Cornwall-Meadowbank

Cornwall-Meadowbank

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Coordinates:	46.237°N 63.209°W / 46.237; -63.209
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA	Tayte Willows Green
District created	1996
First contested	1996
Last contested	2026 (by-election)
Demographics
Census division	Queens County
Census subdivision(s)	Cornwall, Clyde River, West River.

Cornwall-Meadowbank (District 16) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as North River-Rice Point.

The riding consists of the Town of Cornwall, the Community of Meadowbank, and a small section of the Community of Clyde River.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cornwall-Meadowbank
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See 2nd Queens 1873–1996
60th	1996–2000		Ron MacKinley	Liberal
61st	2000–2003
62nd	2003–2007
63rd	2007–2011
64th	2011–2015
65th	2015–2019		Heath MacDonald	Liberal
66th	2019–2021
	2021–2023		Mark McLane	Progressive Conservative
67th	2023–2026
	2026–present		Tayte Willows	Green

Election results

Cornwall-Meadowbank, 2007–present

Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, July 13, 2026 Death of Mark McLane
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tayte Willows	1,184	39.65	+15.40
	Liberal	Robert Mitchell	955	31.98	+12.86
	Progressive Conservative	Caley McDonald	823	27.56	–27.19
	New Democratic	Craig Nash	24	0.80	–1.07
Total valid votes			2,986	99.87
Total rejected ballots			4	0.13	–0.37
Turnout			2,990	60.87	–7.62
Eligible voters			4,912
	Green gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.30
Source: Elections PEI

2023 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark McLane	1,750	54.76	+14.74
	Green	Tayte Willows	775	24.25	+0.86
	Liberal	Don Leary	611	19.12	-14.09
	New Democratic	Larry Hale	60	1.88	-1.50
Total valid votes			3,196	99.50
Total rejected ballots			16	0.50
Turnout			3,212	68.49	+13.10
Eligible voters			4,690
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.94
Source(s)

Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, November 15, 2021 Resignation of Heath MacDonald
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Mark McLane	982	40.02	+22.47	$45,007.75
	Liberal	Jane MacIsaac	815	33.21	-14.69	$12,077.11
	Green	Todd MacLean	574	23.39	-9.76	$12,025.33
	New Democratic	Larry Hale	83	3.38	+1.98	$1,873.22
Total valid votes/expense limit			2,454	100.00		$53,910.85
Turnout			2,454	55.38	−24.90
Eligible voters			4,431
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.58

2019 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heath MacDonald	1,643	47.90	+1.62
	Green	Ellen Jones	1,137	33.15	+21.07
	Progressive Conservative	Elaine Barnes	602	17.55	-16.30
	New Democratic	Craig Nash	48	1.40	-6.39
Total valid votes			3,430	99.80
Total rejected ballots			7	0.20	-0.12
Turnout			3,437	80.28	-1.25
Eligible voters			4,281
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.72

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heath MacDonald	1,444	46.28	-17.17
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Drake	1,056	33.85	+5.39
	Green	Rosalyn Abbott	377	12.08	+5.61
	New Democratic	Jennifer Coughlin	243	7.79
Total valid votes			3,120	99.68
Total rejected ballots			10	0.32	-0.46
Turnout			3,130	81.53	+10.50
Eligible voters			3,839
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.28

2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron MacKinley	1,686	63.46	+1.14
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Hogan	756	28.45	-3.68
	Green	Allieanna Ballagh	172	6.47	+3.71
	Island	Jay Gallant	43	1.62
Total valid votes			2,657	99.22
Total rejected ballots			21	0.78	+0.29
Turnout			2,678	71.03	-6.77
Eligible voters			3,770
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.41

2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron MacKinley	1,761	62.31	-0.07
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Duffy	908	32.13	-2.80
	New Democratic	Kirk Brown	79	2.80	+0.11
	Green	Paul Ness	78	2.76
Total valid votes			2,826	99.51
Total rejected ballots			14	0.49	-0.00
Turnout			2,840	77.81	-4.78
Eligible voters			3,650
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.36

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side	Votes	%
Mixed Member Proportional	524	31.08
First Past the Post	503	29.83
Dual Member Proportional Representation	322	19.10
Preferential Voting	181	10.74
First Past the Post plus leaders	156	9.25
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional	905	55.69
First Past the Post	720	44.31
Total votes cast	1,686	42.08
Registered voters	4,007
Source "Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

North River-Rice Point, 1996–2007

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron MacKinley	2,506	62.38	+14.53
	Progressive Conservative	Donna Butler	1,403	34.93	-8.82
	New Democratic	Marlene Hunt	108	2.69	-5.71
Total valid votes			4,017	99.50
Total rejected ballots			20	0.50	+0.23
Turnout			4,037	82.59	-0.72
Eligible voters			4,888
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.68

2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron MacKinley	1,830	47.86	-3.83
	Progressive Conservative	Donna Lank	1,673	43.75	+1.35
	New Democratic	Irene Dawson	321	8.39	+2.48
Total valid votes			3,824	99.74
Total rejected ballots			10	0.26	-0.11
Turnout			3,834	83.31	-2.47
Eligible voters			4,602
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.59

1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ron MacKinley	1,958	51.69
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Dollar	1,606	42.40
	New Democratic	Marlene Hunt	224	5.91
Total valid votes			3,788	99.63
Total rejected ballots			14	0.37
Turnout			3,802	85.79
Eligible voters			4,432
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 2nd Queens.

See also

• List of Prince Edward Island provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

External links

• Cornwall-Meadowbank information