'Never gets old': Lawrence MacAulay wins Cardigan
MacAulay wins for 10th time
Lawrence MacAulay once again won the seat for Cardigan in Ottawa in Monday night's election.
His was the first of the P.E.I. seats to be decided. MacAulay, facing four contenders, took almost half of all the votes cast.
It was MacAulay's 10th victory for the Liberals.
"It never gets old, nor does the tension before get easier," MacAulay told CBC News.
MacAulay said he was pleased with the results in Atlantic Canada. His Liberals took all of the seats in the region in 2015. At the time he spoke to CBC News, the Liberals were leading or elected in all but eight seats in the region.
"It's a great night all the way around. We want to get back to work and make things happen," said MacAulay.
MacAulay became a member of Parliament by defeating Pat Binns, who later went on to become premier of P.E.I. for more than a decade. That was also more than a decade ago.
The Berlin Wall was still standing — it was 1988. The Island sent four Liberals to Ottawa that year. It was the beginning of a 31-year Liberal domination at the federal level on P.E.I. There has only been one non-Liberal MP since, Conservative Gail Shea from 2008 to 2015.
Lawrence MacAulay’s headquarters is a garage and towing business converted for election night. <a href="https://t.co/nPVmBhT1ja">pic.twitter.com/nPVmBhT1ja</a>
—@LauraMeaderWayne Phelan of the Conservatives held second place with 85 of 90 polls reporting, earning 29 per cent of the votes. The Green Party's Glen Beaton had 14 per cent, and Lynne Thiele of the NDP almost seven per cent.
MacAulay won almost two-thirds of the votes in Cardigan in 2015.
You can see national election results online here.
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With files from Laura Meader