Eddie Orrell

Ralph Edward Orrell (born February 7, 1965) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Northside-Westmount in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from June 2011 to July 2019 as a Progressive Conservative.

Eddie Orrell

MLA
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Northside-Westmount
Cape Breton North (2011-2013)
In office
June 21, 2011 – July 31, 2019
Preceded byCecil Clarke
Succeeded byMurray Ryan
Personal details
Born (1965-02-07) February 7, 1965[1][2]
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceNorth Sydney, Nova Scotia
Occupationphysiotherapist

On June 21, 2011, Orrell was elected in a byelection for the electoral district of Cape Breton North.[3] In the 2013 provincial election, Orrell was re-elected in the new riding of Northside-Westmount.[4][5] He was re-elected in the 2017 election.[6]

On May 10, 2019, Orrell announced he will seek the Conservative nomination in Sydney—Victoria for the 2019 federal election.[7] On July 15, 2019, it was announced that Orrell was selected as the candidate.[8] Orrell announced he will resign his provincial seat on July 31, 2019.[9]

Education

He graduated from Memorial Composite High School in 1983. Orrell graduated from Dalhousie University in 1987.

Electoral record
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJaime Battiste12,53630.90−42.30
ConservativeEddie Orrell11,22727.68+17.04
New DemocraticJodi McDavid8,14620.08+7.02
IndependentArchie MacKinnon5,67914.00New
GreenLois Foster2,2495.54+3.04
IndependentKenzie MacNeil4801.18New
Veterans CoalitionRandy Joy2480.61New
Total valid votes/Expense limit 40,565100.0   $97,836.59
Total rejected ballots 5281.28+0.71
Turnout 41,09368.44−0.52
Eligible voters 60,042
Liberal hold Swing −29.67
Source: Elections Canada[10]


2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Eddie Orrell 4179 44.03
     Liberal John Higgins 3716 39.12
     New Democratic Party Cecil Snow 1597 16.82
June 21, 2011 By-election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Eddie Orrell 3975 54.88
     New Democratic Party Russell MacDonald 2265 31.27
     Liberal Brian McGean 931 12.85
AtlanticaJonathan Dean720.99

References
  1. "Nova Scotia PC Party on Twitter: "A very happy birthday to our own @EddieOrrell today!"". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  2. "Nova Scotia Legislature - Home » Members » MLAs » Eddie Orrell". nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  3. "Tory Eddie Orrell wins CB North byelection". CBC News. June 21, 2011. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  4. "Orrell takes Northside-Westmount riding after close race". Cape Breton Post. October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  5. "Cape Breton voters buck election trend of change". CBC News. October 9, 2013. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  6. "Election brings change to CBRM". Cape Breton Post. May 30, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  7. "Orrell to seek Conservative nomination in Sydney-Victoria riding". Cape Breton Post. May 10, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  8. "Make it three: N.S. MLA Orrell joins d'Entremont and MacLeod as federal Tory candidates". Global News. July 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  9. "Three of Nova Scotia's PC MLAs resign to run in federal election". The Chronicle Herald. July 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  10. "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  11. "Cape Breton North byelection results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 21, 2011. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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