Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainBobby Morrissey (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Tignish in Ottawa as MP for Egmont
Tignish is a fire district by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. Who leads Tignish’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils on Prince Edward Island. With no licence on the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s ridings map, Tignish isn’t placed in a riding here. 4 of the 4 MPs from Prince Edward Island belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Tignish, 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.
Tignish has no upper-tier council: Prince, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Tignish, from the most recent elections.
- 1Tignish councilFire district
- 2Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island–
- 3House of CommonsEgmont
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 Tignish votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Tignish 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. Voters last chose Tignish council on 2 November 2026 and will again on 4 November 2030. It is the first Monday in November every four years, as the Municipal Election Act provides. 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
Bobby Morrissey represents Egmont in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Egmont · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2015
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada4
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Bobby Morrissey was first elected in 2015; the current Parliament is Bobby Morrissey’s 4th. Mapped onto today’s Egmont, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 46%; in 2025 Bobby Morrissey 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
In 2021, Egmont re-elected Bobby Morrissey of the Liberal Party of Canada
Counts for Egmont within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
In 2019, Bobby Morrissey had won the same riding with 40%. 2,952 votes separated Bobby Morrissey (Liberal Party of Canada) from Barry Balsom (Conservative Party of Canada) in Egmont in 2021, when the winner took 46%. In 2021, 69% of electors cast a ballot in Egmont, more than the national 63%.
All 5 candidates in Egmont, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Morrissey | Liberal Party of Canada | 9,040 | 46.2% |
| Barry Balsom | Conservative Party of Canada | 6,088 | 31.1% |
| Alex Clark | Green Party of Canada | 1,771 | 9.1% |
| Lisa Bradshaw | New Democratic Party | 1,688 | 8.6% |
| Wayne Biggar | People's Party of Canada | 974 | 5.0% |
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 Tignish 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. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
Questions about how Tignish is run
Who is the MP for Tignish?
Egmont’s MP, Bobby Morrissey of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Tignish.
Which party won Tignish in the 2021 federal election?
The Liberal Party of Canada: Bobby Morrissey won Egmont in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MLA for Tignish?
Find the riding for Tignish on the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Tignish?
Ask the municipality itself: Tignish, a fire district, 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).