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Cardigan in relation to the other PEI ridings

Cardigan is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 34,777. Image File history File links free clipart image of ballot box and ballot File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... The contents of this page have been moved to http://en. ... Image File history File links Cardigan. ... Image File history File links Cardigan. ... An electoral district is a geographically-based constituency upon which Canadas representative democracy is based. ... Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (The small under the protection of the great) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Lieutenant-Governor J. Léonce Bernard Premier Pat Binns (PC) Area 5,660 km² (13th) • Land 5,660 km² • Water 0 km² (0%) Population (2004) â... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 98.5% White, 1.1% Native Canadian
Languages: 97.0% English, 1.2% French, 1.7% Other
Religions: 51.0% Catholic, 40.3% Protestant, 2.6% Other Christian, 5.9% no affiliation
Average income: $22,712

Geography

The district includes all of Kings County and eastern Queens County. Communities include Stratford, Montague, Souris, and Georgetown. The area is 2,658 sq. km. Kings County is the easternmost county of Prince Edward Island, Canada. ... Queens County is a county located in central Prince Edward Island, Canada. ... The town of Stratford on Prince Edward Island, is located across the Hillsborough Bridge from Charlottetown, the provincial capital. ... Montague is known mostly for being located close to the greater town of Souris, a source of cocaine for Eastern Kings county. ... Souris is a town located on the eastern part of the Prince Edward Island, Canada. ...

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of the ridings of King's and Queen's. Kings (electoral district) can mean Kings (New Brunswick electoral district) (1867-1903) Kings (Prince Edward Island electoral district) (1892-1966) or alternatively Kings (electoral district), Nova Scotia (1867-1924) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... There have been several electoral districts in Canada named Queens or Queens. ...

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

1. Melvin J. McQuaid, Progressive Conservative (1968-1972)
2. Daniel J. Macdonald, Liberal (1972-1979)
3. Wilbur Macdonald, Progressive Conservative (1979-1980)
4. Daniel J. Macdonald, Liberal (1980-1981)
5. W. Bennett Campbell, Liberal (1981-1984)
6. Pat Binns, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988])
7. Lawrence MacAulay, Liberal (1988-present)

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Election results

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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

This is a list of Canadas 308 electoral districts (also known as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 2003 Representation Order, which came into effect on May 23, 2004. ... This is a list of past arrangements of Canadas electoral districts. ...

External link

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