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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81/81 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| LIB | Wayne Easter | 8,605 | 42.40 |
Elected |
| CON | Tim Ogilvie | 7,934 | 39.10 |
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| NDP | Rita Jackson | 2,970 | 14.63 |
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| GRN | Peter Bevan-Baker | 785 | 3.87 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
This rural riding in central Prince Edward Island contains parts of Queen's and Prince counties. Malpeque Bay forms part of the western boundary of the riding that surrounds Charlottetown. It includes Cornwall, Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico as well as the communities of Brackley, Miltonvale Park, Union Road, Warren Grove, Winsloe South, Rocky Point Indian Reserve No. 3 and the islands of St. Peters, Courtin, Little Courtin and Ram.
In 2004, about four per cent of the riding moved into the Charlottetown riding. Malpeque was established in 1966 from the former Queen's riding.
Population: 33,796 (2006 census; an increase of 2.2% since 2001)
Political History
Liberal Wayne Easter first entered politics in 1993, and Malpeque voters returned him for a sixth term in office in 2008, favouring him over Conservative Mary Crane. In the previous election, in 2006, he won over Conservative George Noble.
Easter, who served as solictor general from October 2002 to December 2003, also beat the Conservatives in 2004, defeating Crane.
Easter beat Conservative Jim Gorman in the 2000 election for his third win in this riding.
The former riding of Queen's elected two members until the redistribution of 1966 when the riding was divided into Hillsborough and Malpeque. One of those MPs, PC Heath MacQuarrie, served in Queen's from 1957 to 1965 and went on to represent Hillsborough in 1968, 1972 and 1974. He didn't run in 1979. PC Angus Maclean was the other MP in the 1951-to-1974 period, serving as minister of fisheries and postmaster general under John Diefenbaker. He later led the provincial PC party.
Liberal Don Wood won the 1977 byelection by 125 votes, but was defeated in 1979 by PC Mel Gass, who served three terms. Gass resigned to lead the provincial PCs. In 1988, Liberal Catherine Callbeck defeated PC Gordon Lank. Callbeck had previously been elected to the P.E.I. legislature. She resigned in 1993 after winning the leadership of the provincial Liberal party and became the first female premier in Canada after winning the provincial election that year.
Queen's:
- 1957-65 inclusive - PC
Malpeque:
- 1968-74 inclusive - PC
- 1977 byelection - LIB
- 1979-84 inclusive - PC
- Since 1988 - LIB
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 71.91% (24,195) |
| French | 19.44% (6,540) |
| Aboriginal | 2.32% (780) |
| American | 0.42% (140) |
| Canadian | 38.73% (13,030) |
| Caribbean | 0.09% (30) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.06% (20) |
| Western European | 9.78% (3,290) |
| Northern European | 2.01% (675) |
| Eastern European | 1.95% (655) |
| S European | 1.17% (395) |
| Other European | 0.24% (80) |
| Scandinavian | 1.89% (635) |
| Baltic | 0.12% (40) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.10% (35) |
| African | 0.04% (15) |
| Arab | 0.13% (45) |
| Maghrebi | 0.00% (0) |
| West Asia | 0.00% (0) |
| South Asia | 0.21% (70) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.15% (50) |
| Oceania | 0.00% (0) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 33,645 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 97% (32,435) |
| French | 2% (590) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 0% (20) |
| Portuguese | 0% (0) |
| Romanian | 0% (10) |
| Spanish | 0% (10) |
| Danish | 0% (15) |
| Dutch | 1% (235) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (15) |
| German | 0% (105) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (10) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (0) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (25) |
| Russian | 0% (0) |
| Serbian | 0% (0) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Slovak | 0% (0) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (0) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (20) |
| Greek | 0% (0) |
| Armenian | 0% (0) |
| Turkish | 0% (0) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (10) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (0) |
| Gujarati | 0% (0) |
| Hindi | 0% (0) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (0) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (0) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (10) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (10) |
| Korean | 0% (0) |
| Cantonese | 0% (0) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (0) |
| Mandarin | 0% (0) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (0) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (0) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (0) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (0) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (0) |
| Creoles | 0% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 33,585 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 4.12 |
| Mining | 1.32 |
| Utilities | 0.85 |
| Construction | 6.84 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 1.85 |
| Retail | 13.32 |
| Transport | 4.53 |
| Info Culture | 1.57 |
| Finance Insurance | 1.75 |
| Real Estate | 0.97 |
| ProSciTech | 5.09 |
| Management | 0.07 |
| Waste/Remediation | 5.65 |
| Education | 7.28 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 15.34 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 2.34 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 5.22 |
| Public Admin | 6.44 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 34,000 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 9.5%
11.1% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 12.71%
14.87%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 32.76%
28.97%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $65,549
$64,139 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 3%
4% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 34.23%
30.91% National
33.35%
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
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| CON | 167 | 0 | 167 | 39.62 |
| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
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