Cardigan is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of the ridings of King's and Queen's, with minor modifications to its boundaries since.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding lost all of its territory in North Shore and the North Shore Fire District, plus everything west of Highway 6 between them to Malpeque. These changes came into effect following the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Political geography
In the 2008 election, every poll except two voted Liberal. The only two polls that didn't, voted Conservative. These two polls were centred in the town of Georgetown, Prince Edward Island.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Languages: 90.3% English, 4.2% Mandarin, 1.9% French <br/>
Race: 91.6% White, 2.8% Indigenous, 2.5% Chinese, 1.2% South Asian<br/>
Religions: 69.6% Christian (37.2% Catholic, 7.5% United Church, 5.8% Presbyterian, 3.2% Baptist, 2.5% Anglican, 13.5% other), 27.7% none<br/>
Median income: $39,600 (2020)<br/>
Average income: $47,680 (2020)
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! Population !! % of total !! Population !! % of total
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| style="text-align:left;" | Aboriginal ||1,730 ||4.5 || 820|| 2.3
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| style="text-align:left;" | Visible Minority ||2,125 ||5.5 || 1,220|| 3.4
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| style="text-align:left;" | All other ||34,480 ||90.0 || 33,695|| 94.3
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| style="text-align:left;" | Total ||38,335 ||100.0 || 35,735|| 100.0
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! Population !! % of total !! Population !! % of total !! Population !! % of total
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| style="text-align:left;" | English ||35,375 ||89.4 || 33,850 || 93.2 || 34,200 || 95.5
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| style="text-align:left;" | French ||550 ||1.4 || 505 || 1.4 || 560 || 1.6
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| style="text-align:left;" | English and French ||180 ||0.5 || 70 || 0.2 || 80 || 0.2
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| style="text-align:left;" | All other ||3,445 ||8.7 || 1,910 || 5.2 || 965 || 2.7
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| style="text-align:left;" | Total ||39,550 ||100.0 || 36,335 || 100.0 || 35,805 || 100.0
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! Population !! % of total !! Population !! % of total
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| style="text-align:left;" | At the same address ||22,840 ||62.7 || 24,095|| 71.3
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| style="text-align:left;" | In the same constituency||2,815 ||7.7 || 3,620 || 10.7
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| style="text-align:left;" | In the same province||5,820 ||16.0 || 3,250 || 9.6
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| style="text-align:left;" | From another province||3,595 ||9.9 || 2,050 || 6.1
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| style="text-align:left;" | From another country||1,330 ||3.7 || 775 || 2.3
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| style="text-align:left;" | Total aged 5 or over ||36,400 ||100.0 || 33,790|| 100.0
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Members of parliament
This riding has elected the following members of parliament:
Election results
2025
2021
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
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| Liberal ||align=right| 10,955 ||align=right| 50.56
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| Conservative ||align=right| 6,697 ||align=right| 30.91
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 2,117 ||align=right| 9.77
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| Green ||align=right| 1,042 ||align=right| 4.81
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| People's ||align=right| 711 ||align=right| 3.28
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| Others ||align=right| 143 ||align=right| 0.66
|}
2019
2015
2011
2008
2006
2004
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2000 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="230px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Liberal || 9,132 || 46.85
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| Progressive Conservative || 8,765 || 44.96
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| New Democratic || 987 || 5.06
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| Alliance || 596 || 3.06
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| Others || 14 || 0.07
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2000
1997
1993
1988
1984
1981 by-election
1980
1979
1974
1972
1968
Student vote results
2011 election
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 where they were physically located.
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- Cardigan riding from Elections Canada
- Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada