Cornwall-Meadowbank

{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district |prov-status = active |province = Prince Edward Island |coordinates = {{coord|46.237|N|63.209|W|display=inline,title}} |image = 250px |prov-rep-party = |prov-rep = Vacant |demo-census-date = 2006 |demo-pop = |prov-election-first = 1996 |prov-election-last = 2023 |demo-electors = |demo-area = |prov-created = 1996 |demo-cd = Queens County |demo-csd = Cornwall, Clyde River, Meadowbank. }} '''Cornwall-Meadowbank''' (District 16) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as '''North River-Rice Point'''.

The riding consists of the Town of Cornwall, the Community of Meadowbank, and a small section of the Community of Clyde River.

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

{| class="wikitable" align=centre !colspan=5|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cornwall-Meadowbank |- !Assembly !Years !colspan="2"|Member !Party |- |align="center" colspan=5|''See 2nd Queens 1873–1996'' |- |60th |1996–2000 |rowspan=5 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| |rowspan=5|Ron MacKinley |rowspan=5|Liberal |- |61st |2000–2003 |- |62nd |2003–2007 |- |63rd |2007–2011 |- |64th |2011–2015 |- |65th |2015–2019 |rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| |rowspan=2|Heath MacDonald |rowspan=2|Liberal |- |rowspan=2|66th |2019–2021 |- |2021–2023 |rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| |rowspan=2|Mark McLane |rowspan=2|Progressive Conservative |- |67th |2023–2026 |}

==Election results==

===Cornwall-Meadowbank, 2007–present=== {{2023 Prince Edward Island provincial election/Cornwall-Meadowbank}} {{2021 Prince Edward Island provincial by-elections/Cornwall-Meadowbank}}

{{CANelec/top|PE|2019|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Heath MacDonald|1,643|47.90|+1.62 }} {{CANelec|PE|Green|Ellen Jones|1,137|33.15|+21.07}} {{CANelec|PE|Progressive Conservative|Elaine Barnes|602|17.55|-16.30}} {{CANelec|PE|NDP|Craig Nash|48|1.40|-6.39}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,430|99.80}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|7|0.20|-0.12}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|3,437|80.28|-1.25}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|4,281||}} {{CANelec/hold|PEI|Liberal|-9.72}} {{CANelec/source|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/www.electionspei.ca/files/CEO%20REPORT%202019%20WEB%20VERSION.pdf|author=Elections Prince Edward Island|title=Provincial General Election 2019}}</ref>}} {{end}}

{{CANelec/top|PE|2015|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Heath MacDonald|1,444|46.28|-17.17}} {{CANelec|PE|PC|Michael Drake|1,056|33.85|+5.39}} {{CANelec|PE|Green|Rosalyn Abbott|377|12.08|+5.61}} {{CANelec|PE|NDP|Jennifer Coughlin|243|7.79|}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,120|99.68}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|10|0.32|-0.46 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|3,130|81.53|+10.50}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|3,839||}} {{CANelec/hold|PE|Liberal|-11.28}} {{CANelec/source|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/www.electionspei.ca/files/2015CEOProv.pdf|author=Elections Prince Edward Island|title=Provincial General Election - CEO Report|date=4 May 2015|accessdate=15 October 2021}}</ref>}} {{end}}

{{CANelec/top|PE|2011|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Ron MacKinley|1,686|63.46|+1.14}} {{CANelec|PE|PC|Larry Hogan|756|28.45|-3.68}} {{CANelec|PE|Green|Allieanna Ballagh|172|6.47|+3.71}} {{CANelec|PE|Island|Jay Gallant|43|1.62|}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|2,657|99.22|}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|21|0.78|+0.29 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|2,678|71.03| -6.77}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|3,770||}} {{CANelec/hold|PE|Liberal|+2.41}} {{CANelec/source|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/www.electionspei.ca/files/general-2011-10-03.pdf|author=Elections Prince Edward Island|title=Provincial General Election - CEO Report|date=1 November 2011 |accessdate=15 November 2021}}</ref>}} {{end}}

{{CANelec/top|PE|2007|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Ron MacKinley|1,761|62.31|-0.07}} {{CANelec|PE|PC|Margaret Duffy|908|32.13|-2.80}} {{CANelec|PE|NDP|Kirk Brown|79|2.80|+0.11}} {{CANelec|PE|Green|Paul Ness|78|2.76|}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|2,826|99.51|}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|14|0.49|-0.00}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|2,840|77.81|-4.78}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|3,650||}} {{CANelec/hold|PE|Liberal|+1.36}} {{CANelec/source|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/www.electionspei.ca/files/elec_CEO2007.pdf|author=Elections Prince Edward Island|title=Provincial General Election - CEO Report|date=September 4, 2007 |accessdate=15 November 2021}}</ref>}} {{end}}

====2016 electoral reform plebiscite results====

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; clear:both" |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan=4|2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="width: 250px"|Side ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |- |Mixed Member Proportional |align="right"|524 |align="right"|31.08 |- |First Past the Post |align="right"|503 |align="right"|29.83 |- |Dual Member Proportional Representation |align="right"|322 |align="right"|19.10 |- |Preferential Voting |align="right"|181 |align="right"|10.74 |- |First Past the Post plus leaders |align="right"|156 |align="right"|9.25 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan=4 align="left" | Two-choice preferred result |- |'''Mixed Member Proportional''' |align="right"|'''905''' |align="right"|'''55.69''' |- |First Past the Post |align="right"|720 |align="right"|44.31 |- bgcolor="white" !align="center" |Total votes cast !align="right"|1,686 !align="right"|42.08 |- bgcolor="white" !align="center" |Registered voters !align="right"|4,007 !align="right"| |- | colspan=4 style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;"| {{hidden |headerstyle=text-align:left; background-color:#F4FFF4; |header=Source |content={{cite web |url= http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/elec_demrefpleb.pdf |title=Plebiscite Report }} }} |}

===North River-Rice Point, 1996–2007===

{{CANelec/top|PE|2003|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Ron MacKinley|2,506|62.38|+14.53}} {{CANelec|PE|PC|Donna Butler|1,403|34.93|-8.82}} {{CANelec|PE|NDP|Marlene Hunt|108|2.69|-5.71}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|4,017|99.50}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|20|0.50|+0.23}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|4,037|82.59|-0.72}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|4,888||}} {{CANelec/hold|PE|Liberal|+11.68}} {{end}}

{{CANelec/top|PE|2000|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Ron MacKinley|1,830|47.86|-3.83}} {{CANelec|PE|PC|Donna Lank|1,673|43.75|+1.35}} {{CANelec|PE|NDP|Irene Dawson|321|8.39|+2.48}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,824|99.74}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|10|0.26|-0.11}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|3,834|83.31|-2.47}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|4,602||}} {{CANelec/hold|PE|Liberal|-2.59}} {{end}}

{{CANelec/top|PE|1996|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Ron MacKinley|1,958|51.69}} {{CANelec|PE|PC|Brian Dollar|1,606|42.40}} {{CANelec|PE|NDP|Marlene Hunt|224|5.91}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,788|99.63}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|14|0.37}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|3,802|85.79}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|4,432||}} {{CANelec/note|<small>This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 2nd Queens.</small>}} {{end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070623230307/http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/proposed/district/16 Cornwall-Meadowbank information]

Category:Prince Edward Island provincial electoral districts