The central area of the province has been one of the most loyal to the Liberals. Incumbent Valerie Docherty has won both of her elections in this district by a wide margin.

Green Party leader and popular local dentist, Peter Bevan-Baker, is hoping to unseat Docherty. The Progressive Conservative candidate, Randy Robar, served as the commanding officer for the RCMP on the Island from 2004-10. Jesse Cousins is representing the NDP.

Incumbents are marked with a *.
Candidates who have announced but are not yet nominated by their parties are marked with a †.

On the South Shore, midway between Charlottetown and Summerside, this district feels the pull of both cities, with commuters travelling in both directions.

Not a tourism powerhouse, agriculture is the mainstay for the district, including a poultry processing plant in Crapaud. It does have the major tourist area of Victoria-by-the-Sea, several golf courses, and a national historic site at Fort Amherst.

One of the biggest controversies in the province in the last four years was centred in Kellys Cross-Cumberland, the realignment of the Trans-Canada Highway, known as Plan B. The site was scene of protests. Opponents said the realignment was unnecessary, and that the new highway cut through valuable old-growth forest. The government argued the realignment was required for safety reasons, but some believed the money was spent only because federal dollars were available.

2011: Valerie Docherty (LIB) beat Neila Auld (PC) by 808 votes

2007: Docherty defeated Steven Stead (PC) by 565 votes.

2003: Carolyn Bertram (LIB) ousted Norman MacPhee (PC) by 146 votes.

2000: MacPhee defeated Cecil Godfrey (LIB) by 708 votes.

1996: MacPhee beat Eric Macarthur (LIB) by 137 votes.

2003: Ron MacKinley (LIB) beat Donna Butler (PC) by 1,103 votes.

2000: MacKinley beat Donna Lank (PC) by 352 votes.

1996: MacKinley defeated Brian Dollar (PC) by 176 votes.