Cardigan (electoral district)

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Cardigan

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Cardigan in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Lawrence MacAulay Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2006
Demographics
Population (2006)	35,067
Electors (2006)	27,411
Area (km²)	2,658
Pop. density (per km²)	13.2
Census divisions	Kings, Queens
Census subdivisions	Towns: Georgetown Montague Souris Stratford Villages: Morell, Mount Stewart, Murray Harbour, Murray River, St. Peters Bay First Nations reserves: Morell 2, Scotchfort 4 Lots Kings Royalty, Lot 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66

Cardigan is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 98.5% White, 1.1% Native Canadian
Languages: 97.0% English, 1.2% French, 1.7% Other
Religions: 51.0% Catholic, 40.3% Protestant, 2.6% Other Christian, 5.9% No affiliation
Average income: $22 712

[edit] Geography

The district includes all of Kings County and eastern Queens County. It also includes Governors Island and Boughton Island.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election (2006) are:

"Consisting of:

(a) the County of Kings;

(b) that part of the County of Queens comprised of: lots 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 50, 57, 58, 60 and 62; the Town of Stratford; and

(c) Governors Island and all other islands adjacent to the County of Kings and to the above-mentioned lots.

See the map of Cardigan riding.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of the ridings of King's and Queen's.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
King's and Queen's prior to 1968
28th	1968-1972		Melvin McQuaid	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974		Daniel J. MacDonald 1st term	Liberal
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980		Wilbur MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980		Daniel J. MacDonald † 2nd term	Liberal
	1980-1981	vacant
	1981-1984		W. Bennett Campbell	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		Pat Binns	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993		Lawrence MacAulay	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	11542	56.16	+2.78
	Conservative	Don Gillis	6923	33.68	+0.44
	New Democrat	Edith Perry	1535	7.47	-2.68
	Green	Haida Arsenault-Antolick	553	2.69	-0.54
Total valid votes			20533	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			116	0.56%
Turnout			20649	75.9	-0.3%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	11064	53.38	+5.32
	Conservative	Peter McQuaid	6889	33.24	-16.08
	New Democrat	Dave MacKinnon	2103	10.15	+7.53
	Green	Jeremy Stiles	670	3.23	Ø
Total valid votes			20726	76.2%

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	8545	48.06	+3.01
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin MacAdam	8269	46.51	+2.05
	Canadian Alliance	Darrell Hickox	500	2.81	Ø
	New Democrat	Deborah Kelly Hawkes	465	2.62	-7.88
Total valid votes

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	7555	45.05	-16.59
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Hughes	7456	44.46	+11.79
	New Democrat	Larry Duchesne	1761	10.50	+4.81
Total valid votes			16772

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	10115	61.64	+10.02
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur MacDonald	5360	32.67	-11.26
	New Democrat	Reg Phelan	934	5.69	+1.23
Total valid votes			16409

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	9325	51.62	+9.48
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Binns	7936	43.93	-9.43
	New Democrat	Gertrude Partridge	805	4.46	-0.04
Total valid votes			18066

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Binns	10566	53.36	+6.44
	Liberal	Bennett Campbell	8344	42.14	-6.90
	New Democrat	Lorne Cudmore	891	4.50	+0.45
Total valid votes			19801

By-election on 13 April 1981 On the death of Daniel MacDonald, 30 September 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bennett Campbell	8166	49.04	+0.86
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur MacDonald	7813	46.92	+2.02
	New Democrat	Aubrey Cantello	674	4.05	-1.86
Total valid votes			16653

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacDonald	8590	48.18	+1.51
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur MacDonald	8006	44.90	-3.21
	New Democrat	Aubrey Cantelo	1054	5.91	+0.69
	Independent	Arthur D. Reddin	180	1.01	Ø
Total valid votes			17830

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur MacDonald	8219	48.11	+5.98
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacDonald	7972	46.67	-7.32
	New Democrat	George MacFarlane	892	5.22	+1.94
Total valid votes			17083

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacDonald	6958	53.99	+9.45
	Progressive Conservative	Leo James Walsh	5429	42.13	+0.95
	New Democrat	Martin Gerard Kenny	423	3.28	-10.99
	Not affiliated	A. Neil Harpham	77	0.60	Ø
Total valid votes			12887

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacDonald	5528	44.54	-4.21
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Kenneth Fraser	5111	41.18	-8.35
	New Democrat	S.T. Aquinas Ryan	1771	14.27	+12.51
Total valid votes			12410

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Melvin McQuaid	5717	49.53	Ø
	Liberal	John Mullally	5623	48.75	Ø
	New Democrat	Spurgeon Joseph Hazelden	203	1.76	Ø
Total valid votes			11543

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Cardigan riding from Elections Canada
• Riding history for Cardigan (1966–) from the Library of Parliament
• Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada

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