The 2021 Cornwall-Meadowbank provincial by-election was held on November 15, 2021, to elect a Member of the

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for the

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Cornwall-Meadowbank Cornwall-Meadowbank 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 Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) i ...

. The seat became vacant upon the resignation of

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MLA

Heath MacDonald Heath MacDonald (born 9 May 1966) is a Canadian politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He was previously elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election, representing the elector ...

on August 18, 2021. MacDonald had held the seat since

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but resigned to run for

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in the

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in Malpeque, which he was successful.

Mark McLane Mark McLane is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in a byelection on November 15, 2021. He represents the electoral district of Cornwall-Meadowbank as a member of the Prince Edward Island Pr ...

of the governing s won the seat, defeating Liberal Jane MacIsaac. It was the first time the Tories won the area in 36 years. The Tories increased their seat total in the 27 seat legislature to 15.

Candidates

Musician and activist Todd MacLean ran unopposed for the

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nomination, and was acclaimed on October 4. The Progressive Conservatives nominated businessman Marc McLane at a meeting on October 18. Party president Charles Blue had indicated that several potential candidates were interested in the nomination, however McLane ran unopposed. On October 20, both the Liberals and

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announced candidates. Businesswoman Jane MacIsaac won the Liberal nomination from a field of four candidates, and biology professor Larry Hale was acclaimed for the New Democrats.

Results

References

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