Vernon River-Stratford

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Vernon River-Stratford
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Coordinates: 46°13′34″N62°55′19″W / 46.226°N 62.922°W / 46.226; -62.922
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created1996
District abolished2019
First contested 1996
Last contested 2015

Vernon River-Stratford was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Belfast-Pownal Bay.

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Members

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vernon River-Stratford
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See 3rd Queens and 4th Queens 1873–1996
60th 1996–2000 Wilbur MacDonald Progressive Conservative
61st 2000–2003
62nd 2003–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Alan McIsaac Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019

Election results

Vernon River-Stratford, 2007–2019

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan McIsaac 1,17341.32-9.20
Progressive Conservative Mary Ellen McInnis1,17341.32+0.70
New Democratic Kathleen Romans2589.09+4.81
Green Nick Graveline2358.28+3.69
Total valid votes2,839100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -4.95
These election results were subject to a judicial recount. McIsaac was elected after a coin toss. [1] [2]
[3]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan McIsaac 1,31150.52+2.49
Progressive Conservative Mary Ellen McInnis1,05440.62-5.12
Green Marion Pirch1194.59+1.13
New Democratic Edith Perry1114.28+1.51
Total valid votes2,595100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.80
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan McIsaac 1,38748.03+6.42
Progressive Conservative Allan Fraser1,32145.74-8.46
Green Gary Clauseheide1003.46
New Democratic Edith Perry802.77-1.43
Total valid votes2,888100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +7.44

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Mixed Member Proportional 40331.05
First Past the Post 38529.66
Dual Member Proportional Representation 26120.11
Preferential Voting 15011.56
First Past the Post plus leaders997.63
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 69256.63
First Past the Post 53043.37
Total votes cast1,29837.22
Registered voters3,487
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-29.

Belfast-Pownal Bay, 1996–2007

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wilbur B. MacDonald 1,42154.20-5.67
Liberal Sarah Jane Bell1,09141.61+6.79
New Democratic Michael Page1104.20-1.11
Total valid votes2,622100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.23
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wilbur B. MacDonald 1,61159.87+11.13
Liberal Ernie Mutch93734.82-12.66
New Democratic Mark Hansen1435.31+1.53
Total valid votes2,691100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +11.90
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Wilbur B. MacDonald 1,27548.74
Liberal Lynwood MacPherson1,24247.48
New Democratic Edith Perry993.78
Total valid votes2,616100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 3rd Queens and 4th Queens.

References

  1. CBC News (19 May 2015). "Liberal Alan McIsaac wins seat in coin toss after recount tie". CBC News . Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. Angela Walker (12 May 2015). "PC candidate files for recount". CBC News . Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  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.