Tignish-Palmer Road

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

Tignish-Palmer Road
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA
 
 		 
Hal Perry
Liberal
District created1996 (name change in 2007)
First contested1996
Last contested2023

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 2015–2019
66th 2019–2023
67th 2023–present

Communities

It includes, among others, the following communities:

Election results

Tignish-Palmer Road, 2007–present
2023 Prince Edward Island general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHal Perry1,52758.7+9.4
Progressive ConservativeApril Delaney93936.1+7.6
New DemocraticGail Kinch1375.3+3.7
Total valid votes 2,603 100.0
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
Source(s)
[1]
2019 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHal Perry1,38849.3%-8.93
Progressive ConservativeMelissa Handrahan80228.5%-3.55
GreenSean Doyle58420.7%+14.16
New DemocraticDale Ryan441.6%-1.57
Total valid votes 2,818100.0  
Liberal hold Swing
2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHal Perry1,48658.23+9.49
Progressive ConservativeJoseph Profit81832.05-18.01
GreenMalcolm Pitre1676.54
New DemocraticJohn A'Hearn813.17
Total valid votes 2,552100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +13.75
Liberal candidate Hal Perry gained 8.08 percentage points from his 2011 performance running as a Progressive Conservative.
[2]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHal Perry1,17550.15+5.30
LiberalNeil LeClair1,14248.74−6.41
IslandDerek D. Peters261.11
Total valid votes 2,343100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.86
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalNeil LeClair1,56955.15+11.18
Progressive ConservativeGail Shea1,27644.85−10.44
Total valid votes 2,845100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +10.81

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results
2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 401 55.16
Dual Member Proportional Representation 128 17.61
Mixed Member Proportional 100 13.76
First Past the Post plus leaders 50 6.88
Preferential Voting 48 6.60
Total votes cast 727 24.59
Registered voters 2,956
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

Tignish-DeBlois, 1996–2007
2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGail A. Shea1,48055.29-0.64
LiberalNeil J. LeClair1,17743.97+3.39
New DemocraticReg T. Pendergast200.75-2.75
Total valid votes 2,677100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.02
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGail A. Shea1,47255.93+12.04
LiberalNeil J. LeClair1,06840.58-13.39
New DemocraticReg T. Pendergast923.50+1.36
Total valid votes 2,632100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.72
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRobert J. Morrissey1,41353.97
Progressive ConservativeGail A. Shea1,14943.89
New DemocraticHoward Waite562.14
Total valid votes 2,618100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 1st Prince.

References
  1. "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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