Georgetown-St. Peters
Former provincial electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Georgetown-St. Peters was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created from mostly 3rd Kings and part of 5th Kings. The district was named Georgetown-Baldwin's Road from 1996 to 2007.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created1996
District abolished2019
First contested1996
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2019 |
| First contested | 1996 |
| Last contested | 2015 |
| Demographics | |
| Electors (2006) | 3,697 |
It was abolished in 2019 into Georgetown-Pownal, Montague-Kilmuir, Belfast-Murray River, Morell-Donagh, and Souris-Elmira.
Members
The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Georgetown-St. Peters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See 1st Kings, 2nd Kings, 3rd Kings, 4th Kings, 5th Kings 1873–1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Mike Currie | Progressive Conservative | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | |||
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
| 63rd | 2007–2011 | |||
| 64th | 2011–2015 | Steven Myers | Progressive Conservative | |
| 65th | 2015–2019 | |||
Election results
Georgetown-St. Peters, 2007–2019
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steven Myers | 1,448 | 47.96 | -5.34 | ||||
| Liberal | Russ Stewart | 1,170 | 38.75 | -2.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nathan Bushey | 256 | 8.48 | +5.54 | ||||
| Green | Heather Gallant | 145 | 4.80 | +3.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,019 | 99.67 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 10 | 0.33 | -0.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,029 | 84.82 | +0.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,571 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.50 | ||||||
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| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steven Myers | 1,575 | 53.30 | +0.22 | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Gotell | 1,214 | 41.08 | -2.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jane Dunphy | 87 | 2.94 | -0.03 | ||||
| Green | Jason Furness | 47 | 1.59 | |||||
| Island | Ray Cantelo | 32 | 1.08 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,955 | 99.43 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 17 | 0.57 | +0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,972 | 83.91 | -4.43 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,542 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +1.54 | ||||||
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Currie | 1,678 | 53.08 | -8.10 | ||||
| Liberal | Danny Walker | 1,389 | 43.94 | +7.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jane Dunphy | 94 | 2.97 | +0.60 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,161 | 99.59 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 13 | 0.41 | -0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,174 | 88.34 | -3.11 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,593 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -7.80 | ||||||
2016 electoral reform plebiscite results
| 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 440 | 36.85 | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 336 | 28.14 | |
| Dual Member Proportional Representation | 239 | 20.02 | |
| Preferential Voting | 113 | 9.46 | |
| First Past the Post plus leaders | 66 | 5.53 | |
| Two-choice preferred result | |||
| First Past the Post | 570 | 50.71 | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 554 | 49.29 | |
| Total votes cast | 1,194 | 33.01 | |
| Registered voters | 3,656 | ||
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017. | |||
Georgetown-Baldwin's Road, 1996–2007
| 2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| No | 769 | 78.55 | |
| Yes | 210 | 21.45 | |
| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Currie | 1,652 | 61.19 | -4.93 | ||||
| Liberal | Danny Walker | 984 | 36.44 | +6.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jane Dunphy | 64 | 2.37 | -1.25 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,700 | 99.41 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 16 | 0.59 | +0.41 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,716 | 91.45 | +0.73 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,970 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.56 | ||||||
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Currie | 1,807 | 66.12 | +11.69 | ||||
| Liberal | Danny Campbell | 827 | 30.26 | -13.71 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bruno Peripoli | 99 | 3.62 | +2.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,733 | 99.82 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 5 | 0.18 | -0.26 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,738 | 90.72 | -1.08 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,018 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +12.70 | ||||||
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Currie | 1,463 | 54.43 | |||||
| Liberal | Rose Marie MacDonald | 1,182 | 43.97 | |||||
| New Democratic | Patricia Allen | 43 | 1.60 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,688 | 99.56 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 12 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 2,700 | 91.81 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,941 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 3rd Kings and 5th Kings. | ||||||||
