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Charlottetown (formerly Hillsborough) 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.
Hillsborough was formed in 1966 (from the old Queen's (Prince Edward Island federal electoral district). It elected its first MP in 1968. It was re-drawn and re-named Charlottetown in 2003.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, at the first election held after April 22, 2024. It will gain newly annexed territory by the City of Charlottetown in the Marshfield area from Malpeque.
Demographics
Ethnic groups: 97.2% White
Languages: 94.8% English, 2.1% French, 2.5% Other
Religions: 47.7% Catholic, 39.5% Protestant, 2.5% Other Christian, 8.3% no affiliation
Average income: $26,205
According to the 2016 Canadian census
Twenty most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 86.8% English, 3.7% Mandarin, 2.1% French, 1.3% Arabic, 0.6% Nepali, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.3% Farsi, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Albanian, 0.2% Korean
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:
Election results
= Charlottetown
=2021
2019
2015
2011
2008
2006
2004
= Hillsborough
=2000
1997
1993
1988
1984
1980
1979
1974
1972
1968
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.
= 2019
== 2015
== 2011
=See also
List of Canadian electoral districts
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
"Charlottetown (electoral district) (Code 11002) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history for Hillsborough (1966–2003) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Charlottetown (2003–) from the Library of Parliament
"Canada Votes 2006". CBC News. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
= Notes
=Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Charlottetown (electoral district)
- Charlottetown-Brighton
- Charlottetown-Lewis Point
- Charlottetown-Victoria Park
- Malpeque (electoral district)
- Charlottetown (disambiguation)
- Parkdale-Belvedere
- West Royalty-Springvale
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Charlottetown
