O'Leary-Inverness

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O'Leary-Inverness
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
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Robert Henderson
Liberal
District created1996
First contested 1996
Last contested 2023

O'Leary-Inverness is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly known as West Point-Bloomfield from 1996 to 2007. It was created in 1996 from parts of 1st Prince and 2nd Prince. It is notable for being the first district on the Island to ever elect a member of a third party to the legislature.

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Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for O'Leary-Inverness
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See 1st Prince and 2nd Prince 1873–1996
60th 1996–2000 Herb Dickieson New Democratic
61st 2000–2003 Eva Rodgerson Progressive Conservative
62nd 2003–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Robert Henderson Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019
66th 2019–2023
67th 2023–present

Election results

O'Leary-Inverness, 2007–present

2023 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 89437.2-3.8
Progressive Conservative Daniel MacDonald73830.7+13.5
New Democratic Herb Dickieson 70229.2-4.2
Green Richard Lush723.0-5.6
Total valid votes 2,406 100.0
Liberal hold Swing -0.5
Source(s)
[1]
2019 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 1,10241.00-7.81
New Democratic Herb Dickieson 89333.20+21.60
Progressive Conservative Barb Broome46217.20-22.41
Green Jason Charette2318.60New
Total valid votes100.00
Liberal hold Swing
2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 1,31048.81-6.69
Progressive Conservative Daniel MacDonald1,06339.61-4.88
New Democratic Billy MacKendrick31111.59
Total valid votes2,684100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -0.90
[2]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 1,43155.50-6.63
Progressive Conservative Daniel MacDonald1,14744.49+6.62
Total valid votes2,578100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -6.62
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 1,73162.13+24.17
Progressive Conservative Eva Rodgerson 1,05537.87-14.07
Total valid votes2,786100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +19.12

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post 42647.76
Mixed Member Proportional 15517.38
Dual Member Proportional Representation 15217.04
Preferential Voting 889.87
First Past the Post plus leaders717.96
Final round preferred result
First Past the Post 49856.98
Mixed Member Proportional 20423.34
Dual Member Proportional Representation 17219.68
Total votes cast89226.56
Registered voters3,359
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

West Point-Bloomfield, 1996–2007

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Eva Rodgerson 1,19351.94+11.24
Liberal Sean O'Halloran87237.96+16.18
New Democratic Ed Kilfoil23210.10-27.41
Total valid votes2,297100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.47
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Eva Rodgerson 75340.70+11.73
New Democratic Herb Dickieson 69437.51-0.88
Liberal Charles Adams40321.78-10.86
Total valid votes1,850100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +6.30
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Herb Dickieson 92138.39
Liberal Fairley Yeo78332.64
Progressive Conservative Gary Morgan69528.97
Total valid votes2,399100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 1st Prince and 2nd Prince.

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References

  1. "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. 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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