Cornwall-Meadowbank
Cornwall-Meadowbank is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as North River-Rice Point.
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| Coordinates: | 46.237°N 63.209°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1996 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 (by-election) | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Queens County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Cornwall, Clyde River, Meadowbank. | ||
The riding consists of the Town of Cornwall, the Community of Meadowbank and a small section of the Community of Clyde River.
Members
The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cornwall-Meadowbank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See 2nd Queens 1873-1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Ron MacKinley | Liberal | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | |||
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
| 63rd | 2007–2011 | |||
| 64th | 2011–2015 | |||
| 65th | 2015–2019 | Heath MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 66th | 2019–2021 | |||
| 2021–present | Mark McLane | Progressive Conservative | ||
Election results
Cornwall-Meadowbank, 2007–present
| Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, November 15, 2021 Resignation of Heath MacDonald | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark McLane | 982 | 40.02 | +22.47 | ||||
| Liberal | Jane MacIsaac | 815 | 33.21 | -14.69 | ||||
| Green | Todd MacLean | 574 | 23.39 | -9.76 | ||||
| New Democratic | Larry Hale | 83 | 3.38 | +1.98 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,454 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.58 | ||||||
| [1] | ||||||||
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Heath MacDonald | 1,643 | 47.90 | +1.62 | ||||
| Green | Ellen Jones | 1,137 | 33.15 | +21.07 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Elaine Barnes | 602 | 17.55 | -16.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Craig Nash | 48 | 1.40 | -6.39 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,430 | 99.80 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 7 | 0.20 | -0.12 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,437 | 80.28 | -1.25 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,281 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.72 | ||||||
| [2] | ||||||||
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Heath MacDonald | 1,444 | 46.28 | -17.17 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Drake | 1,056 | 33.85 | +5.39 | ||||
| Green | Rosalyn Abbott | 377 | 12.08 | +5.61 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Coughlin | 243 | 7.79 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,120 | 99.68 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 10 | 0.32 | -0.46 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,130 | 81.53 | +10.50 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,839 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -11.28 | ||||||
| [3] | ||||||||
| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ron MacKinley | 1,686 | 63.46 | +1.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Larry Hogan | 756 | 28.45 | -3.68 | ||||
| Green | Allieanna Ballagh | 172 | 6.47 | +3.71 | ||||
| Island | Jay Gallant | 43 | 1.62 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,657 | 99.22 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.78 | +0.29 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,678 | 71.03 | -6.77 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,770 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.41 | ||||||
| [4] | ||||||||
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ron MacKinley | 1,761 | 62.31 | -0.07 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Margaret Duffy | 908 | 32.13 | -2.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kirk Brown | 79 | 2.80 | +0.11 | ||||
| Green | Paul Ness | 78 | 2.76 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,826 | 99.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.49 | -0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,840 | 77.81 | -4.78 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,650 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.36 | ||||||
| [5] | ||||||||
2016 electoral reform plebiscite results
| 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 524 | 31.08 | |
| First Past the Post | 503 | 29.83 | |
| Dual Member Proportional Representation | 322 | 19.10 | |
| Preferential Voting | 181 | 10.74 | |
| First Past the Post plus leaders | 156 | 9.25 | |
| Two-choice preferred result | |||
| Mixed Member Proportional | 905 | 55.69 | |
| First Past the Post | 720 | 44.31 | |
| Total votes cast | 1,686 | 42.08 | |
| Registered voters | 4,007 | ||
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF). | |||
North River-Rice Point, 1996–2007
| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ron MacKinley | 2,506 | 62.38 | +14.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donna Butler | 1,403 | 34.93 | -8.82 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marlene Hunt | 108 | 2.69 | -5.71 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,017 | 99.50 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 20 | 0.50 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,037 | 82.59 | -0.72 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,888 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +11.68 | ||||||
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ron MacKinley | 1,830 | 47.86 | -3.83 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donna Lank | 1,673 | 43.75 | +1.35 | ||||
| New Democratic | Irene Dawson | 321 | 8.39 | +2.48 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,824 | 99.74 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 10 | 0.26 | -0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,834 | 83.31 | -2.47 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,602 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.59 | ||||||
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Ron MacKinley | 1,958 | 51.69 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Dollar | 1,606 | 42.40 | |||||
| New Democratic | Marlene Hunt | 224 | 5.91 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,788 | 99.63 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 3,802 | 85.79 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,432 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 2nd Queens. | ||||||||
References
- "By-Election 2021".
- Elections Prince Edward Island. "Provincial General Election 2019" (PDF).
- Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - CEO Report" (PDF). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- Elections Prince Edward Island (1 November 2011). "Provincial General Election - CEO Report" (PDF). Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Elections Prince Edward Island (September 4, 2007). "Provincial General Election - CEO Report" (PDF). Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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