Prov-Status: | active |
Belfast-Murray River | |
Province: | Prince Edward Island |
Coordinates: | 46.045°N -62.729°W |
Prov-Rep-Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Prov-Rep: | Darlene Compton |
Demo-Census-Date: | 1996 |
Prov-Election-First: | 1996 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 2023 |
Prov-Created: | 1996 |
Belfast-Murray River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Created mostly from 4th Kings, part of 5th Kings and a small part of 4th Queens in 1996. It was formerly named Murray River-Gaspereaux from 1996 to 2007.
The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast-Murray River | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See 4th Queens, 4th Kings, 5th Kings 1873–1996 | ||||
60th | 1996–2000 | Pat Binns | Progressive Conservative | |
61st | 2000–2003 | |||
62nd | 2003–2007 | |||
63rd | 2007 | |||
2007–2011 | Charlie McGeoghegan | Liberal | ||
64th | 2011–2015 | |||
65th | 2015–2019 | Darlene Compton | Progressive Conservative | |
66th | 2019–2023 | |||
67th | 2023–present |
2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 397 | 35.26 | |
Mixed Member Proportional | 342 | 30.37 | |
Dual Member Proportional Representation | 231 | 20.52 | |
Preferential Voting | 100 | 8.88 | |
First Past the Post plus leaders | 56 | 4.97 | |
Two-choice preferred result | |||
Mixed Member Proportional | 558 | 52.94 | |
First Past the Post | 496 | 47.06 | |
Total votes cast | 1,126 | 35.90 | |
Registered voters | 3,153 | ||