Summerside-Wilmot
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates:46°24′14″N 63°46′23″W / 46.404°N 63.773°W / 46.404; -63.773
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA
 
 		 
Tyler DesRoches
Progressive Conservative
District created1996
First contested1996
Last contested2023
Demographics
Census division(s)Prince County
Census subdivision(s)Summerside

Summerside-Wilmot is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly named Wilmot-Summerside from 1996 to 2007.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Summerside-Wilmot
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from 4th Prince and 5th Prince
60th 1996–2000 Greg Deighan Progressive Conservative
61st 2000–2003
62nd 2003–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Janice Sherry Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2016
2016–2019 Chris Palmer
66th 2019–2023 Lynne Lund Green
67th 2023–present Tyler DesRoches Progressive Conservative

Election results

Summerside-Wilmot, 2007–present

2023 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Tyler DesRoches 1,651 56.7 +24.6
Green Lynne Lund 981 33.7 -5.3
Liberal Don Reid 214 7.4 -20.3
New Democratic Cassie MacKay 45 1.5 +0.3
Island Eriena O'Reilly 19 0.7 +0.7
Total valid votes 2,910 100.0
Progressive Conservative gain from Green Swing +14.9
Source(s)
[1]
2019 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lynne Lund 1,258 39 +17.1
Progressive Conservative Tyler Desroches 1,037 32.1 +0.94
Liberal Chris Palmer 892 27.7 -14.62
New Democratic Paulette Halupa 39 1.2 -3.43
Total valid votes 3226 100.00
Green gain from Liberal Swing +17.1
Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, October 17, 2016
Resignation of Janice Sherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chris Palmer 978 42.32 +2.88
Progressive Conservative Brian Ramsay 720 31.16 -7.24
Green Lynne Lund 506 21.90 +11.99
New Democratic Scott Gaudet 107 4.63 -7.64
Total valid votes 2,311 100.00
Liberal hold Swing +5.06
2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Janice Sherry 1,135 39.44 -15.79
Progressive Conservative Brian Ramsay 1,105 38.39 +1.64
New Democratic Scott Gaudet 353 12.27
Green Donald MacFadzen-Reid 285 9.90 +1.88
Total valid votes 2,878 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -8.72
[2]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Janice Sherry 1,315 55.23 -1.87
Progressive Conservative Shirley Anne Cameron 875 36.75 -3.15
Green Rosalyn Ridlington Abbott 191 8.02
Total valid votes 2,381 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.64
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Janice Sherry 1,645 57.10 +16.65
Progressive Conservative Gerard McCardle 1,063 39.90 -12.23
New Democratic Ryan Pollard 173 6.00 -1.41
Total valid votes 2,881 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +14.44

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 395 30.45
Mixed Member Proportional 352 27.14
Dual Member Proportional Representation 276 21.28
Preferential Voting 171 13.18
First Past the Post plus leaders 103 7.94
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 667 53.83
First Past the Post 572 46.17
Total votes cast 1,297 33.20
Registered voters 3,907
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

Wilmot-Summerside, 1996–2007

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Greg Deighan 1,807 52.13 +1.75
Liberal Duke Cormier 1,402 40.45 +2.95
New Democratic Gary Robichaud 257 7.41 -4.72
Total valid votes 3,466 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.60
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Greg Deighan 1,674 50.38 +5.99
Liberal Paul Schurman 1,246 37.50 -3.59
New Democratic Gary Robichaud 403 12.13 -2.37
Total valid votes 3,323 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.79
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Greg Deighan 1,506 44.39
Liberal Walter McEwen 1,394 41.09
New Democratic Bill McKinnon 492 14.50
Total valid votes 3,392 100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 4th Prince and 5th Prince.

References

  1. ^ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ^ 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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