Parkdale-Belvedere
Parkdale-Belvedere was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created before the 1996 election out of the dual-member 5th Queens riding. It was abolished prior to the 2007 election into Charlottetown-Sherwood and Charlottetown-Parkdale.
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2007 |
| First contested | 1996 |
| Last contested | 2003 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Queens County |
| Census subdivision(s) | Charlottetown |
Members
The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Sherwood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 5th Queens 1873–1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Chester Gillan | Progressive Conservative | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | |||
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
| See Charlottetown-Sherwood and Charlottetown-Parkdale | ||||
Election results
| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chester Gillan | 1,562 | 61.57 | -5.92 | ||||
| Liberal | Charlie Cooke | 897 | 35.36 | +10.15 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nick Boragina | 78 | 3.07 | -4.23 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,537 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -8.04 | ||||||
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chester Gillan | 1,719 | 67.49 | +10.12 | ||||
| Liberal | Jacob Mal | 642 | 25.21 | -11.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Edith Perry | 186 | 7.30 | +1.18 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,547 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +10.71 | ||||||
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chester Gillan | 1,584 | 57.37 | |||||
| Liberal | Stephen Dowling | 1,008 | 36.51 | |||||
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 169 | 6.12 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,761 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This district was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 5th Queens. | ||||||||
Plebiscites
| 2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| No | 833 | 52.58 | |
| Yes | 751 | 47.41 | |
| Total valid votes | 1,584 | 99.75 | |
| Rejected votes | 4 | 0.25 | |
| Total votes | 1,588 | 51.13 | |
| Electors | 3,106 | ||
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