Charlottetown (electoral district)
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Charlottetown is the name of a federal electoral district and corresponding Canadian Senate Division in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Its population is 32,245. (2001) The Federal House of Commons riding was formed in 2003 previously 96.4% of it was in the riding of Hillsborough.
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Demographics
Ethnic Groups: 97.2% White
Languages: 94.8% English, 2.1% French, 2.5% Other
Religions: 47.7% Catholic, 39.5% Protestant, 2.5% Other Christian, 8.3% No Affiliation
Average Income: $26,205
Geography
The district includes the entire City of Charlottetown. The area is 46 sq. km.
History
The electoral district was created in 2003 Mostly form Hillsbourough, but with 3.6% from Malpeque. Before that the riding of Hillsborough was held by Liberal George Proud from 1988 until 2000.
Members
- Shawn Murphy, Liberal Party of Canada (2004-present)
Senators
- Percy Downe, Liberal Party of Canada, (2003-present)
- Benjamin Prowse, Liberal Party of Canada, (1911-1930)
- Jedediah Carvell, Conservative, (1879-1889)
Results
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Shawn Murphy |align="right"|9,175 |align="right"|49.4 |align="right"|+6.8 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Darren Peters |align="right"|5,121 |align="right"|27.6 |align="right"|-9.8 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |N.D.P. |Dody Crane |align="right"|3,428 |align="right"|18.4 |align="right"|-2.9 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Will McFadden |align="right"|760 |align="right"|4.1 |align="right"|+4.1 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Christian Heritage/row |Christian Heritage |Baird Judson |align="right"|105 |align="right"|0.6 |align="right"|+0.3 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|18,589 !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. Christian Heritage change based on Independents total, who was the same candidate.