O'Leary-Inverness

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O'Leary-Inverness is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly known as West Point-Bloomfield from 1996 to 2007. It was created in 1996 from parts of 1st Prince and 2nd Prince. It is notable for being the first district on the Island to ever elect a member of a third party to the legislature.

O'Leary-Inverness
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA
 
 
 
Robert Henderson
Liberal
District created1996
First contested1996
Last contested2023

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for O'Leary-Inverness
Assembly Years Member Party
See 1st Prince and 2nd Prince 1873–1996
60th 1996–2000 Herb Dickieson New Democratic
61st 2000–2003 Eva Rodgerson Progressive Conservative
62nd 2003–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Robert Henderson Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019
66th 2019–2023
67th 2023–present

Election results

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O'Leary-Inverness, 2007–present

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2023 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 894 37.2 -3.8
Progressive Conservative Daniel MacDonald 738 30.7 +13.5
New Democratic Herb Dickieson 702 29.2 -4.2
Green Richard Lush 72 3.0 -5.6
Total valid votes 2,406 100.0
Liberal hold Swing -0.5
Source(s)
2019 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 1,102 41.00 -7.81
New Democratic Herb Dickieson 893 33.20 +21.60
Progressive Conservative Barb Broome 462 17.20 -22.41
Green Jason Charette 231 8.60 New
Total valid votes 100.00
Liberal hold Swing
2015 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 1,310 48.81 -6.69
Progressive Conservative Daniel MacDonald 1,063 39.61 -4.88
New Democratic Billy MacKendrick 311 11.59
Total valid votes 2,684 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -0.90
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 1,431 55.50 -6.63
Progressive Conservative Daniel MacDonald 1,147 44.49 +6.62
Total valid votes 2,578 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -6.62
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Henderson 1,731 62.13 +24.17
Progressive Conservative Eva Rodgerson 1,055 37.87 -14.07
Total valid votes 2,786 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +19.12

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

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2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 426 47.76
Mixed Member Proportional 155 17.38
Dual Member Proportional Representation 152 17.04
Preferential Voting 88 9.87
First Past the Post plus leaders 71 7.96
Final round preferred result
First Past the Post 498 56.98
Mixed Member Proportional 204 23.34
Dual Member Proportional Representation 172 19.68
Total votes cast 892 26.56
Registered voters 3,359
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF).

West Point-Bloomfield, 1996–2007

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2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Eva Rodgerson 1,193 51.94 +11.24
Liberal Sean O'Halloran 872 37.96 +16.18
New Democratic Ed Kilfoil 232 10.10 -27.41
Total valid votes 2,297 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.47
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Eva Rodgerson 753 40.70 +11.73
New Democratic Herb Dickieson 694 37.51 -0.88
Liberal Charles Adams 403 21.78 -10.86
Total valid votes 1,850 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +6.30
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Herb Dickieson 921 38.39
Liberal Fairley Yeo 783 32.64
Progressive Conservative Gary Morgan 695 28.97
Total valid votes 2,399 100.0  
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 1st Prince and 2nd Prince.

References

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  1. ^ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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