Cardigan (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Cardigan
province = Prince Edward Island


caption = Cardigan in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
fed-status = active
fed-created = 1966
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1968
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Lawrence MacAulay
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 35067
demo-electors = 27411
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 2658
demo-cd = Kings, Queens
demo-csd = "Towns:"
Georgetown
Montague
Souris
Stratford
"Villages:"
Morell, Mount Stewart, Murray Harbour, Murray River, St. Peters Bay
"First Nations reserves:"
Morell 2, Scotchfort 4
"Lots"
Kings Royalty, Lot 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66

Cardigan is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 98.5% White, 1.1% Native Canadian
Languages: 97.0% English, 1.2% French, 1.7% Other
Religions: 51.0% Catholic, 40.3% Protestant, 2.6% Other Christian, 5.9% No affiliation
Average income: $22 712

Geography

The district includes all of Kings County and eastern Queens County. It also includes Governors Island and Boughton Island.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election (2006) are:

: "Consisting of:

:: (a) the County of Kings;

:: (b) that part of the County of Queens comprised of: lots 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 50, 57, 58, 60 and 62; the Town of Stratford; and

:: (c) Governors Island and all other islands adjacent to the County of Kings and to the above-mentioned lots.

See the [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/maps/C11001.pdf map of Cardigan riding] .

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of the ridings of King's and Queen's.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/Map.aspx?L=e&ED=11001&EV=99&EV_TYPE=6&PC=&Prov=PE&ProvID=11&MapID=&QID=-1&PageID=27&TPageID= Cardigan riding] from Elections Canada
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=116 Riding history for Cardigan (1966–)] from the Library of Parliament
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/welcome.aspx?lang=e Election Financial Reports] from Elections Canada