PC's Mark McLane unofficial winner of Cornwall-Meadowbank byelection
CBC
Elections P.E.I. is calling Progressive Conservative candidate Mark McLane the unofficial winner of the District 16 Cornwall-Meadowbank byelection.
Four candidates were in the running in the district:
The polling station at Cornwall's APM Centre was open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, as voters got their last chance to cast a ballot.
The byelection was called because Liberal MLA Heath MacDonald decided to run in this year's federal election.
McLane's victory would mean the Tories will hold 15 of the 27 seats in the legislature. The Green Party currently has eight, and the Liberals the remaining four.
Cornwall-Meadowbank has been Liberal since the district was created in 1996, and the area was entirely Liberal for a decade before that. The party is in a rebuilding mode, having been reduced from government to third-party status in 2019.