Malpeque (electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Malpeque 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 2011 was 35,039.
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Coordinates: | 46.345°N 63.383°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] | 39,731 | ||
| Electors (2025)[2] | 32,680 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 1,663 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 23.9 | ||
| Census division(s) | Prince, Queens | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Cornwall, West River, North Shore, Kensington, Malpeque Bay, Miltonvale Park, Kingston, Borden-Carleton, North Rustico, Brackley | ||
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Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order[3]
Languages: 93.7% English, 2.7% French
Race: 93.6% White, 1.6% Indigenous
Religions: 69.3% Christian (28.7% Catholic, 13.0% United Church, 5.3% Presbyterian, 4.9% Anglican, 3.7% Baptist, 13.8% other), 29.2% none
Median income: $41,200 (2020)
Average income: $47,840 (2020)
Geography
The district includes the extreme eastern part of Prince County and most of Queens County except the extreme eastern portion and the City of Charlottetown. Communities include Cornwall, Kensington, Miltonvale Park, Borden-Carleton, North Rustico and Clyde River. The area is 1,663 km2.
History
The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of Prince and Queen's ridings.
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 remainder of North Shore and the North Shore Fire District, plus everything west of Highway 6 between them from Cardigan, and lost the Bedeque area plus some areas east and southeast of Summerside, and lost newly annexed territory by the City of Charlottetown in the Marshfield area to Charlottetown. These changes came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.[4]
Members of parliament
This riding has elected the following members of parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Malpeque Riding created from Prince and Queen's |
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| 28th | 1968–1972 | Angus MacLean | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1976 | |||
| 1977–1979 | Donald Wood | Liberal | ||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Melbourne Gass | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Catherine Callbeck | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Wayne Easter | ||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | |||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | Heath MacDonald | ||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
2025
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Heath MacDonald | 15,485 | 57.60 | +15.58 | $84,828.51 | |||
| Conservative | Jamie Fox | 9,846 | 36.63 | +3.50 | $81,710.22 | |||
| Green | Anna Keenan | 1,049 | 3.90 | −10.12 | $23,174.45 | |||
| New Democratic | Cassie Mackay | 371 | 1.38 | −6.65 | $64.20 | |||
| People's | Hilda Baughan | 132 | 0.49 | −2.30 | $1,943.54 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 26,883 | 99.20 | –0.11 | $109,009.16 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 216 | 0.80 | +0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,099 | 82.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 32,815 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +6.04 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 9,667 | 42.02 | |
| Conservative | 7,622 | 33.13 | |
| Green | 3,226 | 14.02 | |
| New Democratic | 1,847 | 8.03 | |
| People's | 642 | 2.79 | |
| Others | 2 | 0.01 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Heath MacDonald | 9,912 | 41.81 | +0.43 | $84,041.53 | |||
| Conservative | Jody Sanderson | 7,836 | 33.05 | +7.41 | $84,415.05 | |||
| Green | Anna Keenan | 3,381 | 14.26 | −12.23 | $44,768.30 | |||
| New Democratic | Michelle Neill | 1,898 | 8.01 | +1.52 | $4,489.55 | |||
| People's | Christopher Landry | 680 | 2.87 | – | $1,387.95 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 23,707 | 99.27 | $90,924.86 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 174 | 0.73 | −0.51 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,881 | 74.61 | −1.68 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 32,009 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.49 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 9,533 | 41.38 | −20.70 | $52,375.96 | |||
| Green | Anna Keenan | 6,103 | 26.49 | +17.30 | $24,970.77 | |||
| Conservative | Stephen Stewart | 5,908 | 25.64 | +8.08 | $47,940.85 | |||
| New Democratic | Craig Nash | 1,495 | 6.49 | −4.68 | $2,413.92 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 23,039 | 98.77 | $87,624.55 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 288 | 1.23 | +0.78 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,327 | 76.29 | −2.56 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 30,576 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −19.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 13,950 | 62.08 | +19.68 | $84,420.76 | |||
| Conservative | Stephen Stewart | 3,947 | 17.56 | –21.54 | $40,127.00 | |||
| New Democratic | Leah-Jane Hayward | 2,509 | 11.17 | –3.46 | $6,264.15 | |||
| Green | Lynne Lund | 2,066 | 9.19 | +5.32 | $12,265.59 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 22,472 | 99.55 | $170,512.40 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 102 | 0.45 | +0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,574 | 79.05 | +1.58 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 28,556 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +20.61 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 8,605 | 42.40 | -1.79 | $47,363.15 | |||
| Conservative | Tim Ogilvie | 7,934 | 39.10 | -0.18 | $62.426.68 | |||
| New Democratic | Rita Jackson | 2,970 | 14.63 | +4.96 | $5,426.11 | |||
| Green | Peter Bevan-Baker | 785 | 3.87 | -2.99 | $1,367.33 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 20,294 | 100.0 | $69,634.73 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 90 | 0.44 | -0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,384 | 77.47 | +6.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 26,311 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.80 | ||||||
| Sources:[13][14] | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 8,312 | 44.19 | -6.29 | $51,835.54 | |||
| Conservative | Mary Crane | 7,388 | 39.28 | +4.65 | $56,705.00 | |||
| New Democratic | J'Nan Brown | 1,819 | 9.67 | -0.57 | $5,225.01 | |||
| Green | Peter Bevan-Baker | 1,291 | 6.86 | +2.21 | $3,626.22 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,810 | 100.0 | $67,177 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 113 | 0.60 | +0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,923 | 71.41 | -3.69 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 26,498 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.47 | ||||||
2006
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 9,779 | 50.48 | -1.42 | $51,121.23 | |||
| Conservative | George Noble | 6,708 | 34.63 | +2.13 | $52,989.45 | |||
| New Democratic | George Marshall | 1,983 | 10.24 | +0.15 | $3,388.31 | |||
| Green | Sharon Labchuk | 901 | 4.65 | -0.85 | $2,925.11 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,371 | 100.0 | $62,210 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 114 | 0.59 | -0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,485 | 75.10 | +2.09 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 25,945 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.78 | ||||||
2004
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 9,782 | 51.90 | +3.28 | $49,256.92 | |||
| Conservative | Mary Crane | 6,126 | 32.50 | -13.28 | $52,127.38 | |||
| New Democratic | Ken Bingham | 1,902 | 10.09 | +5.86 | $3,055.96 | |||
| Green | Sharon Labchuk | 1,037 | 5.50 | +4.15 | $2,989.44 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,847 | 100.0 | $60,645 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 144 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,991 | 73.01 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 26,010 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.28 | ||||||
| Change for the Conservatives is from the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance. | ||||||||
2000
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 8,972 | 48.62 | +3.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Gorman | 7,186 | 38.94 | -2.05 | ||||
| Alliance | Chris Wall | 1,263 | 6.84 | +3.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ken Bingham | 781 | 4.23 | -6.39 | ||||
| Green | Jeremy Stiles | 250 | 1.35 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,452 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party. | ||||||||
1997
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 7,912 | 45.09 | -16.03 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jimmie Gorman | 7,194 | 40.99 | +9.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andrew Wells | 1,863 | 10.62 | +6.21 | ||||
| Reform | Stephen Livingstone | 580 | 3.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 17,549 | 100.00 | ||||||
1993
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 10,579 | 61.12 | +9.22 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Garth E. Staples | 5,399 | 31.19 | -8.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Karen Fyfe | 763 | 4.41 | -3.52 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | John Freddie Gunn | 318 | 1.84 | |||||
| Green | Jeremy Stiles | 249 | 1.44 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 17,308 | 100.00 | ||||||
1988
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Catherine Callbeck | 9,381 | 51.90 | +18.94 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Lank | 7,260 | 40.17 | -16.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Judy Whitaker | 1,434 | 7.93 | -2.76 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,075 | 100.00 | ||||||
1984
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Melbourne Gass | 10,577 | 56.35 | +6.21 | ||||
| Liberal | Paul H. Schurman | 6,186 | 32.96 | -9.71 | ||||
| New Democratic | Janet Norgrove | 2,006 | 10.69 | +3.50 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,769 | 100.00 | ||||||
1980
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Melbourne Gass | 8,486 | 50.14 | -2.56 | ||||
| Liberal | David S. Peppin | 7,221 | 42.67 | +2.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Vic Arsenault | 1,216 | 7.19 | +0.39 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,923 | 100.00 | ||||||
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1979
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Melbourne Gass | 8,729 | 52.70 | +5.63 | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Wood | 6,707 | 40.50 | -7.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Sark | 1,126 | 6.80 | +2.72 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,562 | 100.00 | ||||||
1977 by-election
| Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1977 On the resignation of Angus MacLean, 20 October 1976 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Wood | 4,657 | 48.37 | +3.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ian MacQuarrie | 4,532 | 47.07 | -3.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles H. Sark | 393 | 4.08 | -0.73 | ||||
| Independent | A. Neil Harpham | 46 | 0.48 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,628 | 100.00 | ||||||
1974
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Angus MacLean | 5,649 | 50.61 | -2.92 | ||||
| Liberal | John W. MacNaught | 4,975 | 44.57 | +2.62 | ||||
| New Democratic | Doreen Sark | 537 | 4.81 | +0.29 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,161 | 100.00 | ||||||
1972
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Angus MacLean | 5,835 | 53.53 | +3.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Sinclair Cutcliffe | 4,573 | 41.95 | −5.97 | ||||
| New Democratic | Maurice J. Darte | 493 | 4.52 | +2.43 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,901 | 100.00 | ||||||
1968
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Angus MacLean | 5,049 | 50.00 | |||||
| Liberal | Don Wood | 4,839 | 47.92 | |||||
| New Democratic | Douglas H. MacFarlane | 211 | 2.09 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 10,099 | 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.[15]
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Wayne Easter | 318 | 34.79 | |||||
| New Democratic | Rita Jackson | 255 | 27.90 | |||||
| Conservative | Tim Ogilvie | 191 | 20.90 | |||||
| Green | Peter Bevan-Baker | 180 | 19.69 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 914 | 100.00 | ||||||