Photo: Neil and Kathy Carey from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Cardigan, which takes in Morell, is held by Kent MacDonald (Liberal Party of Canada)
Locally, Morell is run as a fire district. This page names no head of council for Morell, as no open list of councils exists on Prince Edward Island. The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s riding map is published without a licence, so this page doesn’t place Morell in a riding. The Liberal Party of Canada has 4 of the 4 MPs elected in Prince Edward Island.
Three governments, and who does what
Morell, a fire district 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.
The census places Morell in Kings, a division that governs nothing; no county council sits above the town’s.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Morell, from the most recent elections.
- 1Morell councilFire district
- 2Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island–
- 3House of CommonsCardigan
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 Morell votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Morell 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. Elected on 2 November 2026, Morell council is up again on 4 November 2030. The Municipal Election Act sets the day: the first Monday in November every four years. The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island was last elected on 3 April 2023, and the House of Commons 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
Kent MacDonald represents Cardigan in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Cardigan · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada4
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Kent MacDonald is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote. Mapped onto today’s Cardigan, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 51%; in 2025 Kent MacDonald kept the seat in the same hands.
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
Lawrence MacAulay kept Cardigan for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021
Counts for Cardigan within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
Turnout in Cardigan reached 72% in 2021, against 63% nationally. 4,358 votes separated Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal Party of Canada) from Wayne Phelan (Conservative Party of Canada) in Cardigan in 2021, when the winner took 51%. Back in 2019, Lawrence MacAulay took the riding on 49%.
All 6 candidates in Cardigan, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence MacAulay | Liberal Party of Canada | 11,175 | 50.6% |
| Wayne Phelan | Conservative Party of Canada | 6,817 | 30.9% |
| Lynne Thiele | New Democratic Party | 2,168 | 9.8% |
| Michael MacLean | Green Party of Canada | 1,064 | 4.8% |
| Kevin Hardy | People's Party of Canada | 725 | 3.3% |
| Fred MacLeod | Christian Heritage Party of Canada | 145 | 0.7% |
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 Morell 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. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
- Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
- 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 Morell is run
Who is the MP for Morell?
Cardigan’s MP, Kent MacDonald of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Morell.
Which party won Morell in the 2021 federal election?
Lawrence MacAulay won Cardigan for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Cardigan, held by Kent MacDonald.
Who is the MLA for Morell?
This page can’t say which riding Morell is in; the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island lists every MLA with theirs.
Who heads the council in Morell?
The head of Morell’s council isn’t named here; as a fire district, 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).