Souris-Elmira
Souris-Elmira is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The riding was created for the 1996 election from 1st Kings and a small part of 5th Kings and 2nd Kings.
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| Coordinates: | 46.421°N 62.244°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
| MLA | 
 Progressive Conservative  | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1996 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors | 3,406 | ||
Members
    
The riding as elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Souris-Elmira | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See 1st Kings, 2nd Kings and 5th Kings 1873–1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Andy Mooney | Progressive Conservative | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | |||
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
| 63rd | 2007–2011 | Allan Campbell | Liberal | |
| 64th | 2011–2015 | Colin LaVie | Progressive Conservative | |
| 65th | 2015–2019 | |||
| 66th | 2019–present | |||
Election results
    
    2019 general election
    
 
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Colin LaVie | 1,347 | 44.7 | N/A | ||||
| Liberal | Tommy Kickham | 861 | 28.6 | N/A | ||||
| Green | Boyd Leard | 804 | 26.7 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,012 | 100.0 | ||||||
Source(s)  | ||||||||
2016 electoral reform plebiscite
    
| 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 309 | 33.70 | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 248 | 27.04 | |
| Dual Member Proportional Representation | 223 | 24.32 | |
| Preferential Voting | 82 | 8.94 | |
| First Past the Post plus leaders | 55 | 6.00 | |
| Two-choice preferred result | |||
| Mixed Member Proportional | 475 | 54.47 | |
| First Past the Post | 397 | 45.53 | |
| Total votes cast | 917 | 29.51 | |
| Registered voters | 3,107 | ||
Source 
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).  | |||
2015 general election
    
 
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Colin LaVie | 1,179 | 44.36 | -4.22 | ||||
| Liberal | Tommy Kickham | 951 | 35.78 | -11.68 | ||||
| New Democratic | Susan Birt | 528 | 19.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,658 | 99.36 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 17 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 2,675 | 86.21 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,103 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +3.73 | ||||||
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2011 general election
    
 
| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Colin LaVie | 1,302 | 48.58 | +5.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Campbell | 1,272 | 47.46 | -2.88 | ||||
| Island | Jason MacGregor | 106 | 3.96 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,680 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.28 | ||||||
2007 general election
    
 
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Campbell | 1,422 | 50.34 | +8.30 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Andy Mooney | 1,212 | 42.90 | -15.06 | ||||
| New Democratic | Betty Fay | 121 | 4.28 | |||||
| Green | Rachel Leslie | 70 | 2.48 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,825 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +11.68 | ||||||
2005 electoral reform referendum
    
| 2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| No | 785 | 80.18 | |
| Yes | 194 | 19.82 | |
2003 general election
    
 
| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Andy Mooney | 1,355 | 57.96 | -5.03 | ||||
| Liberal | Philip MacDonald | 983 | 42.04 | +12.25 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,338 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -8.64 | ||||||
2000 general election
    
 
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Andy Mooney | 1,535 | 62.99 | +11.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Brown | 726 | 29.79 | -16.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Betty Fay | 176 | 7.22 | +5.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,437 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +14.04 | ||||||
1996 general election
    
 
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Andy Mooney | 1,287 | 51.48 | |||||
| Liberal | Ross Young | 1,159 | 46.36 | |||||
| New Democratic | Brian Ade MacDonald | 54 | 2.16 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,500 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 1st Kings, 5th Kings and 2nd Kings. | ||||||||
References
    
- "2019 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
 - 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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