 202 | 6.6 | |||||
New Democratic | Janis Newman | 56 | 1.8 | |||||
Total valid votes | 3,069 | 100.0 | ||||||
This is a newly created district |
The 2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum was held on April 23, 2019.
The politics of Prince Edward Island are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces. The capital of the province of Prince Edward Island is Charlottetown, where the lieutenant governor and the premier reside, and the provincial legislature, and cabinet are located.
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West Royalty-Springvale was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Winsloe-West Royalty. It was abolished prior to the 2019 election into Charlottetown-Winsloe, Charlottetown-West Royalty, Brackley-Hunter River and New Haven-Rocky Point.
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Charlottetown-Victoria Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Charlottetown-Kings Square.
Kathleen Marie Casey is a Canadian politician. Casey was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election, and represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Lewis Point as a member of the Liberal Party until retiring at the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. She served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2011.
5th Queens was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993. The district was also known as Charlottetown Common until 1939.
The 2019 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The vote in 26 of the 27 districts was held on 23 April 2019, while the vote for the member from Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park was deferred to 15 July due to the death of the Green Party's candidate. However, Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park still voted in a referendum on electoral reform. Natalie Jameson won the deferred election in the riding.
Hannah Bell is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 13 December 2017 to 6 March 2023. She represents the electoral district of Charlottetown-Belvedere as a member of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.
Joe Byrne served as leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island from 2018 to 2020. He became leader on April 7, 2018, after defeating two other candidates on the first ballot of the NDP leadership convention.
Charlottetown-Belvedere is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The district was contested for the first time in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election.
Brackley-Hunter River 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 West Royalty-Springvale and York-Oyster Bed.
Stanhope-Marshfield 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 and York-Oyster Bed.
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.
Charlottetown-Winsloe 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 Charlottetown-Sherwood, West Royalty-Springvale and York-Oyster Bed.
Steve Howard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. He represents the district of Summerside-South Drive as a member of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island and is the shadow critic for energy & transportation. He previously worked for Renewable Lifestyles Ltd.
Karla Bernard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. She represents the district of Charlottetown-Victoria Park as a member of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.
Ole Hammarlund is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. He represents the district of Charlottetown-Brighton as a member of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.
Gord McNeilly is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. He represents the district of Charlottetown-West Royalty as a member of the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island.
Natalie Jameson is a Canadian politician, who serves as Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. She represents the district of Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island.