Kellys Cross-Cumberland Explained

Prov-Status:defunct
Province:Prince Edward Island
Coordinates:46.182°N -63.286°W
Demo-Census-Date:2006
Prov-Election-First:1996
Prov-Election-Last:2015
Prov-Created:1996
Prov-Abolished:2019

Kellys Cross-Cumberland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Crapaud-Hazel Grove. It was the first provincial constituency to elect a member of the Green Party, and only the second provincial constituency to elect a member of any third party. Peter Bevan-Baker defeated the Liberal candidate Valerie Docherty in the provincial election on May 4, 2015.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See 1st Queens and 2nd Queens 1873-1996
Crapaud-Hazel Grove
60th1996–2000Norman MacPheeProgressive Conservative
61st2000–2003
62nd2003–2007Carolyn BertramLiberal
Kellys Cross-Cumberland
63rd2007–2011Valerie DochertyLiberal
64th2011–2015
65th2015–2019Peter Bevan-BakerGreen

Election results

Kellys Cross-Cumberland, 2007–2019

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Mixed Member Proportional60130.52
First Past the Post53527.17
Dual Member Proportional Representation50725.75
Preferential Voting1969.95
First Past the Post plus leaders1306.60
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional1,16261.42
First Past the Post73038.58
Total votes cast1,96942.76
Registered voters4,605

Crapaud-Hazel Grove, 1996–2007

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