Tignish-Palmer Road

Tignish-Palmer Road
 Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
provincial electoral district
MLA       Hal Perry
Progressive Conservative
Population (2006)
Electors (2011)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created 1996 (name change in 2007)
Census divisions
Subdivisions

Tignish-Palmer Road is provincial electoral district #27, for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly Tignish-DeBlois from 1996 to 2007.

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Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tignish-Palmer Road
Assembly Years Member Party
See 1st Prince 1873-1996
60th 1996-2000 Bobby Morrissey Liberal
61st 2000-2003 Gail Shea Progressive Conservative
62nd 2003-2007
63rd 2007-2011 Neil LeClair Liberal
64th 2011-present Hal Perry Progressive Conservative

Communities

It includes, among others, the following communities:

  • Tignish
  • Palmer Road
  • St. Felix
  • St. Louis (northern-half)
  • St. Edward (northern-half)
  • St. Roch
  • St. Peter & St. Paul
  • Norway
  • Christopher Cross
  • Peterville
  • Leoville
  • Harper
  • Ascension
  • Miminegash (northern-half)
  • Nail Pond
  • Skinners Pond
  • Waterford
  • Pleasant View
  • Greenmount
  • Kildare
  • Deblois
  • Anglo–Tignish
  • Tignish Shore
  • Jude's Point
  • Seacow Pond

Election results

Prince Edward Island general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Hal Perry 1,175 50.15%
     Liberal Neil LeClair 1,142 48.74%
     Island Party Derek D. Peters 26 1.11%
Prince Edward Island general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Neil LeClair 1,569 55.15%
     Progressive Conservative Gail Shea 1,276 44.85%

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