Charlottetown (electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Charlottetown is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The district, which includes the entire City of Charlottetown, has an area of 46 km2 and a population of 34,562 as of 2011.[3]
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Coordinates: | 46.260°N 63.134°W | ||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 38,809 | ||
| Electors (2025)[2] | 27,662 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 46 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 843.7 | ||
| Census division | Queens | ||
| Census subdivision | Charlottetown | ||
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Formerly known as Hillsborough, it was formed in 1966 from the old Queen's district, and elected its first MP in 1968. It was redrawn and renamed Charlottetown in 2003.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained territory newly annexed by the City of Charlottetown in the Marshfield area from the adjacent Malpeque riding.[4] This change came into effect upon the calling for the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order[5]
Languages: 81.1% English, 3.7% Mandarin, 2.6% French, 2.0% Punjabi, 1.7% Arabic, 1.2% Vietnamese
Race: 76.2% White, 6.3% South Asian, 5.0% Chinese, 2.9% Black 2.3% Arab, 2.0% Indigenous, 2.0% Southeast Asian, 1.2% Filipino
Religions: 57.6% Christian (28.9% Catholic, 6.7% United Church, 3.5% Presbyterian, 2.8% Anglican, 2.7% Baptist, 13.1% other), 3.4% Muslim, 2.3% Hindu, 1.7% Sikh, 33.0% none
Median income: $36,800 (2020)
Average income: $46,160 (2020)
History
From 1966 until 2004, most of the Charlottetown riding was part of the riding of Hillsborough. In 2003, there was a riding readjustment; a part of the old Hillsborough riding became part of Cardigan. 96.4% of the riding of Charlottetown was previously part of the Hillsborough riding, and 3.6% was previously part of Malpeque. There were no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough Riding created from Queen's |
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| 28th | 1968–1972 | Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Tom McMillan | ||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | George Proud | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | |||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | |||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Shawn Murphy | ||
| Charlottetown | ||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Shawn Murphy | Liberal | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Sean Casey | ||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
Charlottetown
2025
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sean Casey | 13,656 | 64.75 | +18.05 | $102,175.93 | |||
| Conservative | Natalie Jameson | 6,139 | 29.11 | −1.95 | $103,634.18 | |||
| New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 906 | 4.30 | −6.42 | $9,651.86 | |||
| Green | Daniel Cousins | 257 | 1.22 | −8.37 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Robert Lucas | 131 | 0.62 | −1.31 | $1,794.70 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 21,089 | 99.00 | +0.03 | $106,504.98 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 214 | 1.00 | –0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,303 | 76.59 | +6.12 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,814 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +10.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sean Casey | 8,919 | 46.70 | +2.44 | $72,839.73 | |||
| Conservative | Doug Currie | 5,932 | 31.06 | +10.77 | $77,864.04 | |||
| New Democratic | Margaret Andrade | 2,048 | 10.72 | -0.52 | $3,242.50 | |||
| Green | Darcie Lanthier | 1,832 | 9.59 | -13.75 | none listed | |||
| People's | Scott McPhee | 369 | 1.93 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,100 | 98.97 | $88,991.90 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 198 | 1.03 | -0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,298 | 70.47 | -2.34 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,383 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.16 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sean Casey | 8,812 | 44.26 | −12.01 | $81,859.21 | |||
| Green | Darcie Lanthier | 4,648 | 23.35 | +17.57 | $36,415.23 | |||
| Conservative | Robert A. Campbell | 4,040 | 20.29 | +5.47 | $46,459.01 | |||
| New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 2,238 | 11.24 | −11.90 | $4,819.38 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Fred MacLeod | 172 | 0.86 | New | $1,200.90 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,910 | 100.0 | $86,542.92 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 274 | 1.36 | +0.89 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,184 | 73.45 | −2.14 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,480 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −14.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sean Casey | 11,910 | 56.27 | +16.79 | $133,567.53 | |||
| New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 4,897 | 23.14 | –1.94 | $51,147.58 | |||
| Conservative | Ron MacMillan | 3,136 | 14.82 | –17.89 | $73,560.00 | |||
| Green | Becka Viau | 1,222 | 5.77 | +3.51 | $5,912.52 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 21,165 | 99.53 | $170,107.74 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 99 | 0.47 | –0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,264 | 76.24 | +6.14 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,891 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +9.36 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sean Casey | 7,292 | 39.48 | -10.58 | $61,465.09 | |||
| Conservative | Donna Profit | 6,040 | 32.71 | +0.60 | $48,556.35 | |||
| New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 4,632 | 25.08 | +12.77 | $45,026.11 | |||
| Green | Eliza Knockwood | 417 | 2.26 | -2.57 | $2,301.92 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 87 | 0.47 | -0.23 | $3,159.86 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,468 | 100.0 | – | $69,664.10 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 113 | 0.61 | -0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,581 | 70.10 | +3.96 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 26,507 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.59 | ||||||
| Sources:[13][14] | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Shawn Murphy | 8,893 | 50.06 | -0.10 | $66,093.14 | |||
| Conservative | Tom DeBlois | 5,704 | 32.11 | -2.03 | $48,302.66 | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Pollard | 2,187 | 12.31 | +1.19 | $4,744.42 | |||
| Green | Laura Bisaillon | 858 | 4.83 | +1.76 | $1,257.27 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 124 | 0.70 | +0.19 | $8,750.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 17,776 | 100.0 | – | $67,455 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 137 | 0.77 | +0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,913 | 66.14 | -4.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,083 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.96 | ||||||
2006
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Shawn Murphy | 9,586 | 50.16 | +0.80 | $60,442.09 | |||
| Conservative | Tom DeBlois | 6,524 | 34.14 | +6.59 | $60,317.15 | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Pollard | 2,126 | 11.12 | -7.32 | $5,251.38 | |||
| Green | David Daughton | 586 | 3.07 | -1.02 | $780.62 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 97 | 0.51 | -0.05 | $5,346.77 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,112 | 100.0 | – | $62,665 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 114 | 0.59 | -0.12 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,226 | 70.75 | +3.45 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,175 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.90 | ||||||
2004
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Shawn Murphy | 9,175 | 49.36 | +6.80 | $59,677.46 | |||
| Conservative | Darren Peters | 5,121 | 27.55 | -7.80 | $60,605.56 | |||
| New Democratic | Dody Crane | 3,428 | 18.44 | -2.91 | $13,197.84 | |||
| Green | Will McFadden | 760 | 4.09 | – | $1,647.47 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 105 | 0.56 | – | $2,837.13 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,589 | 100.0 | – | $61,440 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 133 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,722 | 67.30 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 27,820 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +7.30 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined total of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance. | ||||||||
| 2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 7,427 | 42.56 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 5,270 | 30.20 | |
| New Democratic | 3,725 | 21.35 | |
| Alliance | 899 | 5.15 | |
| Others | 129 | 0.74 | |
Hillsborough
2000
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Shawn Murphy | 8,277 | 41.81 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Darren Peters | 6,039 | 30.50 | |||||
| New Democratic | Dody Crane | 4,328 | 21.86 | |||||
| Alliance | Gerry Stewart | 1,005 | 5.08 | |||||
| Natural Law | Peter Cameron | 92 | 0.46 | |||||
| Independent | Baird Judson | 58 | 0.29 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,895 | 67.2 | ||||||
1997
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Proud | 7,630 | 40.87 | |||||
| New Democratic | Dody Crane | 5,751 | 30.80 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mitchell Tweel | 4,594 | 24.61 | |||||
| Reform | Blaine Jensen | 476 | 2.55 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 145 | 0.78 | |||||
| Natural Law | Paula Price | 74 | 0.40 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,847 | 71.2% | ||||||
1993
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Proud | 11,976 | 60.57 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas McMillan | 5,269 | 26.65 | |||||
| New Democratic | Dody Crane | 1,143 | 5.78 | |||||
| Reform | Freeman T. Whitty | 744 | 3.76 | |||||
| National | Dave Patterson | 350 | 1.77 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 167 | 0.84 | |||||
| Natural Law | Peter Cameron | 123 | 0.62 | |||||
1988
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Proud | 8,897 | 43.68 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas McMillan | 8,638 | 42.41 | |||||
| New Democratic | Dody Crane | 1,984 | 5.78 | |||||
| Independent | David Weale | 569 | 2.79 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 281 | 1.38 | |||||
1984
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas McMillan | 9,158 | 53.20 | |||||
| Liberal | Gerry Birt | 6,768 | 39.32 | |||||
| New Democratic | David Burke | 846 | 4.91 | |||||
| Independent | Big John Muise | 323 | 1.88 | |||||
| Independent | Izzurd Goat McFadden | 82 | 0.48 | |||||
| Green | David Daughton | 37 | 0.21 | |||||
1980
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas McMillan | 7,128 | 47.66 | |||||
| Liberal | Gerry Birt | 6,555 | 43.83 | |||||
| New Democratic | Bob Crockett | 1,245 | 8.32 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Kathryn Schmidt | 28 | 0.19 | |||||
| lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
1979
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas McMillan | 8,338 | 54.99 | |||||
| Liberal | Gordon Tweedy | 5,319 | 35.08 | |||||
| New Democratic | Bob Crockett | 1,453 | 9.58 | |||||
| Libertarian | Garry Anstett | 54 | 0.36 | |||||
1974
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heath MacQuarrie | 9,917 | 50.36 | |||||
| Liberal | George Chandler | 8,577 | 43.56 | |||||
| New Democratic | Preston MacLeod | 1,197 | 6.08 | |||||
| lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
1972
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heath MacQuarrie | 10,605 | 55.13 | |||||
| Liberal | Ian Glass | 7,168 | 37.26 | |||||
| New Democratic | Etsel Ross | 1,464 | 7.61 | |||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
1968
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heath MacQuarrie | 8,328 | 54.99 | |||||
| Liberal | Jack McAndrew | 6,447 | 41.05 | |||||
| New Democratic | David Hall | 930 | 5.92 | |||||
Student vote results
In a student vote, participating Canadian schools to parallel the 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.[15]
Graph of student vote election results in Charlottetown (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted) View source data.
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sean Casey | 1,002 | 32.01 | -9.52 | ||||
| Green | Darcie Lanthier | 983 | 31.41 | +7.7 | ||||
| Conservative | Robert Campell | 536 | 17.12 | +5.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 470 | 15.02 | -7.66 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Fred MacLeod | 139 | 4.44 | New | ||||
| Total Valid Votes | 3,130 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Student Vote[16] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sean Casey | 1,280 | 41.53 | +13.3 | ||||
| Green | Becka Viau | 731 | 23.72 | +8.37 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 699 | 22.68 | -7.24 | ||||
| Conservative | Ron MacMillan | 372 | 12.07 | -9.19 | ||||
| Total Valid Votes | 3,082 | 100.0 | ||||||
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 785 | 29.92 | |||||
| Liberal | Sean Casey | 767 | 29.23 | |||||
| Conservative | Donna Profit | 558 | 21.26 | |||||
| Green | Eliza Knockwood | 402 | 15.32 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 112 | 4.27 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,624 | 100.00 | ||||||