York-Oyster Bed
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates:46°20′02″N 63°05′53″W / 46.334°N 63.098°W / 46.334; -63.098
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created1996
District abolished2019
First contested1996
Last contested2015

York-Oyster Bed is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada, which was represented from 2007 to 2019. The district was named Stanhope-East Royalty from 1996 until 2007.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for York-Oyster Bed
Assembly Years Member Party
See 2nd Queens, 3rd Queens, and 5th Queens 1873–1996
60th 1996–2000 Jamie Ballem Progressive Conservative
61st 2000–2003
62nd 2003–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Robert Vessey Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019 Wade MacLauchlan Liberal

Election results

York-Oyster Bed, 2007–2019

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wade MacLauchlan 1,938 47.68 -7.62
Progressive Conservative Jim "Benson" Carragher 1,338 32.92 -1.43
New Democratic Gordon Gay 442 10.87 +3.92
Green Thane Bernard 347 8.54 +5.15
Total valid votes 4,065 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -3.10
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Vessey 1,988 55.30 -0.07
Progressive Conservative Martie Murphy 1,235 34.35 -5.02
New Democratic James Rodd 250 6.95 +5.24
Green Jenet Clement 122 3.39 -0.15
Total valid votes 3,595 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.48

Stanhope-East Royalty, 1996–2007

2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Vessey 1,970 55.37 +13.40
Progressive Conservative Jamie Ballem 1,401 39.38 -16.31
Green Joan Cullen 126 3.54
New Democratic James Rodd 61 1.71 -0.63
Total valid votes 3,558 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +14.86
2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jamie Ballem 1,858 55.69 -5.28
Liberal Robert Vessey 1,400 41.97 +8.91
New Democratic Gerard Gallant 78 2.34 -3.63
Total valid votes 3,336 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.10
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jamie Ballem 1,992 60.97 +10.09
Liberal Eddie Reardon 1,080 33.06 -10.89
New Democratic Leo Cheverie 195 5.97 +0.80
Total valid votes 3,267 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.49
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Jamie Ballem 1,625 50.88
Liberal Eddie Reardon 1,404 43.95
New Democratic Leo Cheverie 165 5.17
Total valid votes 3,194 100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 2nd Queens, 3rd Queens and 5th Queens.

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
Mixed Member Proportional 583 29.44
First Past the Post 575 29.04
Dual Member Proportional Representation 412 20.81
Preferential Voting 248 12.53
First Past the Post plus leaders 162 8.18
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 1,086 57.13
First Past the Post 815 42.87
Total votes cast 1,980 38.47
Registered voters 5,147
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

References

  1. ^ Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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