Sidney MacEwen (born 18 November 1979)[1] is a Canadian politician, the 34th Speaker of the Prince Edward Island legislature from 2025 to 2026, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election.[2] He represents the electoral district of Morell-Donagh as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.[2] He was re-elected in the 2023 general election.[3]
Sidney MacEwen | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Housing and Communities, Minister of Transportation, Infastructure, and Energy | |
| Assumed office February 12, 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Ernie Hudson, Cory Deagle |
| 34th Speaker of the Prince Edward Island legislature | |
| In office March 25, 2025 – February 12, 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Darlene Compton |
| Succeeded by | Brad Trivers |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Morell-Mermaid | |
| In office May 4, 2015 – March 26, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Olive Crane |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Morell-Donagh | |
| Assumed office April 23, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 18, 1979 |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
MacEwen holds a degree in industrial engineering from Dalhousie University.[4] Prior to his election to the legislature, he also works as a lobster and tuna fisherman which DFO has stated is a conflict of interest while being considered for a Cabinet portfolio, as a former business consultant for MRSB Consulting and as chief of staff to former Progressive Conservative leader Olive Crane.[4]
He was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, on 25 March 2025. On February 12, 2026 he was appointed the Minister responsible for Transportation and Infrastructure, and thus resigned as Speaker.
Electoral record
edit| 2023 Prince Edward Island general election: Morell-Donagh | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sidney MacEwen | 1,899 | 70.4 | +12.8 | ||||
| Green | John Allen MacLean | 349 | 12.9 | -10.0 | ||||
| Liberal | Terry MacDonald | 282 | 10.5 | -7.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kevin Trainor | 115 | 4.3 | +3.1 | ||||
| Island | Christopher Landry | 44 | 1.6 | +1.6 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,698 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +11.4 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election: Morell-Donagh | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sidney MacEwen | 1,752 | 57.6% | |||||
| Green | Kyle MacDonald | 697 | 22.9% | |||||
| Liberal | Susan Myers | 557 | 18.3% | |||||
| New Democratic | Margaret Andrade | 35 | 1.2% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,041 | 100.00 | ||||||
| This is a newly created district | ||||||||
| [6] | ||||||||
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sidney MacEwen | 1,501 | 49.98 | -8.31 | ||||
| Liberal | Dan MacDonald | 1,114 | 37.10 | +0.59 | ||||
| New Democratic | Edith Perry | 211 | 7.03 | |||||
| Green | Meaghan Lister | 177 | 5.89 | +1.86 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,003 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | -4.45 | ||||||
| [7] | ||||||||
References
edit- ↑ "Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- 1 2 "Few options for PC leader following loss". The Guardian, May 6, 2015.
- ↑ Ross, Shane (April 4, 2023). "Who's in, who's out: Meet the new Legislative Assembly of P.E.I." CBC News.
- 1 2 "Former Crane staffer seeking Tory nomination in Morell-Mermaid". The Guardian, February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
- ↑ "District 7 Results: Morell-Donagh". Elections PEI. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ↑ Elections Prince Edward Island (May 4, 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on May 5, 2015.
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