Cardigan (electoral district)

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	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	35,067
Electors (2011)	26,726
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.

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

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.

Political geography

In the 2008 election, every poll except two voted Liberal. The only two polls that didn't, voted Conservative. These two polls were centred in the town of Georgetown, Prince Edward Island. [1]

History

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

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	Liberal
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980		Wilbur MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980		Daniel J. MacDonald	Liberal
	1981–1984		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	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	10,486	49.63	-3.18
	Conservative	Michael Currie	8,107	38.37	+8.48
	New Democrat	Lorne Cudmore	2,164	10.24	+2.11
	Green	Leslie Stewart	373	1.77	-1.96
Total valid votes/Expense limit			21,130	100.00
Total rejected ballots			108	0.51	-0.02
Turnout			21,238	78.29	+8.03
Eligible voters			27,127

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	10,105	52.81	-3.35	$33,420
	Conservative	Sid McMullin	5,661	29.59	-4.09	$30,229
	New Democrat	Mike Avery	1,556	8.13	+0.66	$1,556
	Independent	Larry McGuire	1,101	5.75		$5,197
	Green	Emma Daughton	710	3.71	+1.02	$2,555
Total valid votes/Expense limit			19,133	100.00		$67,487
Total rejected ballots			101	0.53	-0.03
Turnout			19,234	70.26	-5.6
Eligible voters			27,374

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	11,542	56.16	+2.78
	Conservative	Don Gillis	6,923	33.68	+0.44
	New Democrat	Edith Perry	1,535	7.47	-2.68
	Green	Haida Arsenault-Antolick	553	2.69	-0.54
Total valid votes			20,533	100.00
Total rejected ballots			116	0.56
Turnout			20,649	75.9

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	11,064	53.38	+5.32
	Conservative	Peter McQuaid	6,889	33.24	-16.08
	New Democrat	Dave MacKinnon	2,103	10.15	+7.53
	Green	Jeremy Stiles	670	3.23
Total valid votes			20,726	100.00
Turnout				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	8,545	48.06	+3.01
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin MacAdam	8,269	46.51	+2.05
	Canadian Alliance	Darrell Hickox	500	2.81
	New Democrat	Deborah Kelly Hawkes	465	2.62	-7.88
Total valid votes			17,779	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	7,555	45.05	-16.59
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Hughes	7,456	44.46	+11.79
	New Democrat	Larry Duchesne	1,761	10.50	+4.81
Total valid votes			16,772	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	10,115	61.64	+10.02
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur MacDonald	5,360	32.67	-11.26
	New Democrat	Reg Phelan	934	5.69	+1.23
Total valid votes			16,409	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	9,325	51.62	+9.48
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Binns	7,936	43.93	-9.43
	New Democrat	Gertrude Partridge	805	4.46	-0.04
Total valid votes			18,066	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Binns	10,566	53.36	+6.44
	Liberal	Bennett Campbell	8,344	42.14	-6.90
	New Democrat	Lorne Cudmore	891	4.50	+0.45
Total valid votes			19,801	100.00

By-election on 13 April 1981 On the death of Daniel MacDonald, 30 September 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bennett Campbell	8,166	49.04	+0.86
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur MacDonald	7,813	46.92	+2.02
	New Democrat	Aubrey Cantello	674	4.05	-1.86
Total valid votes			16,653	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacDonald	8,590	48.18	+1.51
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur MacDonald	8,006	44.90	-3.21
	New Democrat	Aubrey Cantelo	1,054	5.91	+0.69
	Independent	Arthur D. Reddin	180	1.01
Total valid votes			17,830	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur MacDonald	8,219	48.11	+5.98
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacDonald	7,972	46.67	-7.32
	New Democrat	George MacFarlane	892	5.22	+1.94
Total valid votes			17,083	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacDonald	6,958	53.99	+9.45
	Progressive Conservative	Leo James Walsh	5,429	42.13	+0.95
	New Democrat	Martin Gerard Kenny	423	3.28	-10.99
	Not affiliated	A. Neil Harpham	77	0.60
Total valid votes			12,887	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacDonald	5,528	44.54	-4.21
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Kenneth Fraser	5,111	41.18	-8.35
	New Democrat	S.T. Aquinas Ryan	1,771	14.27	+12.51
Total valid votes			12,410	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Melvin McQuaid	5,717	49.53
	Liberal	John Mullally	5,623	48.75
	New Democrat	Spurgeon Joseph Hazelden	203	1.76
Total valid votes			11,543	100.00

See also

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

Sources

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