Vernon River-Stratford
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 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |
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| Coordinates: | 46°13′34″N 62°55′19″W / 46.226°N 62.922°W |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2019 |
| First contested | 1996 |
| Last contested | 2015 |
Vernon River-Stratford was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Belfast-Pownal Bay.
Members
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vernon River-Stratford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See 3rd Queens and 4th Queens 1873–1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Wilbur MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | |||
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
| 63rd | 2007–2011 | Alan McIsaac | Liberal | |
| 64th | 2011–2015 | |||
| 65th | 2015–2019 | |||
Election results
[edit]Vernon River-Stratford, 2007–2019
[edit]| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan McIsaac | 1,173 | 41.32 | -9.20 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Ellen McInnis | 1,173 | 41.32 | +0.70 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Romans | 258 | 9.09 | +4.81 | ||||
| Green | Nick Graveline | 235 | 8.28 | +3.69 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,839 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.95 | ||||||
| These election results were subject to a judicial recount. McIsaac was elected after a coin toss.[1][2] | ||||||||
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| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan McIsaac | 1,311 | 50.52 | +2.49 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Ellen McInnis | 1,054 | 40.62 | -5.12 | ||||
| Green | Marion Pirch | 119 | 4.59 | +1.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Edith Perry | 111 | 4.28 | +1.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,595 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.80 | ||||||
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan McIsaac | 1,387 | 48.03 | +6.42 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Fraser | 1,321 | 45.74 | -8.46 | ||||
| Green | Gary Clauseheide | 100 | 3.46 | |||||
| New Democratic | Edith Perry | 80 | 2.77 | -1.43 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,888 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +7.44 | ||||||
2016 electoral reform plebiscite results
[edit]| 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 403 | 31.05 | |
| First Past the Post | 385 | 29.66 | |
| Dual Member Proportional Representation | 261 | 20.11 | |
| Preferential Voting | 150 | 11.56 | |
| First Past the Post plus leaders | 99 | 7.63 | |
| Two-choice preferred result | |||
| Mixed Member Proportional | 692 | 56.63 | |
| First Past the Post | 530 | 43.37 | |
| Total votes cast | 1,298 | 37.22 | |
| Registered voters | 3,487 | ||
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF). | |||
Belfast-Pownal Bay, 1996–2007
[edit]| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilbur B. MacDonald | 1,421 | 54.20 | -5.67 | ||||
| Liberal | Sarah Jane Bell | 1,091 | 41.61 | +6.79 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Page | 110 | 4.20 | -1.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,622 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.23 | ||||||
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilbur B. MacDonald | 1,611 | 59.87 | +11.13 | ||||
| Liberal | Ernie Mutch | 937 | 34.82 | -12.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mark Hansen | 143 | 5.31 | +1.53 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,691 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +11.90 | ||||||
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilbur B. MacDonald | 1,275 | 48.74 | |||||
| Liberal | Lynwood MacPherson | 1,242 | 47.48 | |||||
| New Democratic | Edith Perry | 99 | 3.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,616 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 3rd Queens and 4th Queens. | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ CBC News (19 May 2015). "Liberal Alan McIsaac wins seat in coin toss after recount tie". CBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ Angela Walker (12 May 2015). "PC candidate files for recount". CBC News. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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