Egmont (electoral district)

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


caption = Egmont 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 = Joe McGuire
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 34814
demo-electors = 27146
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 1527
demo-cd = Prince
demo-csd = "Cities:"
Summerside
"Towns:"
Alberton
Miscouche
O'Leary
"Villages:"
Abram Village, Linkletter, Miminegash, St. Louis, Sherbrooke, Tignish, Tyne Valley, Wellington
"First Nations reserves:"
Lennox Island 1
"Lots:"
Lot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2001 was 35,208.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 98.0% White, 1.4% Native Canadian
Languages: 87.9% English, 10.9% French
Religions: 54.1% Catholic, 38.4% Protestant, 1.8% Other Christian, 5.5% no affiliation
Average income: $22,065

Geography

The district includes the part of Prince County located in Summerside and west of Summerside. Communities include Summerside, Alberton, Tignish, O'Leary, Miscouche and Sherbrooke. The area is 1,527 sq. km.

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Prince riding.

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.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=205 Riding history for Egmont (1966–) from the] Library of Parliament