Malpeque (electoral district)

Malpeque is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2011 was 35,039.

Malpeque
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Malpeque in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Coordinates:46°20′42″N 63°22′59″W / 46.345°N 63.383°W / 46.345; -63.383
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Heath MacDonald
Liberal
District created1966
First contested1968
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]36,030
Electors (2019)30,275
Area (km²)[1]1,663
Pop. density (per km²)21.7
Census division(s)Prince, Queens
Census subdivision(s) Towns:
Borden-Carleton
Cornwall
Kensington
Villages:
Bedeque, Brackley, Breadalbane, Central Bedeque, Clyde River, Crapaud, DeSable, Hunter River, Kinkora, Meadowbank, Miltonvale Park, Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, Union Road, Victoria, Warren Grove, Winsloe Park
First Nations reserves:
Rocky Point 3
Lots:
Lot 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 65, 67

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, at the first election held after April 22, 2024. It will gain the remainder of North Shore and the North Shore Fire District, plus everything west of Highway 6 between them from Cardigan, lose the Bedeque area plus some areas east and southeast of Summerside, and lose newly annexed territory by the City of Charlottetown in the Marshfield area to Charlottetown.[2]

Demographics

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  • Ethnic groups: 98.8% White
  • Languages: 95.7% English, 2.5% French, 1.4% Other
  • Religions: 53.2% Protestant, 36.4% Catholic, 2.9% Other Christian, 7.3% no affiliation
  • Average income: $24,005
According to the 2016 Canadian census
  • Most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 95.5% English, 2.0% French, 0.6% Dutch, 0.3% German, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Tagalog[3]

Geography

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The district includes the extreme eastern part of Prince County and most of Queens County except the extreme eastern portion and the City of Charlottetown. Communities include Cornwall, Kensington, Miltonvale Park, Borden-Carleton, North Rustico and Clyde River. The area is 1,663 km2.

History

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

There were no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Members of parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Malpeque
Riding created from Prince and Queen's
28th  1968–1972     Angus MacLean Progressive Conservative
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1976
 1977–1979     Donald Wood Liberal
31st  1979–1980     Melbourne Gass Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993     Catherine Callbeck Liberal
35th  1993–1997 Wayne Easter
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present Heath MacDonald

Election results

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Graph of election results in Malpeque (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
 
2021 Election by Polling Area

2021

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2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 9,667 42.02
  Conservative 7,622 33.13
  Green 3,226 14.02
  New Democratic 1,847 8.03
  People's 642 2.79
  Others 2 0.01


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Heath MacDonald 9,912 41.81 +0.44 $84,041.53
Conservative Jody Sanderson 7,836 33.19 +7.55 $84,415.05
Green Anna Keenan 3,381 14.32 -12.17 $44,768.30
New Democratic Michelle Neill 1,898 8.04 +1.55 $4,489.55
People's Christopher Landry 680 2.88 $1,387.95
Total valid votes/expense limit 23,707 99.27 +0.50 $90,924.86
Total rejected ballots 174 0.73 -0.50
Turnout 23,881 74.49 -1.80
Eligible voters 31,691
Liberal hold Swing -3.56
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2019

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2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Easter 9,533 41.38 −20.70 $52,375.96
Green Anna Keenan 6,103 26.49 +17.30 $24,970.77
Conservative Stephen Stewart 5,908 25.64 +8.08 $47,940.85
New Democratic Craig Nash 1,495 6.49 −4.68 $2,413.92
Total valid votes/expense limit 23,039 98.77   $87,624.55
Total rejected ballots 288 1.23 +0.78
Turnout 23,327 76.29 −2.56
Eligible voters 30,576
Liberal hold Swing −19.00
Source: Elections Canada[7]

2015

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2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Easter 13,950 62.08 +19.68 $84,420.76
Conservative Stephen Stewart 3,947 17.56 –21.54 $40,127.00
New Democratic Leah-Jane Hayward 2,509 11.17 –3.46 $6,264.15
Green Lynne Lund 2,066 9.19 +5.32 $12,265.59
Total valid votes/expense limit 22,472 99.55   $170,512.40
Total rejected ballots 102 0.45 +0.01
Turnout 22,574 79.05 +1.58
Eligible voters 28,556
Liberal hold Swing +20.61
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011

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2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Easter 8,605 42.40 -1.79 $47,363.15
Conservative Tim Ogilvie 7,934 39.10 -0.18 $62.426.68
New Democratic Rita Jackson 2,970 14.63 +4.96 $5,426.11
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 785 3.87 -2.99 $1,367.33
Total valid votes/expense limit 20,294 100.0     $69,634.73
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 90 0.44 -0.16
Turnout 20,384 77.47 +6.06
Eligible voters 26,311
Liberal hold Swing -0.80
Sources:[10][11]

2008

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2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Easter 8,312 44.19 -6.29 $51,835.54
Conservative Mary Crane 7,388 39.28 +4.65 $56,705.00
New Democratic J'Nan Brown 1,819 9.67 -0.57 $5,225.01
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 1,291 6.86 +2.21 $3,626.22
Total valid votes/expense limit 18,810 100.0     $67,177
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 113 0.60 +0.01
Turnout 18,923 71.41 -3.69
Eligible voters 26,498
Liberal hold Swing -5.47

2006

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2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Easter 9,779 50.48 -1.42 $51,121.23
Conservative George Noble 6,708 34.63 +2.13 $52,989.45
New Democratic George Marshall 1,983 10.24 +0.15 $3,388.31
Green Sharon Labchuk 901 4.65 -0.85 $2,925.11
Total valid votes/expense limit 19,371 100.0     $62,210
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 114 0.59 -0.17
Turnout 19,485 75.10 +2.09
Eligible voters 25,945
Liberal hold Swing -1.78

2004

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2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Easter 9,782 51.90 +3.28 $49,256.92
Conservative Mary Crane 6,126 32.50 -13.28 $52,127.38
New Democratic Ken Bingham 1,902 10.09 +5.86 $3,055.96
Green Sharon Labchuk 1,037 5.50 +4.15 $2,989.44
Total valid votes/expense limit 18,847 100.0     $60,645
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 144 0.76
Turnout 18,991 73.01
Eligible voters 26,010
Liberal hold Swing +8.28
Change for the Conservatives is from the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000

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2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wayne Easter 8,972 48.62 +3.53
Progressive Conservative Jim Gorman 7,186 38.94 -2.05
Alliance Chris Wall 1,263 6.84 +3.53
New Democratic Ken Bingham 781 4.23 -6.39
Green Jeremy Stiles 250 1.35
Total valid votes 18,452 100.00
Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

1997

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1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wayne Easter 7,912 45.09 -16.03
Progressive Conservative Jimmie Gorman 7,194 40.99 +9.80
New Democratic Andrew Wells 1,863 10.62 +6.21
Reform Stephen Livingstone 580 3.31
Total valid votes 17,549 100.00

1993

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1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wayne Easter 10,579 61.12 +9.22
Progressive Conservative Garth E. Staples 5,399 31.19 -8.98
New Democratic Karen Fyfe 763 4.41 -3.52
Christian Heritage John Freddie Gunn 318 1.84
Green Jeremy Stiles 249 1.44
Total valid votes 17,308 100.00

1988

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1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Catherine Callbeck 9,381 51.90 +18.94
Progressive Conservative Gordon Lank 7,260 40.17 -16.18
New Democratic Judy Whitaker 1,434 7.93 -2.76
Total valid votes 18,075 100.00

1984

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1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Melbourne Gass 10,577 56.35 +6.21
Liberal Paul H. Schurman 6,186 32.96 -9.71
New Democratic Janet Norgrove 2,006 10.69 +3.50
Total valid votes 18,769 100.00

1980

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1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Melbourne Gass 8,486 50.14 -2.56
Liberal David S. Peppin 7,221 42.67 +2.17
New Democratic Vic Arsenault 1,216 7.19 +0.39
Total valid votes 16,923 100.00
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1979

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1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Melbourne Gass 8,729 52.70 +5.63
Liberal Donald Wood 6,707 40.50 -7.87
New Democratic Charlie Sark 1,126 6.80 +2.72
Total valid votes 16,562 100.00

1977 by-election

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Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1977
On the resignation of Angus MacLean, 20 October 1976
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donald Wood 4,657 48.37 +3.80
Progressive Conservative Ian MacQuarrie 4,532 47.07 -3.54
New Democratic Charles H. Sark 393 4.08 -0.73
Independent A. Neil Harpham 46 0.48
Total valid votes 9,628 100.00

1974

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1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 5,649 50.61 -2.92
Liberal John W. MacNaught 4,975 44.57 +2.62
New Democratic Doreen Sark 537 4.81 +0.29
Total valid votes 11,161 100.00

1972

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1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 5,835 53.53 +3.53
Liberal Sinclair Cutcliffe 4,573 41.95 -5.97
New Democratic Maurice J. Darte 493 4.52 +2.43
Total valid votes 10,901 100.00

1968

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1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 5,049 50.00
Liberal Don Wood 4,839 47.92
New Democratic Douglas H. MacFarlane 211 2.09
Total valid votes 10,099 100.00

Student vote results

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2011

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In 2011, a student vote was conducted at participating Canadian schools to parallel the 2011 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.[12]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Wayne Easter 318 34.79
New Democratic Rita Jackson 255 27.90
Conservative Tim Ogilvie 191 20.90
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 180 19.69
Total valid votes 914 100.00

See also

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References

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  • "Malpeque (electoral district) (Code 11004) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

Notes

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