Kevin Murphy has been re-elected in Eastern Shore.
A must-watch riding on election night, the bellwether district has elected a government MLA dating back to the 1980s. Murphy, who held the position of Speaker under the Liberal government, was first elected in 2013 during the Liberal landslide and was the first Speaker in any Canadian jurisdiction to have a permanent long term physical disability. He is a spinal cord-injured quadriplegic as a result of a hockey accident in 1985.
On Tuesday, Murphy won his second term with 37.7 per cent of the vote.
In the 2013 election, Murphy won with 52.99 per cent of the vote. A swing riding, it has elected MLAs from all three major political parties.
The riding was created in 1993 and stretches along the eastern shore from Lawrencetown to East Ship Harbour.
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