Two ridings on Prince Edward Island had the highest voter turnout in the country on Monday, while the worst performers were spread out from Newfoundland to the prairies.

The best place in Canada for getting out the vote was the eastern P.E.I. riding of Cardigan, at 77.9 per cent, and the second was the central riding of Malpeque with 77.1 per cent.

The high turnout in Cardigan is particularly pleasing to Owen Parkhouse, a Morell resident who mounted a one-man campaign to get people to vote, putting up lawn signs from all four candidates and a fifth encouraging people to vote.

"It's great news and if the little story that we had on signs and whatnot and getting people to go out to the polls made any success I'm very thankful," said Parkhouse.

"That's great and we should be the example for the rest of the country."

P.E.I. also led the country in voter turnout as a province at 74 per cent.

The lowest voter turnout was in Fort McMurray-Athabaska, at 41.4 per cent. All of the bottom five ridings were in places where incumbents won by a large margin.

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Riding Turnout Notes Cardigan 77.9% Liberal incumbent Lawrence MacAulay has held this riding since 1988 Malpeque 77.1% Liberal incumbent Wayne Easter held this riding in the Island's closest race Saanich-Gulf Islands 75.2% Green Leader Elizabeth May defeated Conservative Gary Lunn, former minister of state for sport Ottawa Centre 74.6% NDP incumbent and foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar won 52 per cent of the vote Louis Hebert 73.0% NDP Denis Blanchette defeated Bloc Quebecois incumbent by close to 9,000 votes

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