Charlottetown-Brighton
(Redirected from Charlottetown-Rochford Square)
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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| Coordinates: | 46°14′24″N 63°08′31″W / 46.240°N 63.142°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1996 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Queens County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Charlottetown | ||
Charlottetown-Brighton (District 13) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly named Charlottetown-Rochford Square from 1996 to 2007.
Members
[edit]The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Brighton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See 6th Queens 1966–1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Paul Connolly | Liberal | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | Jeff Lantz | Progressive Conservative | |
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | Robert Ghiz | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2007–2011 | |||
| 64th | 2011–2015 | |||
| 65th | 2015–2019 | Jordan Brown | Liberal | |
| 66th | 2019–2023 | Ole Hammarlund | Green | |
| 67th | 2023–present | Rob Lantz | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
[edit]Charlettown-Brighton, 2007–present
[edit]| 2023 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Lantz | 1,171 | 43.0 | +25.4 | ||||
| Green | Janice Harper | 864 | 31.7 | -8.6 | ||||
| Liberal | Sandra Sunil | 487 | 17.9 | -20.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michelle Neill | 202 | 7.4 | +3.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,724 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Green | Swing | +17.0 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Green | Ole Hammarlund | 1,310 | 40.57 | +27.52 | ||||
| Liberal | Jordan Brown | 1,223 | 37.88 | -1.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donna Hurry | 567 | 17.56 | -20.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | Simone Webster | 128 | 3.96 | -5.83 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,229 | 99.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 16 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 3,245 | 78.00 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,160 | |||||||
| Green gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.20 | ||||||
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jordan Brown | 1,056 | 39.02 | -13.44 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Lantz | 1,032 | 38.14 | +8.28 | ||||
| Green | Derrick Biso | 353 | 13.05 | +2.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob MacLean | 265 | 9.79 | +2.27 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,706 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -10.86 | ||||||
| These results will be subject to a judicial recount.[2] | ||||||||
| [3] | ||||||||
| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Ghiz | 1,228 | 52.46 | -7.79 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Clements | 699 | 29.86 | -3.21 | ||||
| Green | Elizabeth Schoales | 238 | 10.17 | +3.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | Trevor John Leclerc | 176 | 7.52 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,341 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.29 | ||||||
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Ghiz | 1,669 | 60.25 | +9.60 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Abbott | 916 | 33.07 | -12.03 | ||||
| Green | Cindy Burton | 185 | 6.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,770 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +10.82 | ||||||
2016 electoral reform plebiscite results
[edit]| 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 552 | 35.25 | |
| Dual Member Proportional Representation | 406 | 25.93 | |
| First Past the Post | 361 | 23.05 | |
| Preferential Voting | 166 | 10.60 | |
| First Past the Post plus leaders | 81 | 5.17 | |
| Two-choice preferred result | |||
| Mixed Member Proportional | 993 | 66.38 | |
| First Past the Post | 503 | 33.62 | |
| Total votes cast | 1,496 | 48.04 | |
| Registered voters | 3,260 | ||
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF). | |||
Charlottetown-Rochford Square, 1996–2007
[edit]| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Ghiz | 1,433 | 50.65 | +11.42 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George MacDonald | 1,276 | 45.10 | -5.32 | ||||
| New Democratic | J'Nan Brown | 120 | 4.24 | -6.10 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,829 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +8.37 | ||||||
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jeff Lantz | 1,433 | 50.42 | +5.34 | ||||
| Liberal | Ian "Tex" MacDonald | 1,115 | 39.23 | -7.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ken Bingham | 294 | 10.34 | +2.46 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,842 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.57 | ||||||
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Paul Connolly | 1,348 | 47.03 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jeff Lantz | 1,292 | 45.08 | |||||
| New Democratic | Mark Forrest | 226 | 7.88 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,866 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 6th Queens. | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
- ^ CBC News (15 May 2015). "PC Leader Rob Lantz says vote recount 'only prudent'". CBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ 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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