Egmont (electoral district)

Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2021 was 35,925.^[2]

Egmont

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Egmont in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Coordinates:	46°36′40″N 64°00′25″W / 46.611°N 64.007°W / 46.611; -64.007
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Bobby Morrissey Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)^[1]	34,168
Electors (2019)	28,400
Area (km²)^[1]	1,527
Pop. density (per km²)	22.4
Census division(s)	Prince
Census subdivision(s)	Cities: Summerside Towns: Alberton Miscouche O'Leary Villages: Abram Village, Linkletter, Miminegash, St. Louis, Sherbrooke, Tignish, Tyne Valley, Wellington First Nations reserves: Lennox Island 1 Lots: Lot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, at the first election held after April 22, 2024. It will gain the Bedeque area plus some areas east and southeast of Summerside from Malpeque.^[3]

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 98.0% White, 1.4% Native Canadian
Languages: 87.9% English, 10.9% French
Religions: 54.1% Catholic, 38.4% Protestant, 1.8% Other Christian, 5.5% no affiliation
Average income: $22,065

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Languages: (2016) 89.6% English, 8.7% French, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Albanian, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Dutch^[4]

Geography

The district includes the part of Prince County located in Summerside and west of Summerside. Communities include Summerside, Alberton, Tignish, O'Leary, Miscouche and Sherbrooke. The area is 1,527 km².

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Prince riding. There were no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Egmont Riding created from Prince
28th	1968–1972		David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984		George Henderson	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Joe McGuire
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Gail Shea	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Bobby Morrissey	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Egmont (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

 

2021 Election by Polling Area

2021

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bobby Morrissey	9,040	46.21	+6.48	$52,360.87
	Conservative	Bobby Balsom	6,088	31.11	-3.26	$45,649.91
	Green	Alex Clark	1,771	9.05	-10.76	$5,606.29
	New Democratic	Lisa Bradshaw	1,688	8.63	+2.53	$3,620.46
	People's	Wayne Biggar	974	4.98	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,561	98.77	+0.11	$89,655.36
Total rejected ballots			244	1.23	-0.11
Turnout			19,805	69.32	-3.12
Eligible voters			28,571
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.89
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	9,506	45.94
	Conservative	6,422	31.04
	Green	1,948	9.41
	New Democratic	1,790	8.65
	People's	1,026	4.96

2019

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bobby Morrissey	8,016	39.73	−9.52	$53,702.84
	Conservative	Logan McLellan	6,934	34.36	+5.41	$65,608.31
	Green	Alex Clark	3,998	19.81	+17.20	$14,320.88
	New Democratic	Sharon Dunn	1,230	6.10	−13.08	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			20,178	98.66		$85,525.15
Total rejected ballots			274	1.34	+0.93
Turnout			20,452	71.62	−5.37
Eligible voters			28,557
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.46
Source: Elections Canada^[8]

2015

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bobby Morrissey	10,521	49.25	+17.94	$67,240.83
	Conservative	Gail Shea	6,185	28.95	–25.70	$110,058.32
	New Democratic	Herb Dickieson	4,097	19.18	+6.81	$34,718.49
	Green	Nils Ling	559	2.62	+0.95	$4,895.27
Total valid votes/expense limit			21,362	99.59		$169,928.60
Total rejected ballots			87	0.41	–0.39
Turnout			21,449	77.29	+5.62
Eligible voters			27,751
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+21.82
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2011

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gail Shea	10,467	54.65	+10.72	$57,565.04
	Liberal	Guy Gallant	5,997	31.31	-12.32	$34,428.58
	New Democratic	Jacquie Robichaud	2,369	12.37	+3.32	$1,780.97
	Green	Carl Anthony	320	1.67	-1.72	$250.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,153	100.0		$69,831.16
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			155	0.80	+0.18
Turnout			19,308	71.67	+3.52
Eligible voters			26,941
	Conservative hold		Swing		+11.52
Sources:^[11]^[12]

2008

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gail Shea	8,110	43.93	+12.97	$51,795.67
	Liberal	Keith Milligan	8,055	43.63	-9.54	$45,007.86
	New Democratic	Orville Lewis	1,670	9.05	-0.50	$2,245.18
	Green	Rebecca Ridlington	626	3.39	-1.80	$2,678.98
Total valid votes/expense limit			18,461	100.0		$67,686
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			115	0.62	+0.01
Turnout			18,576	68.15	-3.57
Eligible voters			27,256
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.26

2006

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,288	53.17	-2.28	$35,567.52
	Conservative	Edward Guergis	5,991	30.96	+1.87	$58,124.34
	New Democratic	Regena Kaye Russell	1,847	9.55	-2.03	$3,843.89
	Green	Ron Matsusaki	1,005	5.19	+1.30	$2,768.32
	Independent	Michael Nesbitt	219	1.13	–	$2,449.39
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,350	100.0		$62,678
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			119	0.61	-0.11
Turnout			19,469	71.72	+4.31
Eligible voters			27,146
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.08

2004

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,220	55.44	+5.48	$35,746.29
	Conservative	Reg Harper	5,363	29.09	-14.77	$32,667.92
	New Democratic	Regena Kaye Russell	2,133	11.57	+5.39	$10,211.62
	Green	Irené Novaczek	717	3.89	–	$1,199.66
Total valid votes/expense limit			18,433	100.0		$61,338
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			134	0.72
Turnout			18,567	67.41
Eligible voters			27,545
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+10.03
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	8,999	49.96
	Progressive Conservative	6,994	38.83
	New Democratic	1,114	6.18
	Alliance	907	5.03

2000

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	9,227	50.05	+1.63
	Progressive Conservative	John Griffin	7,116	38.60	-5.58
	New Democratic	Nancy Wallace	1,139	6.18	-1.23
	Alliance	Jeff Sullivan	952	5.16
Total valid votes			18,434	100.00

1997

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	8,498	48.42	-9.29
	Progressive Conservative	John J. MacDonald	7,754	44.18	+6.70
	New Democratic	Adelard Pitre	1,300	7.41	+2.60
Total valid votes			17,552	100.00

1993

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,547	57.71	+4.62
	Progressive Conservative	Basil Stewart	6,850	37.48	-1.92
	New Democratic	Basil Brian Dumville	880	4.81	-2.71
Total valid votes			18,277	100.00

1988

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,158	53.09	+3.31
	Progressive Conservative	Prowse Chappell	7,538	39.40	-5.18
	New Democratic	Irene N. Dyment	1,438	7.52	+1.88
Total valid votes			19,134	100.00

1984

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Henderson	8,777	49.78	-2.59
	Progressive Conservative	George Dewar	7,859	44.58	+1.95
	New Democratic	Wain Munro	994	5.64	+0.64
Total valid votes			17,630	100.00

1980

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Henderson	8,639	52.37	+12.93
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7,033	42.63	-13.44
	New Democratic	Vincent Gallant	824	5.00	+0.51
Total valid votes			16,496	100.00

1979

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	8,861	56.07	+3.82
	Liberal	Bill Reese	6,233	39.44	-4.81
	New Democratic	Vincent Gallant	710	4.49	+0.98
Total valid votes			15,804	100.00

1974

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7,583	52.25	-3.53
	Liberal	Bill Reese	6,422	44.25	+3.97
	New Democratic	Cletus Shea	509	3.51	-0.04
Total valid votes			14,514	100.00

1972

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7,868	55.78	+2.26
	Liberal	George W. Olscamp	5,681	40.28	-4.02
	New Democratic	Carroll L. Kadey	501	3.55	+1.37
	Social Credit	Hugh G. Ryan	55	0.39
Total valid votes			14,105	100.00

1968

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7,182	53.52
	Liberal	J. Melville Campbell	5,945	44.30
	New Democratic	Harvey Dawson	292	2.18
Total valid votes			13,419	100.00

Student vote results

2011

In 2011, a student vote was conducted at participating Canadian schools to parallel the 2011 Canadian federal election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.^[13]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gail Shea	475	29.87
	Liberal	Guy Gallant	407	25.60
	Green	Carl Anthony	391	24.59
	New Democratic	Jacquie Robichaud	317	19.94
Total valid votes			1,590	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Egmont (electoral district) (Code 11003) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• Riding history for Egmont (1966–) from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. "Statistics Canada. 2023. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001". March 30, 2023.
3. "New Federal Electoral Map for Prince Edward Island". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022. March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
4. "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
5. "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
6. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
7. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
8. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
9. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Egmont (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
10. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
11. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
12. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
13. . Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2013.