Tignish-Palmer Road

Tignish-Palmer Road

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island provincial electoral district
MLA		Hal Perry Progressive Conservative
Population (2006)
Electors (2011)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	1996 (name change in 2007)
Census divisions
Subdivisions

Tignish-Palmer Road is provincial electoral district #27, for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly Tignish-DeBlois from 1996 to 2007.

Members

The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tignish-Palmer Road
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See 1st Prince 1873-1996
60th	1996-2000		Bobby Morrissey	Liberal
61st	2000-2003		Gail Shea	Progressive Conservative
62nd	2003-2007
63rd	2007-2011		Neil LeClair	Liberal
64th	2011-present		Hal Perry	Progressive Conservative

Communities

It includes, among others, the following communities:

• Tignish
• Palmer Road
• St. Felix
• St. Louis (northern-half)
• St. Edward (northern-half)
• St. Roch
• St. Peter & St. Paul
• Norway
• Christopher Cross
• Peterville
• Leoville
• Harper
• Ascension

• Miminegash (northern-half)
• Nail Pond
• Skinners Pond
• Waterford
• Pleasant View
• Greenmount
• Kildare
• Deblois
• Anglo–Tignish
• Tignish Shore
• Jude's Point
• Seacow Pond

Election results

Prince Edward Island general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Perry	1,175	50.15%
	Liberal	Neil LeClair	1,142	48.74%
	Island Party	Derek D. Peters	26	1.11%

Prince Edward Island general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil LeClair	1,569	55.15%
	Progressive Conservative	Gail Shea	1,276	44.85%

External links

• Tignish-Palmer Road information