Malpeque (electoral district)

Malpeque 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 2011 was 35,039.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, at the first election held after April 22, 2024. It will gain the remainder of North Shore and the North Shore Fire District, plus everything west of Highway 6 between them from Cardigan, lose the Bedeque area plus some areas east and southeast of Summerside, and lose newly annexed territory by the City of Charlottetown in the Marshfield area to Charlottetown.

Demographics

 * Ethnic groups: 98.8% White
 * Languages: 95.7% English, 2.5% French, 1.4% Other
 * Religions: 53.2% Protestant, 36.4% Catholic, 2.9% Other Christian, 7.3% no affiliation
 * Average income: $24,005


 * According to the 2016 Canadian census


 * Most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 95.5% English, 2.0% French, 0.6% Dutch, 0.3% German, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Tagalog

Geography
The district includes the extreme eastern part of Prince County and most of Queens County except the extreme eastern portion and the City of Charlottetown. Communities include Cornwall, Kensington, Miltonvale Park, Borden-Carleton, North Rustico and Clyde River. The area is 1,663 km2.

History
The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of Prince and Queen's ridings.

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:

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.