Kent MacDonald

Kent MacDonald MP is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected Member of Parliament for Cardigan in the 2025 Canadian federal election.^[1]

Kent MacDonald MP
MacDonald in 2025
Member of Parliament for Cardigan
Incumbent
Assumed office April 28, 2025
Preceded by	Lawrence MacAulay
Personal details
Party	Liberal

MacDonald spent 38 years running a dairy farm in Little Pond, Prince Edward Island before entering politics. When longtime Cardigan MP Lawrence MacAulay announced his retirement in early March 2025, MacDonald decided to seek the Liberal nomination.^[2]

On election night he defeated Conservative Party of Canada candidate James Aylward by a margin of 57 per cent to 37.4 per cent.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Cardigan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kent MacDonald	14,404	57.02	+6.45
	Conservative	James Aylward	9,442	37.38	+6.47
	New Democratic	Lynne Thiele	505	2.00	−7.77
	Independent	Wayne Phelan	404	1.60
	Green	Maria Rodriguez	326	1.29	−3.52
	People's	Adam Harding	180	0.71	−2.57
Total valid votes/expense limit			25,261	99.09
Total rejected ballots			233	0.91
Turnout			25,494	79.55
Eligible voters			32,048
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		−0.01
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.