Bradley G. Trivers | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Rustico-Emerald | |
| Assumed office May 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Carolyn Bertram |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 22, 1971 Perth, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence(s) | New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island |
| Education | University of Waterloo |
Bradley (Brad) Grant Trivers (born 22 December 1971)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election.[2] He represents the electoral district of Rustico-Emerald as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.[2]
Political career
He was previously the party's candidate in the same district for the 2011 election, losing to incumbent MLA Carolyn Bertram.[3]
Prior to his election to the legislature, Trivers ran an information technology consulting business in New Glasgow.[4] He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo.[4]
Trivers was defeated for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party, in 2017 by James Aylward.[5][6]
On May 9, 2019, Trivers was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning and Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Change.[7]
He was re-elected in the 2023 general election.[8]
Electoral record
| 2023 Prince Edward Island general election: Rustico-Emerald | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad Trivers | 1,990 | 62.5 | +5.0 | ||||
| Green | Ranald MacFarlane | 559 | 17.6 | -9.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Flory Sanderson | 532 | 16.7 | +2.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Wilson | 102 | 3.2 | +2.3 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,408 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +7.2 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election: Rustico-Emerald | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad Trivers | 1,918 | 57.5% | +10.27 | ||||
| Green | Colin Jeffrey | 899 | 26.9% | +17.22 | ||||
| Liberal | Sandy MacKay | 489 | 14.7% | -19.63 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sean Deagle | 30 | 0.9% | -7.86 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad Trivers | 1,585 | 47.23 | +2.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Bertha Campbell | 1,152 | 34.33 | -15.17 | ||||
| Green | Marianne Janowicz | 325 | 9.68 | +3.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Leah-Jane Hayward | 294 | 8.76 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,356 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.04 | ||||||
| [10] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "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 2021-04-08.
- 1 2 "Few options for PC leader following loss" Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian, May 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Rustico-Emerald expected to see tight Liberal-PC fight". CBC News, April 29, 2015.
- 1 2 "Brad Trivers seeking PC nod in District 18". The Guardian. Charlottetown, PEI. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Brad Trivers leadership race - Google Search". www.google.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ↑ "Brad Trivers says he's the best person to lead P.E.I. PC Party | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ↑ "'Be bold, be courageous' new P.E.I. premier tells his cabinet". CBC News. May 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ↑ Ross, Shane (April 4, 2023). "Who's in, who's out: Meet the new Legislative Assembly of P.E.I." CBC News.
- ↑ "2023 Election Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
- ↑ Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 5 May 2015.