Cardigan (electoral district)
Cardigan is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Demographics. Ethnic groups: 98.5% White, 1.1% Native Canadian Languages: 97.0% English, 1.2% French, 1.7% Other Religions: 51.0% Catholic, 40.3% Protestant, 2.6% Other Christian, 5.9% No affiliation Average income: $22 712 Cardigan is the riding with the highest percentage of people of Scottish (48.2%) and Irish (33.4%) ethnic origin (multiple responses). Geography. The district includes all of Kings County and eastern Queens County. It also includes Governors Island and Boughton Island. According to  Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election (2006) are: Consisting of: See the map of Cardigan riding. Political geography. In the 2008 election, every poll except two voted Liberal. The only two polls that didn't, voted Conservative. These two polls were centred in the town of Georgetown, Prince Edward Island. History. The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of the ridings of King's and Queen's, with minor modifications to its boundaries since. The boundaries of this electoral district stayed unchanged for the 2012 federal electoral redistribution. Members of Parliament . This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Student vote results. 2011 election. 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 where they were physically located.