Kellys Cross-Cumberland

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Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
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Coordinates: 46°10′55″N63°17′10″W / 46.182°N 63.286°W / 46.182; -63.286
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created1996
District abolished2019
First contested 1996
Last contested 2015

Kellys Cross-Cumberland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Crapaud-Hazel Grove. It was the first provincial constituency to elect a member of the Green Party, and only the second provincial constituency to elect a member of any third party. Peter Bevan-Baker defeated the Liberal candidate Valerie Docherty in the provincial election on May 4, 2015.

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Members

The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Members of the Legislative Assembly
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See 1st Queens and 2nd Queens 1873-1996
Crapaud-Hazel Grove
60th 1996–2000Norman MacPhee Progressive Conservative
61st 2000–2003
62nd 2003–2007 Carolyn Bertram Liberal
Kellys Cross-Cumberland
63rd 2007–2011 Valerie Docherty Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019 Peter Bevan-Baker Green

Election results

Kellys Cross-Cumberland, 2007–2019

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 2,07754.80+45.44
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,04627.60-26.48
Progressive Conservative Randy Robar60916.07-13.33
New Democratic Jesse Cousins581.53-4.04
Total valid votes3,790100.0  
Green gain from Liberal Swing +35.96
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,76854.08+1.57
Progressive Conservative Neila Auld96129.40-6.73
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 3069.36+2.95
New Democratic Jesse Reddin Cousins1825.57+0.61
Island Paul Smitz371.13
Independent Arthur C. Mackenzie, Sr.150.52
Total valid votes3,269100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +4.15
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,81152.51+1.86
Progressive Conservative Steven Stead1,24636.13-10.48
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 2216.41
New Democratic Lorraine Begley1714.96+2.22
Total valid votes3,449100.0  
Liberal hold Swing 6.17

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Mixed Member Proportional 60130.52
First Past the Post 53527.17
Dual Member Proportional Representation 50725.75
Preferential Voting 1969.95
First Past the Post plus leaders1306.60
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 1,16261.42
First Past the Post 73038.58
Total votes cast1,96942.76
Registered voters4,605
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

Crapaud-Hazel Grove, 1996–2007

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Carolyn Bertram 1,82950.65+15.66
Progressive Conservative Norman MacPhee 1,68346.61-8.64
New Democratic Miranda Ellis992.74-7.02
Total valid votes3,611100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +12.15
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Norman MacPhee 1,93155.25+7.75
Liberal Cecil Godfrey1,22334.99-8.61
New Democratic Tony Reddin3419.76+0.86
Total valid votes3,495100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +8.18
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Norman MacPhee 1,66647.50
Liberal Erin MacArthur1,52943.60
New Democratic J'nan Brown3128.90
Total valid votes3,507100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 1st Queens and 2nd Queens.

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References

  1. 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.