Charlottetown is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The district, which includes the entire City of Charlottetown, has an area of 46 km<sup>2</sup> and a population of 34,562 as of 2011.
Formerly known as Hillsborough, it was formed in 1966 from the old Queen's district, and elected its first MP in 1968. It was redrawn and renamed Charlottetown in 2003.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained territory newly annexed by the City of Charlottetown in the Marshfield area from the adjacent Malpeque riding. This change came into effect upon the calling for the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Languages: 81.1% English, 3.7% Mandarin, 2.6% French, 2.0% Punjabi, 1.7% Arabic, 1.2% Vietnamese <br/>
Race: 76.2% White, 6.3% South Asian, 5.0% Chinese, 2.9% Black 2.3% Arab, 2.0% Indigenous, 2.0% Southeast Asian, 1.2% Filipino<br/>
Religions: 57.6% Christian (28.9% Catholic, 6.7% United Church, 3.5% Presbyterian, 2.8% Anglican, 2.7% Baptist, 13.1% other), 3.4% Muslim, 2.3% Hindu, 1.7% Sikh, 33.0% none<br/>
Median income: $36,800 (2020)<br/>
Average income: $46,160 (2020)
History
From 1966 until 2004, most of the Charlottetown riding was part of the riding of Hillsborough. In 2003, there was a riding readjustment; a part of the old Hillsborough riding became part of Cardigan. 96.4% of the riding of Charlottetown was previously part of the Hillsborough riding, and 3.6% was previously part of Malpeque. There were no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Charlottetown
2025
2021
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="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Liberal ||align=right| 7,427 ||align=right| 42.56
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| Progressive Conservative ||align=right| 5,270 ||align=right| 30.20
|-
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 3,725 ||align=right| 21.35
|-
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| Alliance ||align=right| 899 ||align=right| 5.15
|-
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| Others ||align=right| 129 ||align=right| 0.74
|}
Hillsborough
2000
1997
1993
1988
1984
1980
1979
1974
1972
1968
Student vote results
In a student vote, participating Canadian schools to parallel the 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.
2019
2015
2011
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada