Tignish-Palmer Road

Tignish-Palmer Road

Prince Edward Island electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA	Hal Perry Liberal
District created	1996 (name change in 2007)
First contested	1996
Last contested	2015

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	2011-2013		Hal Perry	Progressive Conservative
	2013-2015			Liberal
65th	2015-present

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

Tignish-Palmer Road, 2007–present

Prince Edward Island general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hal Perry	1,486	58.23	+9.49
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Profit	818	32.05	-18.01
	Green	Malcolm Pitre	167	6.54
	New Democratic	John A'Hearn	81	3.17
Total valid votes			2,552	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+13.75
Liberal candidate Hal Perry gained 8.08 percentage points from his 2011 performance running as a Progressive Conservative.

Prince Edward Island general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Perry	1,175	50.15	+5.30
	Liberal	Neil LeClair	1,142	48.74	−6.41
	Island	Derek D. Peters	26	1.11
Total valid votes			2,343	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.86

Prince Edward Island general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Neil LeClair	1,569	55.15	+11.18
	Progressive Conservative	Gail Shea	1,276	44.85	−10.44
Total valid votes			2,845	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+10.81

Tignish-DeBlois, 1996–2007

Prince Edward Island general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gail A. Shea	1,480	55.29	-0.64
	Liberal	Neil J. LeClair	1,177	43.97	+3.39
	New Democratic	Reg T. Pendergast	20	0.75	-2.75
Total valid votes			2,677	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.02

Prince Edward Island general election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gail A. Shea	1,472	55.93	+12.04
	Liberal	Neil J. LeClair	1,068	40.58	-13.39
	New Democratic	Reg T. Pendergast	92	3.50	+1.36
Total valid votes			2,632	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.72

Prince Edward Island general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Joseph Morrissey	1,413	53.97
	Progressive Conservative	Gail A. Shea	1,149	43.89
	New Democratic	Howard Waite	56	2.14
Total valid votes			2,618	100.0
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 1st Prince.

References

• Tignish-Palmer Road information