Politics
Tignish is within district #27 of PEI's electoral boundaries, which is labeled the Tignish–Palmer Road division. There is a polling station at the Tignish fire hall, and others located elsewhere in Tignish as well as in St. Felix and Palmer Road. The name of the district was formerly "Tignish–DeBlois", but was changed to "Tignish–Palmer Road" during the 2007 provincial election with slight boundary changes. As of the 2011 election,[progressive conservative Party of Canada|) Hal Perry is the MLA for the region.
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