Charlottetown-Sherwood

Charlottetown-Sherwood

Prince Edward Island electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA	Robert Mitchell Liberal
Last contested	2015
Demographics
Census divisions	Queens County
Census subdivisions	Charlottetown

Charlottetown-Sherwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Parkdale-Belvedere.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Sherwood
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See 5th Queens 1873-1996 and 6th Queens 1966-1996
60th	1996–2000		Chester Gillan	Progressive Conservative
61st	2000–2003
62nd	2003–2007
63rd	2007–2011		Robert Mitchell	Liberal
64th	2011–2015
65th	2015–present

Election results

Charlottetown-Sherwood, 2007–present

Prince Edward Island general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Mitchell	1,425	45.81	-8.12
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Gillis	1,031	33.14	-4.03
	New Democratic	Karalee McAskill	360	11.57	+7.12
	Green	Mitchell Gallant	295	9.48	+5.03
Total valid votes			3,111	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.04

Prince Edward Island general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Mitchell	1,538	53.93	-0.85
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Gillis	1,060	37.17	-2.67
	New Democratic	Kat Murphy	127	4.45	+1.73
	Green	Sarah Jones	127	4.45	+1.79
Total valid votes			2,852	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.91

Prince Edward Island general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Mitchell	1,712	54.78	+19.42
	Progressive Conservative	Chester Gillan	1,245	39.84	-21.73
	New Democratic	Brian Pollard	85	2.72	-0.35
	Green	Kat Murphy	83	2.66
Total valid votes			3,125	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+20.57

Parkdale-Belvedere, 1996–2007

Prince Edward Island general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Chester Gillan	1,562	61.57	-5.92
	Liberal	Charlie Cooke	897	35.36	+10.15
	New Democratic	Nick Boragina	78	3.07	-4.23
Total valid votes			2,537	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.04

Prince Edward Island general election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Chester Gillan	1,719	67.49	+10.12
	Liberal	Jacob Mal	642	25.21	-11.30
	New Democratic	Edith Perry	186	7.30	+1.18
Total valid votes			2,547	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.71

Prince Edward Island general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Chester Gillan	1,584	57.37
	Liberal	Stephen Dowling	1,008	36.51
	New Democratic	Larry Duchesne	169	6.12
Total valid votes			2,761	100.0
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 5th Queens and 6th Queens.

References

• Charlottetown-Sherwood information