Cardigan (electoral district)

Cardigan
Prince Edward Island electoral district
	Cardigan in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Coordinates:	46°20′38″N 62°30′25″W / 46.344°N 62.507°WCoordinates: 46°20′38″N 62°30′25″W / 46.344°N 62.507°W
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Lawrence MacAulay; Liberal
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District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	36,615
Electors (2019)	29,665
Area (km²)	2,658
Pop. density (per km²)	13.8
Census division(s)	Kings, Queens
Census subdivision(s)	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 House of Commons of Canada 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

Cardigan is the riding with the highest percentage of people of Scottish (48.2%) and Irish (33.4%) ethnic origin (multiple responses).^[2]

According to the Canada 2016 Census

Twenty most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 93.5% English, 2.1% Mandarin, 1.4% French, 0.4% Dutch, 0.3% German, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Spanish^[3]

Geography[]

The district includes all of Kings County and eastern Queens County. It also includes Governors Island and .

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, with minor modifications to its boundaries since. The boundaries of this electoral district stayed unchanged for the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Cardigan Riding created from King's and Queen's
28th	1968–1972	Melvin McQuaid	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974	Daniel J. MacDonald	Liberal
30th	1974–1979	Daniel J. MacDonald	Liberal
31st	1979–1980	Wilbur MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1980	Daniel J. MacDonald	Liberal
32nd	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	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–present

Election results[]

Graph of election results in Cardigan (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 general election[]

hide v t 2021 Canadian federal election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	10,830	50.9
	Conservative	Wayne Phelan	6,590	30.9
	New Democratic	Lynne Thiele	2,005	9.4
	Green	Michael MacLean	1,029	4.8
	People's	Kevin Hardy	697	3.3
	Christian Heritage	Fred MacLeod	142	0.7
Total valid votes			21,293	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source: Elections Canada^[4]

2019 general election[]

hide v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	10,939	49.35	−15.68	$42,720.95
	Conservative	Wayne Phelan	6,439	29.05	+12.89	none listed
	Green	Glen Beaton	3,068	13.84	+7.46	$13,490.35
	New Democratic	Lynne Thiele	1,481	6.68	−4.45	$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Christene Squires	240	1.08	−0.23	$278.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit			22,167	98.96		$85,990.53
Total rejected ballots			232	1.04	+0.61
Turnout			22,399	74.99	−3.17
Eligible voters			29,869
	Liberal hold		Swing		−14.29
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

2015 general election[]

hide v t 2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	14,621	65.03	+15.40	$57,014.46
	Conservative	Julius Patkai	3,632	16.15	–22.22	$36,428.35
	New Democratic	Billy Cann	2,503	11.13	+0.84	$13,760.96
	Green	Teresa Doyle	1,434	6.38	+4.61	$7,232.74
	Christian Heritage	Christene Squires	295	1.31	–	$2,681.69
Total valid votes/Expense limit			22,485	99.57		$170,761.91
Total rejected ballots			96	0.43	–0.08
Turnout			22,581	78.16	-0.13
Eligible voters			28,889
	Liberal hold		Swing		+18.81
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 general election[]

hide v t 2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	10,486	49.63	-3.18	$40,566.83
	Conservative	Michael Currie	8,107	38.37	+8.48	$60,502.86
	New Democratic	Lorne Cudmore	2,164	10.24	+2.11	$1,837.23
	Green	Leslie Stewart	373	1.77	-1.96	$1,714.72
Total valid votes/Expense limit			21,130	100.0	–	$69,835.73
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			108	0.51	-0.02
Turnout			21,238	78.29	+8.03
Eligible voters			27,127
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.83
Sources:^[8]^[9]

2008 general election[]

hide v t 2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	10,105	52.81	-3.35	$35,000.12
	Conservative	Sid McMullin	5,661	29.59	-4.09	$29,907.51
	New Democratic	Mike Avery	1,556	8.13	+0.66	$1,316.84
	Independent	Larry McGuire	1,101	5.75	–	none listed
	Green	Emma Daughton	710	3.71	+1.02	$2,546.13
Total valid votes/Expense limit			19,133	100.0	–	$67,487
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			101	0.53	-0.03
Turnout			19,234	70.26	-5.07
Eligible voters			27,374
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.37

2006 general election[]

hide v t 2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	11,542	56.16	+2.78	$38,353.41
	Conservative	Don Gillis	6,923	33.68	+0.44	$62,756.67
	New Democratic	Edith Perry	1,535	7.47	-2.68	$1,532.80
	Green	Haida Arsenault-Antolick	553	2.69	-0.54	$679.02
Total valid votes/Expense limit			20,533	100.0	–	$63,115
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			116	0.56
Turnout			20,649	75.33
Eligible voters			27,411
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.17

2004 general election[]

hide v t 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	11,064	53.38	+6.56	$54,157.07
	Conservative	Peter McQuaid	6,889	33.24	-14.78	$59,824.10
	New Democratic	Dave MacKinnon	2,103	10.15	+5.09	$20,929.08
	Green	Jeremy Stiles	670	3.23	–	$1,315.34
Total valid votes/Expense limit			20,726	100.0	–	$61,091
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			137	0.66
Turnout			20,863	76.2
Eligible voters			27,656
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+10.67
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	9,132	46.85
	Progressive Conservative	8,765	44.96
	New Democratic	987	5.06
	Alliance	596	3.06
	Others	14	0.07

2000 general election[]

hide v t 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	8,545	48.06	+3.01
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin MacAdam	8,269	46.51	+2.05
	Alliance	Darrell Hickox	500	2.81
	New Democratic	Deborah Kelly Hawkes	465	2.62	-7.88
Total valid votes			17,779	100.00

1997 general election[]

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

1993 general election[]

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

1988 general election[]

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

1984 general election[]

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

1981 by-election[]

hideCanadian federal by-election, 13 April 1981 On the death of Daniel J. 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 Democratic	Aubrey Cantello	674	4.05	-1.86
Total valid votes			16,653	100.00

1980 general election[]

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

1979 general election[]

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

1974 general election[]

hide v t 1974 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic	Martin Gerard Kenny	423	3.28	-10.99
	Independent	A. Neil Harpham	77	0.60
Total valid votes			12,887	100.00

1972 general election[]

hide1972 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic	Aquinas Ryan	1,771	14.27	+12.51
Total valid votes			12,410	100.00

1968 general election[]

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

Student Vote results[]

2011 election[]

In 2011, a Student Vote was conducted at participating Canadian schools to parallel the 2011 Canadian federal election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.^[10]

hide2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lawrence MacAulay	456	35.82
	Conservative	Michael Currie	352	27.65
	New Democratic	Lorne Cudmore	244	19.17
	Green	Leslie Stewart	221	17.36
Total valid votes/Expense limit			1,273	100.00

References[]

"(Code 11001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
Cardigan riding from Elections Canada
Riding history for Cardigan (1966–) from the Library of Parliament
Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=^{[bare URL]}
^ "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

[ReferenceA-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

[3] ttps://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=^{[bare URL]}

[4] "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

[5] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[6] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[7] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011

[9] Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

[school-10] "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

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