Eddie Orrell

Ralph Edward Orrell (born February 7, 1965) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Northside-Westmount in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from June 2011 to July 2019 as a Progressive Conservative.

Eddie Orrell MLA
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Northside-Westmount Cape Breton North (2011-2013)
In office June 21, 2011 – July 31, 2019
Preceded by	Cecil Clarke
Succeeded by	Murray Ryan
Personal details
Born	February 7, 1965[1][2] Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence	North Sydney, Nova Scotia
Occupation	physiotherapist

On June 21, 2011, Orrell was elected in a byelection for the electoral district of Cape Breton North.[3] In the 2013 provincial election, Orrell was re-elected in the new riding of Northside-Westmount.[4][5] He was re-elected in the 2017 election.[6]

On May 10, 2019, Orrell announced he will seek the Conservative nomination in Sydney—Victoria for the 2019 federal election.[7] On July 15, 2019, it was announced that Orrell was selected as the candidate.[8] Orrell announced he will resign his provincial seat on July 31, 2019.[9]

Education

He graduated from Memorial Composite High School in 1983. Orrell graduated from Dalhousie University in 1987.

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jaime Battiste	12,536	30.90	−42.30
	Conservative	Eddie Orrell	11,227	27.68	+17.04
	New Democratic	Jodi McDavid	8,146	20.08	+7.02
	Independent	Archie MacKinnon	5,679	14.00	New
	Green	Lois Foster	2,249	5.54	+3.04
	Independent	Kenzie MacNeil	480	1.18	New
	Veterans Coalition	Randy Joy	248	0.61	New
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,565	100.0		$97,836.59
Total rejected ballots			528	1.28	+0.71
Turnout			41,093	68.44	−0.52
Eligible voters			60,042
	Liberal hold		Swing		−29.67
Source: Elections Canada[10]

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Orrell	4179	44.03
	Liberal	John Higgins	3716	39.12
	New Democratic Party	Cecil Snow	1597	16.82

June 21, 2011 By-election[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Orrell	3975	54.88
	New Democratic Party	Russell MacDonald	2265	31.27
	Liberal	Brian McGean	931	12.85
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	72	0.99

References

1. "Nova Scotia PC Party on Twitter: "A very happy birthday to our own @EddieOrrell today!"". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
2. "Nova Scotia Legislature - Home » Members » MLAs » Eddie Orrell". nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
3. "Tory Eddie Orrell wins CB North byelection". CBC News. June 21, 2011. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
4. "Orrell takes Northside-Westmount riding after close race". Cape Breton Post. October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
5. "Cape Breton voters buck election trend of change". CBC News. October 9, 2013. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
6. "Election brings change to CBRM". Cape Breton Post. May 30, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
7. "Orrell to seek Conservative nomination in Sydney-Victoria riding". Cape Breton Post. May 10, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
8. "Make it three: N.S. MLA Orrell joins d'Entremont and MacLeod as federal Tory candidates". Global News. July 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
9. "Three of Nova Scotia's PC MLAs resign to run in federal election". The Chronicle Herald. July 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
10. "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
11. "Cape Breton North byelection results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 21, 2011. Retrieved 2017-11-23.

External links

• Members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly