| Eddie Orrell | |
| Smallimage: | EddieOrrell at the 2016 PC AGM in Halifax, Nova Scotia.png |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1965[1] [2] |
| Birth Place: | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Residence: | North Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Assembly: | Nova Scotia House of |
| Constituency Am: | Northside-Westmount Cape Breton North (2011-2013) |
| Term Start: | June 21, 2011 |
| Term End: | July 31, 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Cecil Clarke |
| Successor: | Murray Ryan |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation: | physiotherapist |
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.
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 resigned his provincial seat on July 31, 2019.[9] [10]
He graduated from Memorial Composite High School in 1983 and from Dalhousie University in 1987.
|-|Progressive Conservative|Eddie Orrell|align="right"|4179|align="right"|44.03|align="right"||-|Liberal|John Higgins|align="right"|3716|align="right"|39.12|align="right"||-|New Democratic Party|Cecil Snow|align="right"|1597|align="right"|16.82|align="right"||}|-|Progressive Conservative|Eddie Orrell|align="right"|3975|align="right"|54.88|align="right"||-|New Democratic Party|Russell MacDonald|align="right"|2265|align="right"|31.27|align="right"||-|Liberal|Brian McGean|align="right"|931|align="right"|12.85|align="right"||-|}