Charlottetown-Parkdale

Provincial electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada

46°15′18″N 63°07′05″W / 46.255°N 63.118°W / 46.255; -63.118Defunct provincial electoral districtLegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward IslandDistrict created2007District abolished2019First contested2007Last contested2017 (by-election)DemographicsCensus division(s)Queens CountyCensus subdivision(s)Charlottetown

Charlottetown-Parkdale was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2007 election from parts of Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Charlottetown-Kings Square.

The riding consisted of most of the Parkdale neighbourhood and the St. Avard's and Belvedere neighbourhoods of Charlottetown.

Members

The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Parkdale
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Charlottetown-Kings Square 1996–2007
63rd	2007–2011		Doug Currie	Liberal
64th	2011–2015
65th	2015–2017
65th	2017–2019		Hannah Bell	Green

Election results

Charlottetown-Parkdale, 2007–2019

Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, 27 November 2017 Resignation of Doug Currie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hannah Bell	768	35.28	+16.12
	Liberal	Bob Doiron	621	28.53	-15.18
	Progressive Conservative	Melissa Hilton	586	26.92	+0.72
	New Democratic	Michael Redmond	202	9.28	-1.67
Total valid votes			2,177	100.00
	Green gain from Liberal		Swing		+15.65
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2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Currie	1,166	43.70	-18.06
	Progressive Conservative	Lynn MacLaren	699	26.20	-1.00
	Green	Becka Viau	511	19.15	+12.93
	New Democratic	Andrew Watts	292	10.94	+6.11
Total valid votes			2,668	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.53
^[2]

2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Currie	1,510	61.76	+4.33
	Progressive Conservative	Bernie Flynn	665	27.20	-10.75
	Green	Eliza Knockwood	152	6.22
	New Democratic	Noel Pauley	118	4.83	+0.21
Total valid votes			2,445	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.54

2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Doug Currie	1,666	57.43
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Molyneaux	1,101	37.95
	New Democratic	Zain Esseghaier	134	4.62
Total valid votes			2,901	100.0
This was a newly created district

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side	Votes	%
Mixed Member Proportional	422	31.01
Dual Member Proportional Representation	395	29.02
First Past the Post	354	26.01
Preferential Voting	124	9.11
First Past the Post plus leaders	66	4.85
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional	568	52.35
Dual Member Proportional Representation	517	47.65
Total votes cast	1,361	39.56
Registered voters	3,439
Source "Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

References

^ Elections Prince Edward Island (27 Nov 2017). "By-Election - Unofficial Results 2017-11-27". Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 27 Nov 2017.
^ 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.