Charlottetown-Sherwood
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 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |
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| Coordinates: | 46°15′58″N 63°08′02″W / 46.266°N 63.134°W |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| District created | 2007 |
| District abolished | 2019 |
| First contested | 2007 |
| Last contested | 2015 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Queens County |
| Census subdivision(s) | Charlottetown |
Charlottetown-Sherwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2007 election from Stanhope-East Royalty, Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Winsloe-West Royalty.
The district was replaced by Charlottetown-Winsloe.
Members[edit]
The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Sherwood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Stanhope-East Royalty, Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Winsloe-West Royalty (1996–2007) | ||||
| 63rd | 2007–2011 | Robert Mitchell | Liberal | |
| 64th | 2011–2015 | |||
| 65th | 2015–2019 | |||
Election results[edit]
Charlottetown-Sherwood, 2007–2019[edit]
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Mitchell | 1,425 | 45.81 | -8.12 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Gillis | 1,031 | 33.14 | -4.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Karalee McAskill | 360 | 11.57 | +7.12 | ||||
| Green | Mitchell Gallant | 295 | 9.48 | +5.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,111 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.04 | ||||||
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| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Mitchell | 1,538 | 53.93 | -0.85 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Gillis | 1,060 | 37.17 | -2.67 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kat Murphy | 127 | 4.45 | +1.73 | ||||
| Green | Sarah Jones | 127 | 4.45 | +1.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,852 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.91 | ||||||
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Mitchell | 1,712 | 54.78 | +19.42 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chester Gillan | 1,245 | 39.84 | -21.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Pollard | 85 | 2.72 | -0.35 | ||||
| Green | Kat Murphy | 83 | 2.66 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,125 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This was a newly created district | ||||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +20.57 | ||||||
2016 electoral reform plebiscite results[edit]
| 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 522 | 31.31 | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 487 | 29.21 | |
| Dual Member Proportional Representation | 338 | 20.28 | |
| Preferential Voting | 165 | 9.90 | |
| First Past the Post plus leaders | 155 | 9.30 | |
| Two-choice preferred result | |||
| Mixed Member Proportional | 851 | 53.42 | |
| First Past the Post | 742 | 46.58 | |
| Total votes cast | 1,667 | 42.67 | |
| Registered voters | 3,908 | ||
Source "Plebiscite Report" (PDF). | |||
References[edit]
- ^ 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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