Liberal Ron McKinley in Cornwall-Meadowbank was the first candidate elected Monday night in P.E.I.'s general election.
McKinley captured over 60 per cent of the votes and was projected elected by CBC News shortly before 8 p.m. AT.
Progressive Conservative Margaret Duffy received about 32 per cent of the votes, followed by New Democrat Kirk Brown and Green candidate Paul Ness, who each took over two per cent.
This district is a mix of urban, suburban and rural, with the amalgamated community of Cornwall (pop. 4,412) being the major centre.
P.E.I. Votes 2007 Headlines »
- P.E.I. tide paints province Liberal red
- P.E.I.'s Liberal party cruised to a surprisingly easy victory in Monday's provincial election, crushing the governing Progressive Conservatives and reversing the seat count from the previous legislative session.
- Hasty promises, desire for change sank P.E.I. Tories
- Pat Binns and his Progressive Conservatives went down to defeat in Monday's Prince Edward Island election, at least in part because of how two campaign promises fed into Islanders' growing appetite for change.
- Liberal wave fails to flood Eastern P.E.I.
- Progressive Conservative candidates picked up all of their handful of successes in the eastern part of Prince Edward Island on Monday, as Liberals swept the rest of the province.
- Liberals sweep crucial districts
- The Liberal party took every key district they needed for victory Monday night, and then some.
- 6 ministers defeated as P.E.I. cabinet trounced
- Six of Pat Binns's cabinet ministers fell and two were re-elected as P.E.I. voters bounced the Progressive Conservative government out of office Monday night.
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