Talk:2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Darryl Kerrigan in topic The narrowness of STV's defeat

Referendum Bill

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I think it would be helpful to expand on the passing of the referendum legislation, and the debate around it. Much was made of the question about whether the bill would be constitutional. After amendments were made (to address these concerns), I believe there were many suggesting there might be a charter challenge. If someone wants to dive into a short summary of the legislative debate as reported in RS, I am sure that would be helpful. Cheers--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 17:27, 14 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Number of Districts "won" in Infobox

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If someone could add the number of districts "won" for each side to the info box that would be great. It really should be included as winning 17 districts was a required for the result to be binding.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 23:53, 24 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

The narrowness of STV's defeat

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It should be mentioned that a change of a couple hundred votes in each of two districts would have secured STV's victory. The turn-out in District 9 is noteworthy - less than 200 in total voted, as there was no election of a member. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.150.194.17 (talk) 03:45, 25 April 2019 (UTC) ( in answer to below, yes of course i meant to say MMP, not STV)Reply

What are you talking about? This referendum was not about STV. The referendum was about adopting Mixed Member Proportional. Also 2,406 people voted in District 9. See the results here[1]. --Darryl Kerrigan (talk)
The article notes it was a "narrow" majority for the "No" side in both the lede and results section. I have also added Peter Bevan-Baker's comments that it was "agonizingly close" in the aftermath section. If anyone is aware of any comments about the results from Wade MacLauchlan or Joe Byrne, we should likely add them too.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 20:10, 25 April 2019 (UTC)Reply