Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Kent MacDonald (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Stratford in Ottawa as MP for Cardigan
The Liberal Party of Canada has 4 of the 4 MPs elected in Prince Edward Island. With no licence on the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s ridings map, Stratford isn’t placed in a riding here. In the census’s list of municipalities, Stratford is a town. No open list of councils exists on Prince Edward Island, so no mayor of Stratford is named here.
Three governments, and who does what
Stratford, 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.
Stratford 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 Stratford, from the most recent elections.
- 1Stratford 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 Stratford votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Stratford council | 2 November 2026 | 4 November 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | 3 April 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The council elected on 2 November 2026 serves until 4 November 2030, when Stratford council is chosen again. The Municipal Election Act fixes that date: 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. Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election.
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
Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Cardigan puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 51%; Kent MacDonald held it for the party in 2025. Kent MacDonald was elected to the Commons for the first time in April 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
In 2021, Cardigan re-elected Lawrence MacAulay of the Liberal Party of Canada
Cardigan as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
At 72%, more of Cardigan voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%). Lawrence MacAulay already held it after the 2019 election, won with 49%. 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%.
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 Stratford 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
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
- 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.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
Questions about how Stratford is run
Who is the MP for Stratford?
Cardigan’s MP, Kent MacDonald of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Stratford.
Which party won Stratford 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 Stratford?
Find the riding for Stratford on the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Stratford?
Ask the municipality itself: Stratford, a town, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
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).