title: Brad Trivers
text: # Brad Trivers
  
  Bradley (Brad) Grant Trivers (born 22 December 1971) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Rustico-Emerald as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
  
  ## Political career
  
  He was previously the party's candidate in the same district for the 2011 election, losing to incumbent MLA Carolyn Bertram.
  
  Prior to his election to the legislature, Trivers ran an information technology consulting business in New Glasgow. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo.
  
  Trivers was defeated for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party, in 2017 by James Aylward.
  
  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.
  
  He was re-elected in the 2023 general election.
  
  ## Electoral record
  
  vte2023 Prince Edward Island general election: Rustico-Emerald :
  
  | ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** |||||||||
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,408 | 100.0 |
  | | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +7.2 |
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  vte2019 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | | 100.0 |
  | | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,356 | 100.0 |
  | | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +9.04 |
  