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Charlottetown-Sherwood

Coordinates: 46°15′58″N 63°08′02″W / 46.266°N 63.134°W / 46.266; -63.134
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Charlottetown-Sherwood
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates:46°15′58″N 63°08′02″W / 46.266°N 63.134°W / 46.266; -63.134
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Last contested2015
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

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

Charlottetown-Sherwood, 2007–2019

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
[1]
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  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.57

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

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

  1. ^ 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.