Tracadie-Hillsborough Park

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Tracadie-Hillsborough Park
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
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Coordinates: 46°21′22″N62°59′06″W / 46.356°N 62.985°W / 46.356; -62.985
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created2007
District abolished2019
First contested 2007
Last contested 2015

Tracadie-Hillsborough Park is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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The district was created in the redistribution that preceded the 2007 Prince Edward Island general election out of parts of Sherwood-Hillsborough, Stanhope-East Royalty and Tracadie-Fort Augustus.

The district was dissolved in the redistribution that preceded the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. Its urban portion in Charlottetown was transferred to the new district of Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park, while the rural portion was largely transferred to the district of Stanhope-Marshfield, [1] and a small part transferred to Morell-Donagh.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tracadie-Hillsborough Park
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Sherwood-Hillsborough, Stanhope-East Royalty and Tracadie-Fort Augustus 1996–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Buck Watts Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019
See Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park, Stanhope-Marshfield and Morell-Donagh after 2019

Election results

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Buck Watts 1,35445.65-2.88
Progressive Conservative Darren Creamer82627.85-14.43
New Democratic Jason Murray54918.51+13.45
Green Isaac Williams2377.99+4.53
Total valid votes2,96699.60
Total rejected ballots120.40-0.12
Turnout2,97876.63+3.83
Eligible voters3,886
Liberal hold Swing +5.77
[2]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Buck Watts 1,30448.53-6.86
Progressive Conservative Glen Kelly1,13642.28+3.57
New Democratic Ron Kelly1365.06+2.50
Green Helene Larouche933.46+0.12
Island Gary Chipman180.67
Total valid votes2,68799.48
Total rejected ballots140.52
Turnout2,70172.80
Eligible voters3,710
Liberal hold Swing -5.22
[3]
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Buck Watts 1,57755.39+12.84
Progressive Conservative Elmer MacFadyen1,10238.71-16.58
Green Robert Pendergast953.34
New Democratic Peter MacFarlane732.56+0.39
Total valid votes2,847100.0  
This was a newly created district
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +14.71

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Mixed Member Proportional 42930.62
First Past the Post 37526.77
Dual Member Proportional Representation 32222.98
Preferential Voting 17412.42
First Past the Post plus leaders1017.21
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 78959.01
First Past the Post 54840.99
Total votes cast1,40135.65
Registered voters3,930
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

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References

  1. "Districts to watch in the P.E.I. election". CBC News Prince Edward Island, April 18, 2019.
  2. Elections Prince Edward Island. "2015 Provincial General Election - Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. Elections Prince Edward Island. "2011 Provincial General Election - Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2019.