Summerside-Wilmot

Summerside-Wilmot

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA	Chris Palmer Liberal
First contested	1996
Last contested	2016 by-election

Summerside-Wilmot is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly named Wilmot-Summerside from 1996-2007.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Summerside-Wilmot
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from 4th Prince and 5th Prince
60th	1996-2000		Greg Deighan	Progressive Conservative
61st	2000-2003
62nd	2003-2007
63rd	2007-2011		Janice Sherry	Liberal
64th	2011-2015
65th	2015-2016
	2016-present	Chris Palmer

Election results

Summerside-Wilmot, 2007–present

Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, October 17, 2016 Resignation of Janice Sherry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Chris Palmer	978	42.32	+2.88
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Ramsay	720	31.16	-7.24
	Green	Lynne Lund	506	21.90	+11.99
	New Democratic	Scott Gaudet	107	4.63	-7.64
Total valid votes			2,311	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.06

Prince Edward Island general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Janice Sherry	1,135	39.44	-15.79
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Ramsay	1,105	38.39	+1.64
	New Democratic	Scott Gaudet	353	12.27
	Green	Donald MacFadzen-Reid	285	9.90	+1.88
Total valid votes			2,878	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.72
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Prince Edward Island general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Janice Sherry	1,315	55.23	-1.87
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Anne Cameron	875	36.75	-3.15
	Green	Rosalyn Ridlington Abbott	191	8.02
Total valid votes			2,381	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.64

Prince Edward Island general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Janice Sherry	1,645	57.10	+16.65
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard McCardle	1,063	39.90	-12.23
	New Democratic	Ryan Pollard	173	6.00	-1.41
Total valid votes			2,881	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.44

Wilmot-Summerside, 1996–2007

Prince Edward Island general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Deighan	1,807	52.13	+1.75
	Liberal	Duke Cormier	1,402	40.45	+2.95
	New Democratic	Gary Robichaud	257	7.41	-4.72
Total valid votes			3,466	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.60

Prince Edward Island general election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Deighan	1,674	50.38	+5.99
	Liberal	Paul Schurman	1,246	37.50	-3.59
	New Democratic	Gary Robichaud	403	12.13	-2.37
Total valid votes			3,323	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.79

Prince Edward Island general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Deighan	1,506	44.39
	Liberal	Walter McEwen	1,394	41.09
	New Democratic	Bill McKinnon	492	14.50
Total valid votes			3,392	100.0
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 4th Prince and 5th Prince.

References

1. Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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