Kensington-Malpeque
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1996 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
Kensington-Malpeque is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Members
[edit]The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kensington-Malpeque | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See 4th Prince and 1st Queens 1873–1996 | ||||
| 60th | 1996–2000 | Mitch Murphy | Progressive Conservative | |
| 61st | 2000–2003 | |||
| 62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
| 63rd | 2007–2011 | Wes Sheridan | Liberal | |
| 64th | 2011–2015 | |||
| 65th | 2015–2019 | Matthew MacKay | Progressive Conservative | |
| 66th | 2019–2023 | |||
| 67th | 2023–present | |||
Election results
[edit]| 2023 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matthew MacKay | 2,294 | 76.6 | 14.5 | ||||
| Green | Hunter Guindon | 463 | 15.5 | -9.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Richard Schroeter | 169 | 5.6 | -6.4 | ||||
| New Democratic | Maggie Larocque | 67 | 2.2 | 1.3 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,993 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +12.0 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matthew MacKay | 2,008 | 62.1 | +7.8 | ||||
| Green | Matthew J. Mackay | 805 | 24.9 | +14.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Nancy Beth Guptill | 389 | 12.0 | -16.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Carole MacFarlane | 31 | 1.0 | -6.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,233 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| [2] | ||||||||
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matthew MacKay | 1,984 | 54.28 | +17.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Montgomery | 1,033 | 28.26 | -28.92 | ||||
| Green | Lynne Lund | 374 | 10.23 | |||||
| New Democratic | Joe Larkin | 264 | 7.22 | +1.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,655 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +23.30 | ||||||
| [3] | ||||||||
| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Wes Sheridan | 1,820 | 57.18 | +6.87 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilber Lamont | 1,165 | 36.60 | -7.69 | ||||
| New Democratic | George S. Hunter | 198 | 6.22 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,183 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.28 | ||||||
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Wes Sheridan | 1,788 | 50.31 | +20.44 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mitch Murphy | 1,574 | 44.29 | -23.39 | ||||
| Green | Jodie Bowmaster | 192 | 5.40 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,554 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +21.92 | ||||||
| 2003 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mitch Murphy | 2,538 | 67.68 | -6.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Janice Sherry | 1,120 | 29.87 | +10.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | George S. Hunter | 92 | 2.45 | -3.67 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,750 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -8.66 | ||||||
| 2000 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mitch Murphy | 2,654 | 74.51 | +17.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Greg Campbell | 690 | 19.37 | -17.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | Clarence Fraser | 218 | 6.12 | -0.26 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,562 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +17.62 | ||||||
| 1996 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mitch Murphy | 2,020 | 56.76 | |||||
| Liberal | Bill Campbell | 1,312 | 36.86 | |||||
| New Democratic | Calvin C. Roberts | 227 | 6.38 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,559 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 4th Prince and 1st Queens. | ||||||||
2016 electoral reform plebiscite results
[edit]| 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 514 | 32.99 | |
| Mixed Member Proportional | 405 | 25.99 | |
| Dual Member Proportional Representation | 331 | 21.25 | |
| Preferential Voting | 184 | 11.81 | |
| First Past the Post plus leaders | 124 | 7.96 | |
| Two-choice preferred result | |||
| Mixed Member Proportional | 783 | 52.20 | |
| First Past the Post | 717 | 47.80 | |
| Total votes cast | 1,558 | 33.98 | |
| Registered voters | 4,585 | ||
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF). | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
- ^ "District 20 Results: Kensington-Malpeque". Elections PEI. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ Elections Prince Edward Island (May 4, 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on May 5, 2015.
External links
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