PEI·BreakingProgressive Conservative Kent Dollar will represent P.E.I.’s District 15 in the legislature and Liberal Carolyn Simpson will be the new MLA for District 9, CBC’s Decision Desk projects.Seats in legislature were vacated by former premier Dennis King, MLA Natalie JamesonCarolyn Ryan · CBC News · Posted: Aug 12, 2025 8:02 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes agoThe 27-seat Prince Edward Island legislature will have two new MLAs when it next sits, after Liberal Carolyn Simpson and Progressive Conservative Kent Dollar won byelections on Tuesday. (CBC)Progressive Conservative Kent Dollar will represent P.E.I.’s District 15 in the legislature and Liberal Carolyn Simpson will be the new MLA for District 9, CBC’s Decision Desk projects.Voters went to the polls Tuesday for byelections in District 9, Charlottetown–Hillsborough Park, which had 4,299 eligible voters, and District 15, Brackley–Hunter River, which had 4,071. Unofficial results were first posted on the Elections P.E.I. site just after 7:10 p.m. AT, including the counts from three days of advance polling.By 8:05 p.m., Simpson had won District 9 with 979 votes over PC rival Dennis Jameson with 784. Rounding out the field were Green candidate Dr. Janine Karpakis with 231 and the NDP’s Simone Webster with 55.With just one poll left to report in District 15 by that same time, Dollar was far ahead in District 15 with 1,061 votes, compared to Green candidate Philip Hamming with 473 and Liberal Nicole Ford in third place with 471 votes. Provincial NDP Leader Michelle Neill was in fourth with 57. Voters went to the polls in District 9, Charlottetown–Hillsborough Park, and District 15, Brackley–Hunter River, on Tuesday. (Cody MacKay/CBC )The final result will not change who governs Prince Edward Island, since the PCs will have a strong majority with 20 seats, down from 21 after the last general election.The Liberals form the Official Opposition, although they had been tied with the Green Party of P.E.I. at three seats. A Green gain would have let the party return as the Official Opposition, but that didn’t happen. Brackley–Hunter River was represented by former premier Dennis King until he resigned as PC leader in February. He’d served as the district’s MLA since 2019. Charlottetown–Hillsborough Park was left vacant by the resignation of Natalie Jameson, the district’s MLA since 2019, who later ran federally for the Conservatives.Elections P.E.I. said more than 1,000 voters in each district cast ballots during advance polling, representing about a quarter of eligible electors.
Liberal Carolyn Simpson takes District 9, PC Kent Dollar wins District 15 in P.E.I. byelections
