York-Oyster Bed

York-Oyster Bed

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
MLA	Wade MacLauchlan Liberal
First contested	1996
Last contested	2015

York-Oyster Bed is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The district was named Stanhope-East Royalty from 1996 until 2007. The current MLA is premier Wade MacLauchlan.

Members

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for York-Oyster Bed
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See 2nd Queens, 3rd Queens, and 5th Queens 1873-1996
60th	1996-2000		Jamie Ballem	Progressive Conservative
61st	2000-2003
62nd	2003-2007
63rd	2007-2011		Robert Vessey	Liberal
64th	2011-2015
	2015		Vacant
65th	2015-present		Wade MacLauchlan	Liberal

Election results

Prince Edward Island general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Wade MacLauchlan	1,938	47.68	-7.62
	Progressive Conservative	Jim "Benson" Carragher	1,338	32.92	-1.43
	New Democratic	Gordon Gay	442	10.87	+3.92
	Green	Thane Bernard	347	8.54	+5.15
Total valid votes			4,065	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.10
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Prince Edward Island general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Vessey	1,988	55.30	-0.07
	Progressive Conservative	Martie Murphy	1,235	34.35	-5.02
	New Democratic	James Rodd	250	6.95	+5.24
	Green	Jenet Clement	122	3.39	-0.15
Total valid votes			3,595	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.48

Prince Edward Island general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Vessey	1,970	55.37	+13.40
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Ballem	1,401	39.38	-16.31
	Green	Joan Cullen	126	3.54
	New Democratic	James Rodd	61	1.71	-0.63
Total valid votes			3,558	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.86

Prince Edward Island general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Ballem	1,858	55.69	-5.28
	Liberal	Robert Vessey	1,400	41.97	+8.91
	New Democratic	Gerard Gallant	78	2.34	-3.63
Total valid votes			3,336	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.10

Prince Edward Island general election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Ballem	1,992	60.97	+10.09
	Liberal	Eddie Reardon	1,080	33.06	-10.89
	New Democratic	Leo Cheverie	195	5.97	+0.80
Total valid votes			3,267	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.49

Prince Edward Island general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Ballem	1,625	50.88
	Liberal	Eddie Reardon	1,404	43.95
	New Democratic	Leo Cheverie	165	5.17
Total valid votes			3,194	100.0
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 2nd Queens, 3rd Queens and 5th Queens.

References

1. Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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