Egmont (electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2021 was 35,925.[3]
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Coordinates: | 46.611°N 64.007°W | ||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1966 | ||
| First contested | 1968 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 35,925 | ||
| Electors (2025)[2] | 30,952 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 1,527 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 23.5 | ||
| Census division | Prince | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Summerside, Alberton, Central Prince, Miscouche, O'Leary, Tignish, Lot 11 and Area, Abram-Village, Wellington, Linkletter | ||
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Demographics
Ethnic groups: 98.0% White, 1.4% Native Canadian
Languages: 87.9% English, 10.9% French
Religions: 54.1% Catholic, 38.4% Protestant, 1.8% Other Christian, 5.5% no affiliation
Average income: $22,065
- According to the 2016 Canadian census
- Languages: (2016) 89.6% English, 8.7% French, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Albanian, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Dutch[4]
Geography
The district includes the part of Prince County located in Summerside and west of Summerside. Communities include Summerside, Sherbrooke, Miscouche, Wellington, O'Leary, Alberton, and Tignish.
History
The electoral district was created in 1966 from Prince riding. There were no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the Bedeque area plus some areas east and southeast of Summerside from Malpeque.[5] These changes came into effect following the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egmont Riding created from Prince |
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| 28th | 1968–1972 | David MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | George Henderson | Liberal | |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Joe McGuire | ||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | |||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | |||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Gail Shea | Conservative | |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Bobby Morrissey | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
2025
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bobby Morrissey | 12,466 | 51.92 | +5.98 | $70,964.03 | |||
| Conservative | Logan McLellan | 10,419 | 43.40 | +12.36 | $99,933.91 | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Rybinski | 585 | 2.44 | −6.21 | $5,575.43 | |||
| Green | Ranald MacFarlane | 538 | 2.24 | −7.17 | $949.90 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 24,008 | 99.01 | +0.26 | $108,208.78 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 241 | 0.99 | –0.26 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,249 | 77.86 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 31,145 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | −3.19 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 9,506 | 45.94 | |
| Conservative | 6,422 | 31.04 | |
| Green | 1,948 | 9.41 | |
| New Democratic | 1,790 | 8.65 | |
| People's | 1,026 | 4.96 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bobby Morrissey | 9,040 | 46.21 | +6.49 | $52,360.87 | |||
| Conservative | Barry Balsom | 6,088 | 31.12 | -3.24 | $45,649.91 | |||
| Green | Alex Clark | 1,771 | 9.05 | -10.76 | $5,606.29 | |||
| New Democratic | Lisa Bradshaw | 1,688 | 8.63 | +2.53 | $3,620.46 | |||
| People's | Wayne Biggar | 974 | 4.98 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,561 | 98.77 | $89,655.36 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 244 | 1.23 | -0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,805 | 68.94 | -2.68 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 28,729 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.86 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bobby Morrissey | 8,016 | 39.73 | −9.52 | $53,702.84 | |||
| Conservative | Logan McLellan | 6,934 | 34.36 | +5.41 | $65,608.31 | |||
| Green | Alex Clark | 3,998 | 19.81 | +17.20 | $14,320.88 | |||
| New Democratic | Sharon Dunn | 1,230 | 6.10 | −13.08 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 20,178 | 98.66 | $85,525.15 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 274 | 1.34 | +0.93 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,452 | 71.62 | −5.37 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 28,557 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −7.46 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bobby Morrissey | 10,521 | 49.25 | +17.94 | $67,240.83 | |||
| Conservative | Gail Shea | 6,185 | 28.95 | –25.70 | $110,058.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Herb Dickieson | 4,097 | 19.18 | +6.81 | $34,718.49 | |||
| Green | Nils Ling | 559 | 2.62 | +0.95 | $4,895.27 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 21,362 | 99.59 | $169,928.60 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 87 | 0.41 | –0.39 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,449 | 77.29 | +5.62 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,751 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.82 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Gail Shea | 10,467 | 54.65 | +10.72 | $57,565.04 | |||
| Liberal | Guy Gallant | 5,997 | 31.31 | -12.32 | $34,428.58 | |||
| New Democratic | Jacquie Robichaud | 2,369 | 12.37 | +3.32 | $1,780.97 | |||
| Green | Carl Anthony | 320 | 1.67 | -1.72 | $250.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,153 | 100.0 | $69,831.16 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 155 | 0.80 | +0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,308 | 71.67 | +3.52 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 26,941 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.52 | ||||||
| Sources:[14][15] | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Gail Shea | 8,110 | 43.93 | +12.97 | $51,795.67 | |||
| Liberal | Keith Milligan | 8,055 | 43.63 | -9.54 | $45,007.86 | |||
| New Democratic | Orville Lewis | 1,670 | 9.05 | -0.50 | $2,245.18 | |||
| Green | Rebecca Ridlington | 626 | 3.39 | -1.80 | $2,678.98 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,461 | 100.0 | $67,686 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 115 | 0.62 | +0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,576 | 68.15 | -3.57 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,256 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.26 | ||||||
| Sources:[16] | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joe McGuire | 10,288 | 53.17 | -2.28 | $35,567.52 | |||
| Conservative | Edward Guergis | 5,991 | 30.96 | +1.87 | $58,124.34 | |||
| New Democratic | Regena Kaye Russell | 1,847 | 9.55 | -2.03 | $3,843.89 | |||
| Green | Ron Matsusaki | 1,005 | 5.19 | +1.30 | $2,768.32 | |||
| Independent | Michael Nesbitt | 219 | 1.13 | – | $2,449.39 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,350 | 100.0 | $62,678 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 119 | 0.61 | -0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,469 | 71.72 | +4.31 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 27,146 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.08 | ||||||
2004
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joe McGuire | 10,220 | 55.44 | +5.48 | $35,746.29 | |||
| Conservative | Reg Harper | 5,363 | 29.09 | -14.77 | $32,667.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Regena Kaye Russell | 2,133 | 11.57 | +5.39 | $10,211.62 | |||
| Green | Irené Novaczek | 717 | 3.89 | – | $1,199.66 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,433 | 100.0 | $61,338 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 134 | 0.72 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,567 | 67.41 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 27,545 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +10.03 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance. | ||||||||
| 2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 8,999 | 49.96 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 6,994 | 38.83 | |
| New Democratic | 1,114 | 6.18 | |
| Alliance | 907 | 5.03 | |
2000
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joe McGuire | 9,227 | 50.05 | +1.63 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Griffin | 7,116 | 38.60 | -5.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nancy Wallace | 1,139 | 6.18 | -1.23 | ||||
| Alliance | Jeff Sullivan | 952 | 5.16 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,434 | 100.00 | ||||||
1997
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joe McGuire | 8,498 | 48.42 | -9.29 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John J. MacDonald | 7,754 | 44.18 | +6.70 | ||||
| New Democratic | Adelard Pitre | 1,300 | 7.41 | +2.60 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,552 | 100.00 | ||||||
1993
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joe McGuire | 10,547 | 57.71 | +4.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Basil Stewart | 6,850 | 37.48 | -1.92 | ||||
| New Democratic | Basil Brian Dumville | 880 | 4.81 | -2.71 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,277 | 100.00 | ||||||
1988
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joe McGuire | 10,158 | 53.09 | +3.31 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Prowse Chappell | 7,538 | 39.40 | -5.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Irene N. Dyment | 1,438 | 7.52 | +1.88 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,134 | 100.00 | ||||||
1984
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Henderson | 8,777 | 49.78 | -2.59 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Dewar | 7,859 | 44.58 | +1.95 | ||||
| New Democratic | Wain Munro | 994 | 5.64 | +0.64 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,630 | 100.00 | ||||||
1980
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Henderson | 8,639 | 52.37 | +12.93 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David MacDonald | 7,033 | 42.63 | -13.44 | ||||
| New Democratic | Vincent Gallant | 824 | 5.00 | +0.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,496 | 100.00 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Egmont, Prince Edward Island (1968-04-23 - )". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved July 15, 2024. | ||||||||
1979
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David MacDonald | 8,861 | 56.07 | +3.82 | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Reese | 6,233 | 39.44 | -4.81 | ||||
| New Democratic | Vincent Gallant | 710 | 4.49 | +0.98 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,804 | 100.00 | ||||||
1974
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David MacDonald | 7,583 | 52.25 | -3.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Reese | 6,422 | 44.25 | +3.97 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cletus Shea | 509 | 3.51 | -0.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,514 | 100.00 | ||||||
| canadianelectionsdatabase.ca and lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
1972
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David MacDonald | 7,868 | 55.78 | +2.26 | ||||
| Liberal | George W. Olscamp | 5,681 | 40.28 | -4.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Carroll L. Kadey | 501 | 3.55 | +1.37 | ||||
| Social Credit | Hugh G. Ryan | 55 | 0.39 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 14,105 | 100.00 | ||||||
1968
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | David MacDonald | 7,182 | 53.52 | |||||
| Liberal | J. Melville Campbell | 5,945 | 44.30 | |||||
| New Democratic | Harvey Dawson | 292 | 2.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 13,419 | 100.00 | ||||||
Student vote results
2011
In 2011, a student vote was conducted at participating Canadian schools to parallel the 2011 Canadian federal election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.[18]
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Gail Shea | 475 | 29.87 | |||||
| Liberal | Guy Gallant | 407 | 25.60 | |||||
| Green | Carl Anthony | 391 | 24.59 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jacquie Robichaud | 317 | 19.94 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,590 | 100.00 | ||||||
