2025 Georgetown-Pownal provincial by-election

2025 Georgetown-Pownal provincial by-election

December 8, 2025 (2025-12-08)

District of Georgetown-Pownal
Turnout54.12% ( 19.18)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Brendan Curran Robert Mitchell Eddie Childs
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Green
Popular vote 986 881 200
Percentage 46.80% 41.81% 9.49%
Swing 22.99% 29.71% 3.03%

MLA before election

Steven Myers
Progressive Conservative

Elected MLA

Brendan Curran
Progressive Conservative

A by-election took place on December 8, 2025, in the provincial riding of Georgetown-Pownal to elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. It was triggered by the resignation of Steven Myers.

One of the main issues in the by-election was public confidence in the Prince Edward Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (IRAC), with all the candidates having supported differing levels of reform. IRAC administers the province's Lands Protection Act, and its role had come under public scrutiny in the district due to the activities of large landholders, such as a couple of Buddhist institutions.