One last look at all the P.E.I. candidates running in the 2025 federal election

Gwyneth Egan · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 27, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Prince Edward Islanders caput to the polls to ballot successful Canada's national predetermination connected April 28. 

CBC's Cody MacKay spoke with each the national candidates moving to go oregon stay a subordinate of Parliament representing 1 of P.E.I.'s 4 ridings: Egmont, Malpeque, Charlottetown and Cardigan.

From extremity to tip, candidates successful each riding said Islanders are concerned about tariffs, housing, wellness attraction and the outgo of living. 

Check retired the videos produced for the series, and the articles that accompanied them, to larn astir however the assorted candidates said they would address the concerns affecting Islanders and Canadians. 

1. Egmont 

Egmont is P.E.I.'s westernmost riding, representing Islanders with a assortment of jobs and backgrounds.

There's sportfishing and farming successful the west, and the taxation centre and Prince County Hospital successful the east.  

Of the 4 ridings connected P.E.I., this is the lone 1 that has changed hands successful caller years from the Liberals to the Conservatives and backmost to the Liberals erstwhile more.

There are 4 candidates vying for the spot successful this riding. 

2. Malpeque

The cardinal P.E.I. riding of Malpeque is 1 with a increasing population, peculiarly successful towns similar Kensington and Cornwall. 

Balancing colonisation maturation and the request for lodging with the extortion of farmland is thing residents successful the riding person expressed concerns about, immoderate candidates said. 

It's besides location to the P.E.I. extremity of the Confederation Bridge to New Brunswick, the toll connected which has been a interest for Islanders for immoderate time. Federal leaders person weighed successful connected the contented successful caller weeks, promising to trim oregon destruct the toll should they beryllium elected. 

The riding has remained Liberal for much than 30 years.

Five candidates are successful the moving to unafraid the national spot successful this riding. 

3. Charlottetown 

P.E.I.'s Charlottetown riding is the province's astir municipality constituency. Smaller than the different 3 ridings successful geography, its colonisation is comparable, with conscionable nether 40,000 residents. 

The riding has been held by the Liberals for much than 30 years. 

Five candidates are campaigning to correspond the riding that shares its sanction with the province's capital.

4. Cardigan 

P.E.I.'s easternmost riding of Cardigan is simply a predominantly agrarian area, and there's a batch of it.

It's the largest successful country of the 4 ridings, and has the astir eligible voters, according to Elections Canada. 

Liberal Lawrence MacAulay, the longest-serving MP successful the Island's history, confirmed successful March that helium wouldn't tally again. 

Six candidates are successful the moving to capable the spot held by MacAulay since 1988.