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Tignish-Palmer Road
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA
 
 
 
Hal Perry
Liberal
District created1996 (name change in 2007)
First contested1996
Last contested2023

Tignish-Palmer Road is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly Tignish-DeBlois from 1996 to 2007.

Members

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The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tignish-Palmer Road
Assembly Years Member Party
See 1st Prince 1873–1996
60th 1996–2000 Bobby Morrissey Liberal
61st 2000–2003 Gail Shea Progressive Conservative
62nd 2003–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Neil LeClair Liberal
64th 2011–2013 Hal Perry Progressive Conservative
2013–2015 Liberal
65th 2015–2019
66th 2019–2023
67th 2023–present

Communities

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It includes, among others, the following communities:

Election results

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Tignish-Palmer Road, 2007–present

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2023 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hal Perry 1,527 58.7 +9.4
Progressive Conservative April Delaney 939 36.1 +7.6
New Democratic Gail Kinch 137 5.3 +3.7
Total valid votes 2,603 100.0
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
Source(s)
2019 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hal Perry 1,388 49.3% -8.93
Progressive Conservative Melissa Handrahan 802 28.5% -3.55
Green Sean Doyle 584 20.7% +14.16
New Democratic Dale Ryan 44 1.6% -1.57
Total valid votes 2,818 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing
2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hal Perry 1,486 58.23 +9.49
Progressive Conservative Joseph Profit 818 32.05 -18.01
Green Malcolm Pitre 167 6.54
New Democratic John A'Hearn 81 3.17
Total valid votes 2,552 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +13.75
Liberal candidate Hal Perry gained 8.08 percentage points from his 2011 performance running as a Progressive Conservative.
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Hal Perry 1,175 50.15 +5.30
Liberal Neil LeClair 1,142 48.74 −6.41
Island Derek D. Peters 26 1.11
Total valid votes 2,343 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.86
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil LeClair 1,569 55.15 +11.18
Progressive Conservative Gail Shea 1,276 44.85 −10.44
Total valid votes 2,845 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +10.81

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

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2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 401 55.16
Dual Member Proportional Representation 128 17.61
Mixed Member Proportional 100 13.76
First Past the Post plus leaders 50 6.88
Preferential Voting 48 6.60
Total votes cast 727 24.59
Registered voters 2,956
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

Tignish-DeBlois, 1996–2007

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2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gail A. Shea 1,480 55.29 -0.64
Liberal Neil J. LeClair 1,177 43.97 +3.39
New Democratic Reg T. Pendergast 20 0.75 -2.75
Total valid votes 2,677 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.02
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gail A. Shea 1,472 55.93 +12.04
Liberal Neil J. LeClair 1,068 40.58 -13.39
New Democratic Reg T. Pendergast 92 3.50 +1.36
Total valid votes 2,632 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.72
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Robert J. Morrissey 1,413 53.97
Progressive Conservative Gail A. Shea 1,149 43.89
New Democratic Howard Waite 56 2.14
Total valid votes 2,618 100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 1st Prince.

References

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  1. ^ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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