Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Kent MacDonald (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Cardigan, the riding that includes Souris
Souris is a town by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. This page names no head of council for Souris, 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 Souris 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
Souris, a town 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.
Souris has no upper-tier council: Kings, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Souris, from the most recent elections.
- 1Souris councilTown
- 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 Souris votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Souris council | 2 November 2026 | 4 November 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | 3 April 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms. Provincially the last general election was on 3 April 2023, for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island; federally, on 28 April 2025. Souris council was elected on 2 November 2026, and the next vote is on 4 November 2030. It is the first Monday in November every four years, as the Municipal Election Act provides.
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
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. April 2025 was Kent MacDonald’s first election to the House of Commons.
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
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Cardigan; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
Cardigan elected Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 51% of the vote, a lead of 4,358 over Wayne Phelan (Conservative Party of Canada). Lawrence MacAulay already held it after the 2019 election, won with 49%. Turnout in Cardigan reached 72% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
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 Souris 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. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Which riding. A riding is listed when 5% or more of the place’s 2021 Census residents live in it; the largest share comes first.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
Questions about how Souris is run
Who is the MP for Souris?
Cardigan’s MP, Kent MacDonald of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Souris.
Which party won Souris in the 2021 federal election?
Cardigan went to Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021. Since 2025, Kent MacDonald has been the MP for Cardigan.
Who is the MLA for Souris?
Use the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Souris isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Souris?
The head of Souris’ council isn’t named here; as a town, 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).