Souris-Elmira

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Souris-Elmira
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
Souris-Elmira electoral district map.svg
Coordinates: 46°25′16″N62°14′38″W / 46.421°N 62.244°W / 46.421; -62.244
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA
 
 		 
Robin Croucher
Progressive Conservative
District created1996
First contested 1996
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors 3,406

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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Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Souris-Elmira
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
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 2019–2023
67th 2023–present Robin Croucher

Election results

2023

2023 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robin Croucher 1,59355.4+10.7
Green Boyd Leard75726.3-0.4
Liberal Amber Dennis48116.7-11.9
New Democratic Gordon Gay291.0
Island Ahava Kàlnàssy de Kàlnàs160.6
Total valid votes 2,876 100.0
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.5
Source(s)
[1]

2019

2019 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Colin LaVie 1,34744.7+0.3
Liberal Tommy Kickham86128.6-7.2
Green Boyd Leard80426.7
Total valid votes 3,012 100.0
Source(s)
[2]

2016 referendum

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post 30933.70
Mixed Member Proportional 24827.04
Dual Member Proportional Representation 22324.32
Preferential Voting 828.94
First Past the Post plus leaders556.00
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 47554.47
First Past the Post 39745.53
Total votes cast91729.51
Registered voters3,107
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

2015

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Colin LaVie 1,17944.36-4.22
Liberal Tommy Kickham95135.78-11.68
New Democratic Susan Birt52819.86
Total valid votes2,65899.36
Total rejected ballots170.64
Turnout2,67586.21
Eligible voters3,103
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.73
[3]

2011

2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Colin LaVie 1,30248.58+5.68
Liberal Allan Campbell 1,27247.46-2.88
Island Jason MacGregor1063.96
Total valid votes2,680100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.28

2007

2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Allan Campbell 1,42250.34+8.30
Progressive Conservative Andy Mooney 1,21242.90-15.06
New Democratic Betty Fay1214.28
Green Rachel Leslie702.48
Total valid votes2,825100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.68

2005 referendum

2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
No78580.18
Yes19419.82

2003

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Andy Mooney 1,35557.96-5.03
Liberal Philip MacDonald98342.04+12.25
Total valid votes2,338100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.64

2000

2000 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Andy Mooney 1,53562.99+11.51
Liberal Brian Brown72629.79-16.57
New Democratic Betty Fay1767.22+5.06
Total valid votes2,437100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +14.04

1996

1996 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Andy Mooney 1,28751.48
Liberal Ross Young1,15946.36
New Democratic Brian Ade MacDonald542.16
Total valid votes2,500100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 1st Kings, 5th Kings and 2nd Kings.

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References

  1. ↑ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2019 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ 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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