Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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| Coordinates: | 46°16′34″N 63°06′22″W / 46.276°N 63.106°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-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.
The riding is located in the city of Charlottetown, and includes the neighbourhoods of East Royalty, Hillsborough Park and Falconwood.
Members
[edit]The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 66th | 2019–2023 | Natalie Jameson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 67th | 2023–present | |||
Election results
[edit]Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park, 2019–present
[edit]| 2023 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Natalie Jameson | 1,660 | 61.9 | +18.2 | ||||
| Green | Adina Nault | 523 | 19.5 | -9.2 | ||||
| Liberal | Dellon Paul | 352 | 13.1 | -12.6 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tristan Mitchell | 125 | 4.7 | +2.8 | ||||
| Island | Cari Barbour | 21 | 0.8 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,681 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +13.7 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
The district was excluded from the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election due to the death of registered Green Party candidate Josh Underhay on April 19, 2019.[2] A deferred election was held on July 15, 2019.[3] Nominated PC candidate, Sarah Stewart-Clark, withdrew her candidacy on May 26, 2019 for personal reasons. She was later replaced by Natalie Jameson.[4]
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Natalie Jameson | 1,080 | 43.72 | +10.7 | ||||
| Green | John Andrew | 709 | 28.70 | +20.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Karen Lavers | 635 | 25.71 | -12.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gordon Gay | 46 | 1.86 | -19.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,470 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| This is a newly created district | ||||||||
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election redistributed results | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| Liberal | 1,117 | 38.0 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 970 | 33.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | 619 | 21.0 | ||||
| Green | 236 | 8.0 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||
Referendum and plebiscite results
[edit]2019 electoral reform referendum
[edit]The 2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum was held on April 23, 2019. Although the general election in the district was deferred, the referendum was not.
| 2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Yes | 776 | 51.80 | |
| No | 722 | 48.20 | |
| Total valid votes | 1,489 | 100.00 | |
Source
"Island Referendum Vote on Electoral Reform: Island Referendum Vote on Electoral Reform". Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
- ^ Ross, Shane (April 20, 2019). "P.E.I. Green candidate, son die in canoeing accident days before election". CBC News. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Byelection to be held in District 9 Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park due to death of candidate". The Guardian. April 20, 2019. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Saltwire | Prince Edward Island".
External links
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