Georgetown-Pownal
Provincial electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Georgetown-Pownal (District 2) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The district was contested for the first time in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election.
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2019 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 by-election | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Kings County, Queens County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Alexandra, Cardigan, Central Kings (FD), Central Kings (RM), Crossroads, East River, Part 1, East River, Part 2, Hazelbrook, Morell (FD), Three Rivers, Vernon River | ||
It was created out of parts of Georgetown-St. Peters, Vernon River-Stratford, and Morell-Mermaid.
Geography
The riding is mostly rural, and is located in the east part of the province. It extends from the eastern fringes of the Charlottetown metropolitan area in the west (Pownal area) to Georgetown and the north coast of Cardigan Bay on the east coast of the island. The riding covers the Route 5 corridor.
Members
The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Georgetown-Pownal | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 66th | 2019–2023 | Steven Myers | Progressive Conservative | |
| 67th | 2023–2025 | |||
| 2025–present | Brendan Curran | |||
Election results
Georgetown-Pownal, 2019–present
| Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, December 8, 2025 Resignation of Steven Myers | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brendan Curran | 986 | 46.80 | –22.99 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Mitchell | 881 | 41.81 | +29.71 | ||||
| Green | Eddie Childs | 200 | 9.49 | –3.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kevin Trainor | 40 | 1.90 | –0.91 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,107 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 2,104 | 54.12 | –19.18 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,893 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –26.36 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2023 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steven Myers | 1,961 | 69.79 | +21.15 | ||||
| Green | Patrick Brothers | 352 | 12.53 | –15.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Allister Veinot | 340 | 12.10 | –9.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Edith Perry | 79 | 2.81 | +1.22 | ||||
| Island | Lucy Robbins | 78 | 2.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,810 | 99.57 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 12 | 0.43 | +0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,822 | 73.30 | –8.74 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,850 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +18.40 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steven Myers | 1,493 | 48.63 | +0.95 | ||||
| Green | Susan Hartley | 865 | 28.18 | +22.76 | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Doyle | 663 | 21.60 | –17.38 | ||||
| New Democratic | Edith Perry | 49 | 1.60 | –6.32 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,070 | 99.74 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 8 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Turnout | 3,078 | 82.04 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,752 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –10.91 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election redistributed results | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 1,391 | 47.69 | ||||
| Liberal | 1,137 | 38.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | 231 | 7.92 | ||||
| Green | 158 | 5.42 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||
