Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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Coordinates: | 46°16′23″N63°09′11″W / 46.273°N 63.153°W Coordinates: 46°16′23″N63°09′11″W / 46.273°N 63.153°W | ||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2019 | ||
First contested | 2019 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Census division(s) | Queens County | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Charlottetown |
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.
The riding is located in the city of Charlottetown, including the community of Winsloe and parts of the neighbourhood of Sherwood.
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Winsloe | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
66th | 2019–2020 | Robert Mitchell | Liberal | |
2020–2023 | Zack Bell | Progressive Conservative | ||
67th | 2023–present |
2023 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Zack Bell | 1,861 | 60.6 | +11.5 | ||||
Green | Charles Sanderson | 553 | 18.0 | -9.4 | ||||
Liberal | Judy Hughes | 540 | 17.6 | -4.7 | ||||
New Democratic | Campbell Webster | 78 | 2.5 | +1.2 | ||||
Independent | Georgina Bassett | 41 | 1.3 | |||||
Total valid votes | 3,073 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +10.5 | ||||||
Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | Zack Bell | 1,402 | 49.06 | +23.49 | |
Green | Chris van Ouwerkerk | 783 | 27.40 | -3.85 | |
Liberal | Zac Murphy | 636 | 22.25 | -19.72 | |
New Democratic | Lynne Thiele | 37 | 1.29 | +0.08 | |
Total valid votes | 2,858 | ||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.60 |
2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Robert Mitchell | 1,420 | 41.97 | |||||
Green | Amanda Morrison | 1,057 | 31.24 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Mike Gillis | 865 | 25.57 | |||||
New Democratic | Jesse Reddin Cousins | 41 | 1.21 | |||||
Total valid votes | 3,383 | 99.79 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 7 | 0.21 | ||||||
Turnout | 3,390 | 80.47 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 4,213 | |||||||
This was a newly created district | ||||||||
Source: Elections Prince Edward Island [2] |
The 2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum was held on April 23, 2019.
2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
Yes | 1,787 | 53.20 | |
No | 1,572 | 46.80 | |
Total valid votes | 3,359 | 100.00 | |
Source: Elections Prince Edward Island [3] |
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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