Cardigan (electoral district)
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Cardigan is the name of a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Its population is 34,777. (2001)
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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. Communities include Stratford, Montague, Souris, and Georgetown. The area is 2,658 sq. km.
History
The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of the ridings of King's and Queen's.
List of members:
- Melvin J. McQuaid, Prog. Cons. (1968-1972)
- Daniel J. Macdonald, Liberal (1972-1979)
- Wilbur Macdonald, Prog. Cons. (1979-1980)
- Daniel J. Macdonald, Liberal (1980-1981)
- W. Bennett Campbell, Liberal (1981-1984)
- Pat Binns, Prog. Cons. (1984-1988)
- Lawrence MacAulay, Liberal (1988-present)
Results
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Lawrence MacAulay |align="right"|11,064 |align="right"|53.4 |align="right"|+6.6 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Peter McQuaid |align="right"|6,889 |align="right"|33.2 |align="right"|-14.8 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |N.D.P. |Dave MacKinnon |align="right"|2,103 |align="right"|10.2 |align="right"|+5.1 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Jeremy Stiles |align="right"|670 |align="right"|3.2 |align="right"|n/a |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|20,726 !align="right"| !align="right"| |}
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.