Charlottetown-Brighton

Charlottetown-Brighton

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA	Jordan Brown Liberal
First contested	1996
Last contested	2015
Demographics
Census divisions	Queens County
Census subdivisions	Charlottetown

Charlottetown-Brighton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly named Charlottetown-Rochford Square from 1996–2007.

Members

The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Charlottetown-Brighton
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See 6th Queens 1966-1996
60th	1996–2000		Paul Connolly	Liberal
61st	2000–2003		Jeff Lantz	Progressive Conservative
62nd	2003–2007		Robert Ghiz	Liberal
63rd	2007–2011
64th	2011–2015
65th	2015–present		Jordan Brown	Liberal

Election results

Charlettown-Brighton, 2007–present

Prince Edward Island general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jordan Brown	1,056	39.02	-13.44
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Lantz	1,032	38.14	+8.28
	Green	Derrick Biso	353	13.05	+2.88
	New Democratic	Bob MacLean	265	9.79	+2.27
Total valid votes			2,706	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.86
These results will be subject to a judicial recount.[1]
[2]

Prince Edward Island general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Ghiz	1,228	52.46	-7.79
	Progressive Conservative	Linda Clements	699	29.86	-3.21
	Green	Elizabeth Schoales	238	10.17	+3.49
	New Democratic	Trevor John Leclerc	176	7.52
Total valid votes			2,341	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.29

Prince Edward Island general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Ghiz	1,669	60.25	+9.60
	Progressive Conservative	John Abbott	916	33.07	-12.03
	Green	Cindy Burton	185	6.68
Total valid votes			2,770	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+10.82

Charlottetown-Rochford Square, 1996–2007

Prince Edward Island general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Ghiz	1,433	50.65	+11.42
	Progressive Conservative	George MacDonald	1,276	45.10	-5.32
	New Democratic	J'Nan Brown	120	4.24	-6.10
Total valid votes			2,829	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+8.37

Prince Edward Island general election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Lantz	1,433	50.42	+5.34
	Liberal	Ian "Tex" MacDonald	1,115	39.23	-7.80
	New Democratic	Ken Bingham	294	10.34	+2.46
Total valid votes			2,842	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.57

Prince Edward Island general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul Connolly	1,348	47.03
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Lantz	1,292	45.08
	New Democratic	Mark Forrest	226	7.88
Total valid votes			2,866	100.0
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 6th Queens.

References

1. CBC News (15 May 2015). "PC Leader Rob Lantz says vote recount 'only prudent'". CBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
2. Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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