Morell-Mermaid

Morell-Mermaid

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates:	46.332°N 62.833°W / 46.332; -62.833
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created	1996
District abolished	2019
First contested	1996
Last contested	2015

Morell-Mermaid was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Created from mostly 2nd Kings and parts of 3rd and 5th Kings, in 1996. It was named Morell-Fortune Bay from 1996 to 2007.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Morell-Mermaid
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See 2nd Kings, 3rd Kings and 5th Kings 1873–1996
60th	1996–2000		Kevin MacAdam	Progressive Conservative
61st	2000
	2000–2001		Vacant
	2001–2003		Kevin MacAdam	Progressive Conservative
62nd	2003–2006
	2006–2007		Olive Crane	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2007–2011
64th	2011–2013
	2013–2015			Independent
65th	2015–2019		Sidney MacEwen	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Morell-Mermaid, 2007–2019

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney MacEwen	1,501	49.98	-8.31
	Liberal	Dan MacDonald	1,114	37.10	+0.59
	New Democratic	Edith Perry	211	7.03
	Green	Meaghan Lister	177	5.89	+1.86
Total valid votes			3,003	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Independent		Swing		-4.45

2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Olive Crane	1,649	58.29	+11.83
	Liberal	Dan MacDonald	1,033	36.51	+4.93
	Green	Darcie Lanthier	114	4.03
	Island	Roger Nowe	33	1.17
Total valid votes			2,829	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.45

Morell-Fortune Cove, 1996–2007

2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Olive Crane	1,384	46.46	−6.73
	Liberal	Doug Deacon	941	31.59	−13.71
	Independent	Larry McGuire	560	18.80
	New Democratic	Mike Avery	94	3.16	+1.65
Total valid votes			2,979	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.49

Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, 20 March 2006 On the resignation of Kevin MacAdam
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Olive Crane	1,233	53.19	-7.20
	Liberal	John L. Cameron	1,050	45.30	+5.69
	New Democratic	J'Nan Brown	35	1.51
Total valid votes			2,318	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.44

2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	No	899	77.43
	Yes	262	22.57

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin MacAdam	1,601	60.39	+2.52
	Liberal	Larry McGuire	1,050	39.61	-0.38
Total valid votes			2,651	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.45

Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, 26 February 2001 On the resignation of Kevin MacAdam
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin J. MacAdam	1,437	57.87	-9.36
	Liberal	Larry McGuire	993	39.99	+8.98
	New Democratic	Lynn Keefe	53	2.13	+0.37
Total valid votes			2,483	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.17

2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin MacAdam	1,791	67.23	+16.51
	Liberal	Larry McGuire	826	31.01	-16.77
	New Democratic	Mike Avery	47	1.76	+0.25
Total valid votes			2,664	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+16.64

1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin MacAdam	1,347	50.72
	Liberal	Walter Bradley	1,269	47.78
	New Democratic	Kathy Murphy	40	1.51
Total valid votes			2,656	100.0
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 2nd Kings, 3rd Kings and 5th Kings.

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side	Votes	%
First Past the Post	442	31.87
Mixed Member Proportional	396	28.55
Dual Member Proportional Representation	283	20.40
Preferential Voting	166	11.97
First Past the Post plus leaders	100	7.21
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional	735	54.97
First Past the Post	602	45.03
Total votes cast	1,387	37.08
Registered voters	3,741
Source "Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

References

• Morell-Mermaid information