Tignish-Palmer Road
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
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| District created | 1996 (name change in 2007) | ||
| Last contested | 2011 | ||
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.
Members
The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tignish-Palmer Road | ||||
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| 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 | 2011-2013 | Hal Perry | Progressive Conservative | |
| 2013-present | Liberal | |||
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, 2007 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Neil LeClair | 1,569 | 55.15% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gail Shea | 1,276 | 44.85% | |||||
| Prince Edward Island general election, 2011 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Hal Perry | 1,175 | 50.15% | |||||
| Liberal | Neil LeClair | 1,142 | 48.74% | |||||
| Island | Derek D. Peters | 26 | 1.11% | |||||