Turnout in Malpeque reached 75% in 2021, above 99% of ridings
No provincial riding is named for Kingston, because the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s boundary file gives no terms of reuse. Kingston is in Malpeque, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Heath MacDonald of the Liberal Party of Canada. For local government, Kingston is a rural municipality. No open list of councils exists on Prince Edward Island, so no mayor of Kingston is named here.
What stands out in how Kingston is governed
A close federal race
In 2021 the winner in Malpeque led the runner-up (Conservative Party of Canada) by 8.8 points, a closer finish than in 76% of Canada’s 338 ridings. How Kingston has voted ↓
High federal turnout
In 2021, Malpeque voted in greater numbers than 99% of the ridings. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Kingston, a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.pe.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Kingston has no upper-tier council: Queens, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Kingston, from the most recent elections.
- 1Kingston councilRural municipality
- 2Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island–
- 3House of CommonsMalpeque
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Kingston votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston council | 2 November 2026 | 4 November 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | 3 April 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. After the 2 November 2026 election, Kingston council next goes to the polls on 4 November 2030. That date comes from the Municipal Election Act, which sets the first Monday in November every four years. Provincially the last general election was on 3 April 2023, for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island; federally, on 28 April 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
assembly.pe.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Heath MacDonald represents Malpeque in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Malpeque · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2021
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada4
As Wikidata records them.
Of the 4 MPs from Prince Edward Island, 4 are with the Liberal Party of Canada, Heath MacDonald among them.
The MP’s record
Heath MacDonald has sat in the Commons since 2021, now for the 2nd Parliament. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Malpeque puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 42%; Heath MacDonald held it for the party in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Malpeque stayed with the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021, electing Heath MacDonald
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Malpeque; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
Wayne Easter (Liberal Party of Canada) had taken it in 2019 with 41%. 2,076 votes separated Heath MacDonald (Liberal Party of Canada) from Jody Sanderson (Conservative Party of Canada) in Malpeque in 2021, when the winner took 42%.
All 5 candidates in Malpeque, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heath MacDonald | Liberal Party of Canada | 9,912 | 41.8% |
| Jody Sanderson | Conservative Party of Canada | 7,836 | 33.1% |
| Anna Keenan | Green Party of Canada | 3,381 | 14.3% |
| Michelle Neill | New Democratic Party | 1,898 | 8.0% |
| Christopher Landry | People's Party of Canada | 680 | 2.9% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Kingston is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionspei.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. Wikidata, edited by volunteers, is the source for each MP, and it can trail a change of seat by a little.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Election results. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
- Not on this page. Council budgets, band councils, and which party runs the council: the open lists carry no party, and most councils have none.
Questions about how Kingston is run
Who is the MP for Kingston?
For Kingston, it’s Heath MacDonald (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Malpeque.
Which party won Kingston in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Heath MacDonald (Liberal Party of Canada), who represents Malpeque still.
Who is the MLA for Kingston?
Find the riding for Kingston on the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Kingston?
The head of Kingston’s council isn’t named here; as a rural municipality, it publishes its council itself.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).