O'Leary-Inverness explained

Prov-Status:active
Province:Prince Edward Island
Prov-Rep-Party:Liberal
Prov-Rep:Robert Henderson
Demo-Census-Date:2006
Prov-Election-First:1996
Prov-Election-Last:2023
Prov-Created:1996

O'Leary-Inverness is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly known as West Point-Bloomfield from 1996 to 2007. It was created in 1996 from parts of 1st Prince and 2nd Prince. It is notable for being the first district on the Island to ever elect a member of a third party to the legislature.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for O'Leary-Inverness
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See 1st Prince and 2nd Prince 1873–1996
60th1996–2000Herb DickiesonNew Democratic
61st2000–2003Eva RodgersonProgressive Conservative
62nd2003–2007
63rd2007–2011Robert HendersonLiberal
64th2011–2015
65th2015–2019
66th2019–2023
67th2023–present

Election results

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post42647.76
Mixed Member Proportional15517.38
Dual Member Proportional Representation15217.04
Preferential Voting889.87
First Past the Post plus leaders717.96
Final round preferred result
First Past the Post49856.98
Mixed Member Proportional20423.34
Dual Member Proportional Representation17219.68
Total votes cast89226.56
Registered voters3,359

West Point-Bloomfield, 1996–2007

References

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