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Provincial electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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
District created2007
District abolished2019
First contested2007
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
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  
This was a newly created district
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.
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See also
2019 general election
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