Vernon River-Stratford

Vernon River-Stratford was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Belfast-Pownal Bay.

Vernon River-Stratford

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates:	46.226°N 62.922°W
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Last contested	2015

Members

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vernon River-Stratford
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See 3rd Queens and 4th Queens 1873-1996
60th	1996–2000		Wilbur MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
61st	2000–2003
62nd	2003–2007
63rd	2007–2011		Alan McIsaac	Liberal
64th	2011–2015
65th	2015–2019

Election results

Vernon River-Stratford, 2007–2019

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan McIsaac	1,173	41.32	-9.20
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Ellen McInnis	1,173	41.32	+0.70
	New Democratic	Kathleen Romans	258	9.09	+4.81
	Green	Nick Graveline	235	8.28	+3.69
Total valid votes			2,839	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.95
These election results were subject to a judicial recount. McIsaac was elected after a coin toss.[1][2]
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan McIsaac	1,311	50.52	+2.49
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Ellen McInnis	1,054	40.62	-5.12
	Green	Marion Pirch	119	4.59	+1.13
	New Democratic	Edith Perry	111	4.28	+1.51
Total valid votes			2,595	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.80

2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan McIsaac	1,387	48.03	+6.42
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Fraser	1,321	45.74	-8.46
	Green	Gary Clauseheide	100	3.46
	New Democratic	Edith Perry	80	2.77	-1.43
Total valid votes			2,888	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+7.44

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side	Votes	%
Mixed Member Proportional	403	31.05
First Past the Post	385	29.66
Dual Member Proportional Representation	261	20.11
Preferential Voting	150	11.56
First Past the Post plus leaders	99	7.63
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional	692	56.63
First Past the Post	530	43.37
Total votes cast	1,298	37.22
Registered voters	3,487
Source "Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

Belfast-Pownal Bay, 1996–2007

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur B. MacDonald	1,421	54.20	-5.67
	Liberal	Sarah Jane Bell	1,091	41.61	+6.79
	New Democratic	Michael Page	110	4.20	-1.11
Total valid votes			2,622	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.23

2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur B. MacDonald	1,611	59.87	+11.13
	Liberal	Ernie Mutch	937	34.82	-12.66
	New Democratic	Mark Hansen	143	5.31	+1.53
Total valid votes			2,691	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.90

1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur B. MacDonald	1,275	48.74
	Liberal	Lynwood MacPherson	1,242	47.48
	New Democratic	Edith Perry	99	3.78
Total valid votes			2,616	100.0
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 3rd Queens and 4th Queens.

References

1. CBC News (19 May 2015). "Liberal Alan McIsaac wins seat in coin toss after recount tie". CBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
2. Angela Walker (12 May 2015). "PC candidate files for recount". CBC News. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
3. 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.

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