Malpeque (electoral district)

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Malpeque

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Malpeque in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Wayne Easter Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2006
Demographics
Population (2006)	33,796
Electors (2006)	25,945
Area (km²)	1,663
Pop. density (per km²)	20.3
Census divisions	Prince, Queens
Census subdivisions	Towns: Borden—Carleton Cornwall Kensington Villages: Bedeque, Brackley, Breadalbane, Central Bedeque, Clyde River, Crapaud, Hunter River, Kinkora, Meadowbank, Miltonvale Park, Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, Union Road, Victoria, Warren Grove, Winsloe Park First Nations reserves: Rocky Point 3 Lots: Lot 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 65, 67

Malpeque is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2001 was 33,064.

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: 98.8% White
Languages: 95.7% English, 2.5% French, 1.4% Other
Religions: 53.2% Protestant, 36.4% Catholic, 2.9% Other Christian, 7.3% no affiliation
Average income: $24,005

[edit] Geography

The district includes the extreme eastern part of Prince County and most of Queens County except the extreme eastern portion and the City of Charlottetown. Communities include Cornwall, Kensington, Miltonvale Park, Borden-Carleton, North Rustico and Clyde River. The area is 1,663 sq. km.

[edit] History

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Prince and Queen's prior to 1968
28th	1968-1972		Angus MacLean	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1976
	1976-1977	vacant
1977 By-election	1977-1979		Donald Wood	Liberal
31st	1979-1980		Melbourne Gass	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993		Catherine Callbeck	Liberal
35th	1993-1997		Wayne Easter	Liberal
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	9779	50.48	-1.42
	Conservative	George Noble	6708	34.63	+2.13
	New Democrat	George Marshall	1983	10.24	+0.15
	Green	Sharon Labchuk	901	4.65	-0.85
Total valid votes			19 371

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	9782	51.90	+3.28
	Conservative	Mary Crane	6126	32.50	-13.28
	New Democrat	Ken Bingham	1902	10.09	+5.86
	Green	Sharon Labchuk	1037	5.50	+4.15
Total valid votes			18 847

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	Wayne Easter	8972	48.62	+3.53
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Gorman	7186	38.94	-2.05
	Canadian Alliance	Chris Wall	1263	6.84	+3.53
	New Democrat	Ken Bingham	781	4.23	-6.39
	Green	Jeremy Stiles	250	1.35	Ø
Total valid votes			18 452

Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	7912	45.09	-16.03
	Progressive Conservative	Jimmie Gorman	7194	40.99	+9.80
	New Democrat	Andrew Wells	1863	10.62	+6.21
	Reform	Stephen Livingstone	580	3.31	Ø
Total valid votes			17 549

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	10 579	61.12	+9.22
	Progressive Conservative	Garth E. Staples	5399	31.19	-8.98
	New Democrat	Karen Fyfe	763	4.41	-3.52
	Christian Heritage	John Freddie Gunn	318	1.84	Ø
	Green	Jeremy Stiles	249	1.44	Ø
Total valid votes			17 308

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Catherine Callbeck	9381	51.90	+18.94
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Lank	7260	40.17	-16.18
	New Democrat	Judy Whitaker	1434	7.93	-2.76
Total valid votes			18 075

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Melbourne Gass	10 577	56.35	+6.21
	Liberal	Paul H. Schurman	6186	32.96	-9.71
	New Democrat	Janet Norgrove	2006	10.69	+3.50
Total valid votes			18 769

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Melbourne Gass	8486	50.14	-2.56
	Liberal	David S. Peppin	7221	42.67	+2.17
	New Democrat	Vic Arsenault	1216	7.19	+0.39
Total valid votes			16 923

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Melbourne Gass	8729	52.70	+5.63
	Liberal	Don Wood	6707	40.50	-7.87
	New Democrat	Charlie Sark	1126	6.80	+2.72
Total valid votes			16 562

By-election on 24 May 1977 On Mr. MacLean's resignation, 20 October 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Wood	4657	48.37	+3.80
	Progressive Conservative	Ian MacQuarrie	4532	47.07	-3.54
	New Democrat	Charles H. Sark	393	4.08	-0.73
	Independent	A. Neil Harpham	46	0.48	Ø
Total valid votes			9628

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacLean	5649	50.61	-2.92
	Liberal	John W. MacNaught	4975	44.57	+2.62
	New Democrat	Doreen M. Sark	537	4.81	+0.29
Total valid votes			11 161

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacLean	5835	53.53	+3.53
	Liberal	J. Sinclair Cutcliffe	4573	41.95	-5.97
	New Democrat	Maurice J. Darte	493	4.52	+2.43
Total valid votes			10 901

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacLean	5049	50.00	Ø
	Liberal	Don Wood	4839	47.92	Ø
	New Democrat	Douglas H. MacFarlane	211	2.09	Ø
Total valid votes			10 099

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Malpeque (1966– ) from the Library of Parliament

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