Jump to content

Kellys Cross-Cumberland

Coordinates: 46°10′55″N 63°17′10″W / 46.182°N 63.286°W / 46.182; -63.286
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates:46°10′55″N 63°17′10″W / 46.182°N 63.286°W / 46.182; -63.286
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created1996
District abolished2019
First contested1996
Last contested2015

Kellys Cross-Cumberland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Crapaud-Hazel Grove. It was the first provincial constituency to elect a member of the Green Party, and only the second provincial constituency to elect a member of any third party. Peter Bevan-Baker defeated the Liberal candidate Valerie Docherty in the provincial election on May 4, 2015.

Members

[edit]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Assembly Years Member Party
See 1st Queens and 2nd Queens 1873-1996
Crapaud-Hazel Grove
60th 1996–2000 Norman MacPhee Progressive Conservative
61st 2000–2003
62nd 2003–2007 Carolyn Bertram Liberal
Kellys Cross-Cumberland
63rd 2007–2011 Valerie Docherty Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019 Peter Bevan-Baker Green

Election results

[edit]

Kellys Cross-Cumberland, 2007–2019

[edit]
2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 2,077 54.80 +45.44
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,046 27.60 -26.48
Progressive Conservative Randy Robar 609 16.07 -13.33
New Democratic Jesse Cousins 58 1.53 -4.04
Total valid votes 3,790 100.0  
Green gain from Liberal Swing +35.96
[1]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,768 54.08 +1.57
Progressive Conservative Neila Auld 961 29.40 -6.73
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 306 9.36 +2.95
New Democratic Jesse Reddin Cousins 182 5.57 +0.61
Island Paul Smitz 37 1.13
Independent Arthur C. Mackenzie, Sr. 15 0.52
Total valid votes 3,269 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +4.15
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,811 52.51 +1.86
Progressive Conservative Steven Stead 1,246 36.13 -10.48
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 221 6.41
New Democratic Lorraine Begley 171 4.96 +2.22
Total valid votes 3,449 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing 6.17

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

[edit]
2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
Mixed Member Proportional 601 30.52
First Past the Post 535 27.17
Dual Member Proportional Representation 507 25.75
Preferential Voting 196 9.95
First Past the Post plus leaders 130 6.60
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 1,162 61.42
First Past the Post 730 38.58
Total votes cast 1,969 42.76
Registered voters 4,605
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

Crapaud-Hazel Grove, 1996–2007

[edit]
2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Carolyn Bertram 1,829 50.65 +15.66
Progressive Conservative Norman MacPhee 1,683 46.61 -8.64
New Democratic Miranda Ellis 99 2.74 -7.02
Total valid votes 3,611 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +12.15
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Norman MacPhee 1,931 55.25 +7.75
Liberal Cecil Godfrey 1,223 34.99 -8.61
New Democratic Tony Reddin 341 9.76 +0.86
Total valid votes 3,495 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +8.18
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Norman MacPhee 1,666 47.50
Liberal Erin MacArthur 1,529 43.60
New Democratic J'nan Brown 312 8.90
Total valid votes 3,507 100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 1st Queens and 2nd Queens.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 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.