Egmont (electoral district)

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**Egmont**
Canadian Federal electoral district
Egmont in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings.
Member of Parliament		Joe McGuire Liberal
Population (2001)	35 208
Electors (2006)	27 146
Area (km²)	1527
Pop. density (per km²)	23.06
Riding created	1966, from Prince
Census divisions	Prince
Subdivisions	Cities: Summerside Towns: Alberton Miscouche O'Leary Villages: Abram Village, Linkletter, Miminegash, St. Louis, Sherbrooke, Tignish, Tyne Valley, Wellington First Nations reserves: Lennox Island 1 Lots: Lot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2001 was 35,208.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
- 3.1 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 External link

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 98.0% White, 1.4% Native Canadian
Languages: 87.9% English, 10.9% French
Religions: 54.1% Catholic, 38.4% Protestant, 1.8% Other Christian, 5.5% no affiliation
Average income: $22,065

[edit] Geography

The district includes the part of Prince County located in Summerside and west of Summerside. Communities include Summerside, Alberton, Tignish, O'Leary, Miscouche and Sherbrooke. The area is 1,527 sq. km.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Prince riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Prince prior to 1968
28th	1968-1972	David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984	George Henderson	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988	George Henderson	Liberal
34th	1988-1993	Joe McGuire	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10 288	53.17	-2.28
	Conservative	Edward Guergis	5991	30.96	+1.87
	New Democrat	Regena Kaye Russell	1847	9.55	-2.03
	Green	Ron Matsusaki	1005	5.19	+1.30
	Independent	Michael Nesbitt	219	1.13	Ø
Total valid votes			19 350

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10 220	55.44	+5.39
	Conservative	Reg Harper	5363	29.09	-14.67
	New Democrat	Regena Kaye Russell	2133	11.57	+5.39
	Green	Irené Novaczek	717	3.89	Ø
Total valid votes			18 433

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	9227	50.05	+1.63
	Progressive Conservative	John Griffin	7116	38.60	-5.58
	New Democrat	Nancy Wallace	1139	6.18	-1.23
	Canadian Alliance	Jeff Sullivan	952	5.16	Ø
Total valid votes			18 434

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	8498	48.42	-9.29
	Progressive Conservative	John J. MacDonald	7754	44.18	+6.70
	New Democrat	Adelard Pitre	1300	7.41	+2.60
Total valid votes			17 552

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10 547	57.71	+4.62
	Progressive Conservative	Basil L. Stewart	6850	37.48	-1.92
	New Democrat	Basil Brian Dumville	880	4.81	-2.71
Total valid votes			18 277

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10 158	53.09	+3.31
	Progressive Conservative	Prowse Chappell	7538	39.40	-5.18
	New Democrat	Irene N. Dyment	1438	7.52	+1.88
Total valid votes			19 134

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Henderson	8777	49.78	-2.59
	Progressive Conservative	George Dewar	7859	44.58	+1.95
	New Democrat	Wain Munro	994	5.64	+0.64
Total valid votes			17 630

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Henderson	8639	52.37	+12.93
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7033	42.63	-13.44
	New Democrat	Vincent Gallant	824	5.00	+0.51
Total valid votes			16 496

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	8861	56.07	+3.82
	Liberal	Bill Reese	6233	39.44	-4.81
	New Democrat	Vincent Gallant	710	4.49	+0.98
Total valid votes			15 804

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7583	52.25	-3.53
	Liberal	Bill Reese	6422	44.25	+3.97
	New Democrat	Cletus Shea	509	3.51	-0.04
Total valid votes			14 514

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7868	55.78	+2.26
	Liberal	George W. Olscamp	5681	40.28	-4.02
	New Democrat	Carroll L. Kadey	501	3.55	+1.37
	Social Credit	Hugh G. Ryan	55	0.39	Ø
Total valid votes			14 105

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7182	53.52	Ø
	Liberal	J. Melville Campbell	5945	44.30	Ø
	New Democrat	Harvey Dawson	292	2.18	Ø
Total valid votes			13 419

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

Riding history for Egmont (1966–) from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Prince Edward Island
Liberal	Cardigan \| Charlottetown \| Egmont \| Malpeque

Federal Ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon \| Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor \| Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte \| Labrador \| Random—Burin—St. George's \| St. John's East \| St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan \| Charlottetown \| Egmont \| Malpeque
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso \| Central Nova \| Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley \| Dartmouth—Cole Harbour \| Halifax \| Halifax West \| Kings—Hants \| Sackville—Eastern Shore \| South Shore—St. Margaret's \| Sydney—Victoria \| West Nova
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst \| Beauséjour \| Fredericton \| Fundy Royal \| Madawaska—Restigouche \| Miramichi \| Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe \| New Brunswick Southwest \| Saint John \| Tobique—Mactaquac