Morell-Mermaid

Morell-Mermaid

Prince Edward Island electoral district
File:Morell-Mermaid.png
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA	Sidney MacEwen Progressive Conservative
Last contested	2015

Morell-Mermaid is 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		Vacant
	2006-2007		Olive Crane	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2007-2011
64th	2011-2013
	2013-2015			Independent
65th	2015–present		Sidney MacEwen	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Prince Edward Island general election, 2015
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

Prince Edward Island general election, 2011
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

Prince Edward Island general election, 2007
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

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

Prince Edward Island general election, 2003
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

Prince Edward Island general election, 2000
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

Prince Edward Island general election, 1996
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.

References

• Morell-Mermaid information