Matt MacFarlane
Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island
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Matt MacFarlane is a Canadian politician who serves as the leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.[1] He has been a Green member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island since winning the 2024 Borden-Kinkora provincial by-election.[2] MacFarlane was the unsuccessful Green candidate in Borden-Kinkora in 2019 and 2023.[3] He is the former president of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island and a lawyer by profession.[4] As of June 2025, he serves as the leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.
Matt MacFarlane | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Karla Bernard (interim) |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Borden-Kinkora | |
| Assumed office February 7, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jamie Fox |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Green Party of Prince Edward Island |
| Occupation | lawyer |
Electoral record
| Prince Edward Island provincial by-election, February 7, 2024 Resignation of Jamie Fox | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Green | Matt MacFarlane | 1,226 | 49.00 | +14.19 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carmen Reeves | 964 | 38.53 | -21.62 | ||||
| Liberal | Gordon Sobey | 272 | 10.87 | |||||
| New Democratic | Karen Morton | 40 | 1.60 | -1.31 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,502 | 99.80 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 5 | 0.20 | -0.46 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,507 | 58.91 | -9.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,256 | |||||||
| Green gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +17.90 | ||||||
| 2023 Prince Edward Island general election: Borden-Kinkora | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Fox | 1,719 | 60.15 | +8.04 | ||||
| Green | Matt MacFarlane | 995 | 34.81 | +2.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Carole MacFarlane | 83 | 2.90 | +1.91 | ||||
| Island | Paul Smitz | 61 | 2.13 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,858 | 99.34 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 19 | 0.66 | +0.57 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,877 | 67.97 | –12.37 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,233 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.76 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Fox | 1,680 | 52.11 | +4.97 | ||||
| Green | Matt MacFarlane | 1,041 | 32.29 | +17.21 | ||||
| Liberal | Jamie Stride | 417 | 12.93 | -21.13 | ||||
| Independent | Fred McCardle | 54 | 1.67 | N.A. | ||||
| New Democratic | Joan Gauvin | 32 | 0.99 | -2.73 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,224 | 99.91 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 3 | 0.09 | -0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,227 | 80.33 | -2.32 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,017 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.12 | ||||||
