November 29, 2022
I've already covered what redistribution is in my first in this series of covering the different ridings, looking at how it changed from the proposals and information about the reports,
Prince Edward Island has 4 ridings with an average population/electoral district at 38,583 (lowest out of all provinces and slightly beaten by Nunavut with 1 seat for the entire territory),
PEI is such a small province and rarely has drastic changes in its electoral borders. The last change in borders was in 2004 and the map has stayed the same since. This redistribution has only 3 changes in borders throughout the entire province.
Proposals & Report
PEI had 1 change between the initial proposals and the tabled report and was only because of a change in the Charlottetown city borders that happened between the proposal being published and the report being tabled.
The first change, near Summerside, the change between Egmont and Malpeque was the addition of a peninsula south of the city to help balance the population difference. The black lines in the photos in this article are the current borders and the thicker blue ones are the borders in the report.
The second change is the addition of a small plot east of Charlottetown that contains a few stores and some farmland. This small plot of land containing 6 parcels was transferred to the city of Charlottetown between the release of the original proposal and the tabling of the report.
The third and last change was nearby to the second one and involved a change in the border between Malpeque and Cardigan. This was likely done to help balance the population between Cardigan (the largest riding in population) and Malpeque
Current Riding | Proposal | Report |
Cardigan | Cardigan | Cardigan |
Charlottetown | Charlottetown | Charlottetown |
Egmont | Egmont | Egmont |
Malpeque | Malpeque | Malpeque |
Political Impact
As a result of this map almost completely being the same as the previous borders from 2004-2021 there isn't any change between the real election results, the proposals and the report.
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