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Alberton-Roseville

Coordinates: 46°41′46″N 64°08′38″W / 46.696°N 64.144°W / 46.696; -64.144
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Alberton-Roseville
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates:46°41′46″N 64°08′38″W / 46.696°N 64.144°W / 46.696; -64.144
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created1996
District abolished2019
First contested1996
Last contested2015

Alberton-Roseville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly known as Alberton-Miminegash from 1996 to 2007.

It includes, among others, the following communities:

  • Alberton
  • Roseville
  • Greenmount-Montrose
  • Montrose
  • Central Kildare
  • Mill River East
  • Union
  • Brockton
  • Brooklyn
  • St. Edward (southern-half)
  • St. Lawrence
  • St. Louis (southern-half)
  • Miminegash (southern-half)
  • Center Line Road
  • Huntley
  • Alma
  • Woodvale
  • Elmsdale
  • Northport
  • Cascumpec
  • Hebron

Members

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Alberton-Roseville
Assembly Years Member Party
See 1st Prince and 2nd Prince 1873–1996
60th 1996–2000 Hector MacLeod Liberal
61st 2000–2003 Cletus Dunn Progressive Conservative
62nd 2003–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Pat Murphy Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019

Election results

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Alberton-Roseville, 2007–2019

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2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pat Murphy 1,569 53.68 -2.50
Progressive Conservative John Griffin 1,166 39.89 +0.07
New Democratic Orville Lewis 188 6.43
Total valid votes 2,923 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -1.28
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pat Murphy 1,604 56.18 +6.34
Progressive Conservative David Gordon 1,137 39.82 -5.57
Green Gerald O'Meara 71 2.49 -0.67
Island Mitch Gallant 43 1.51
Total valid votes 2,855 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +5.96
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pat Murphy 1,487 49.84 +14.42
Progressive Conservative Cletus Dunn 1,364 45.39 -17.23
Green Gerald O'Meara 95 3.16
New Democratic Jillian Kilfoil 59 1.96 ±0
Total valid votes 3,005 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +15.82

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

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2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 462 50.33
Mixed Member Proportional 173 18.85
Dual Member Proportional Representation 125 13.62
Preferential Voting 81 8.82
First Past the Post plus leaders 77 8.39
Total votes cast 918 25.78
Registered voters 3,561
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

Alberton-Miminegash, 1996–2007

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2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Cletus Dunn 1,697 62.62 +4.08
Liberal Robert White 960 35.42 -1.11
New Democratic Donna Hardy 53 1.96 -2.97
Total valid votes 2,710 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.60
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Cletus Dunn 1,628 58.54 +16.06
Liberal Hector MacLeod 1,016 36.53 -14.39
New Democratic Donna Lewis 137 4.93 -1.67
Total valid votes 2,781 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.22
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Hector MacLeod 1,351 50.92
Progressive Conservative Eddie Trail 1,127 42.48
New Democratic Ed Kilfoil 175 6.60
Total valid votes 2,653 100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 1st Prince and 2nd Prince.

References

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  1. ^ Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 5 May 2015.