Tignish-Palmer Road
Tignish-Palmer Road is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly Tignish-DeBlois from 1996 to 2007.
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1996 (name change in 2007) | ||
| First contested | 1996 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
Members
The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tignish-Palmer Road | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See 1st Prince 1873-1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Bobby Morrissey | Liberal | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | Gail Shea | Progressive Conservative | |
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
| 63rd | 2007–2011 | Neil LeClair | Liberal | |
| 64th | 2011–2013 | Hal Perry | Progressive Conservative | |
| 2013–2015 | Liberal | |||
| 65th | 2015–2019 | |||
| 66th | 2019–present | |||
Communities
It includes, among others, the following communities:
- Tignish
- Palmer Road
- St. Felix
- St. Louis (northern-half)
- St. Edward (northern-half)
- St. Roch
- St. Peter & St. Paul
- Norway
- Christopher Cross
- Peterville
- Leoville
- Harper
- Ascension
- Miminegash (northern-half)
- Nail Pond
- Skinners Pond
- Waterford
- Pleasant View
- Greenmount
- Kildare
- Deblois
- Anglo–Tignish
- Tignish Shore
- Jude's Point
- Seacow Pond
Election results
Tignish-Palmer Road, 2007–present
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hal Perry | 1,486 | 58.23 | +9.49 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Profit | 818 | 32.05 | -18.01 | ||||
| Green | Malcolm Pitre | 167 | 6.54 | |||||
| New Democratic | John A'Hearn | 81 | 3.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,552 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +13.75 | ||||||
| Liberal candidate Hal Perry gained 8.08 percentage points from his 2011 performance running as a Progressive Conservative. | ||||||||
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| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Hal Perry | 1,175 | 50.15 | +5.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Neil LeClair | 1,142 | 48.74 | −6.41 | ||||
| Island | Derek D. Peters | 26 | 1.11 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,343 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.86 | ||||||
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Neil LeClair | 1,569 | 55.15 | +11.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gail Shea | 1,276 | 44.85 | −10.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,845 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +10.81 | ||||||
2016 electoral reform plebiscite results
| 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
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| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 401 | 55.16 | |
| Dual Member Proportional Representation | 128 | 17.61 | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 100 | 13.76 | |
| First Past the Post plus leaders | 50 | 6.88 | |
| Preferential Voting | 48 | 6.60 | |
| Total votes cast | 727 | 24.59 | |
| Registered voters | 2,956 | ||
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF). | |||
Tignish-DeBlois, 1996–2007
| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gail A. Shea | 1,480 | 55.29 | -0.64 | ||||
| Liberal | Neil J. LeClair | 1,177 | 43.97 | +3.39 | ||||
| New Democratic | Reg T. Pendergast | 20 | 0.75 | -2.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,677 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.02 | ||||||
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gail A. Shea | 1,472 | 55.93 | +12.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Neil J. LeClair | 1,068 | 40.58 | -13.39 | ||||
| New Democratic | Reg T. Pendergast | 92 | 3.50 | +1.36 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,632 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.72 | ||||||
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Robert J. Morrissey | 1,413 | 53.97 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gail A. Shea | 1,149 | 43.89 | |||||
| New Democratic | Howard Waite | 56 | 2.14 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,618 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 1st Prince. | ||||||||
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References
- Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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