Overview
- Green candidate Tayte Willows won the Cornwall‑Meadowbank byelection on July 13 with just over 24 per cent of the vote, beating Liberal leader Robert Mitchell by about 229 votes.
- Liberal leader Robert Mitchell finished second with roughly 19 per cent and PC candidate Caley McDonald placed third at just under 17 per cent, leaving the Progressive Conservatives with their large legislative majority intact.
- Elections PEI reported turnout was just under 61 per cent, helped by 1,629 advance ballots cast over three advance voting days, equal to about 35 per cent of the 4,695 registered electors in the district.
- Campaign voters and Willows’ team pointed to health‑care access and rising living costs as the main issues driving the result, and analysts say the outcome reflects wider dissatisfaction with Premier Rob Lantz’s government.
- The result increases pressure on Liberal party leadership after Mitchell’s second unsuccessful byelection bid, could equalize Green and Liberal seat counts, and is likely to shape parties’ messages heading into the next provincial election due by October 2027.