The 2019 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The vote in 26 of the 27 districts was held on 23 April 2019, while the vote for the member from Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park was deferred to 15 July due to the death of the
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
Wade MacLauchlan were reduced to six seats and MacLauchlan lost in his own district. The Progressive Conservatives' share of the popular vote was steady at 37%, the Green Party enjoyed a 20 point increase to 31%, and the Liberals' share dropped 11 points to 30%. The Greens won several seats in or near the two cities of
Charlottetown
Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city i ...
and Summerside, while the Progressive Conservatives took several more rural seats from the Liberals.
A referendum on electoral reform that asked Islanders if they wished to adopt a mixed-member proportional representation voting system was held in conjunction with the election. The initiative failed to pass in at least 60% of the districts as required under provincial legislation to proceed so the province did not change from the
First Past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
system in subsequent elections. As well, the Island-wide popular vote showed about 51% of voters voted to stay with the current
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
system while about 49% voted for the proposed change.
The election was the first time since the
1890 Prince Edward Island general election The 1890 Prince Edward Island election was held on 10 August 1890 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. This was the only election to produce a minority government for Prince Edward Island, until ...
that the province elected a minority government, the first time in the province's history that a significant number of voters turned to a third party besides the dominant Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, and the first time that a Green Party reached official opposition status in any Canadian provincial legislature.
Background
Under the provisions of the Prince Edward Island Elections Act, an election was required by the fixed date of 7 October 2019, unless it was called earlier. After months of speculation of an early election call, Premier Wade MacLauchlan announced the election at a rally on 26 March.
In the previous election, on 4 May 2015, the Liberal Party, led by Premier Wade MacLauchlan, was re-elected to a majority government, earning election in 18 out of the 27 ridings (and down 2 from their pre-election total). The official oppositionProgressive Conservatives, under leader
Rob Lantz
Rob Lantz is a Canadian politician. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island for seven months in 2015, having been elected during the party's leadership election on February 28, 2015. From 2006 to 2014, Lan ...
, increased its seat count from 3 before the election to 8, despite Lantz losing in Charlottetown-Brighton. Meanwhile, the
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
, under leader Peter Bevan-Baker, won its first ever seat, Bevan-Baker's, in Kellys Cross-Cumberland. The NDP were unable to win a seat, continuing their streak of being shut out of the legislature since
2000
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.
Despite the increase in the Progressive Conservatives' seat count, on 23 September of that year, Lantz stepped down as leader. Since Lantz's departure, The Progressive Conservatives held two leadership elections: one on 20 October 2017, selecting MLA James Aylward as their leader; and again on 9 February 2019, choosing Dennis King as their new leader following Aylward's announcement on 27 September 2018 his intention to resign when his successor was chosen.
Standings
Source electionspei.ca
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2015
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Independent
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Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
Rob Lantz
Rob Lantz is a Canadian politician. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island for seven months in 2015, having been elected during the party's leadership election on February 28, 2015. From 2006 to 2014, Lan ...
resigns, effective that day.
* 15 October –
Jamie Fox
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, MLA for Borden-Kinkora, is chosen as the Progressive Conservative interim leader, defeating opponent
Darlene Compton
Darlene Compton (born January 21, 1961) is a Canadian politician, the second and current deputy premier, minister of finance and the status of women of Prince Edward Island. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in ...
.
2016
* 1 August – Liberal MLA for
Summerside-Wilmot
Summerside-Wilmot is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Paci ...
Summerside-Wilmot
Summerside-Wilmot is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Paci ...
by-election, retaining the seat for the Liberals.
* 27 October – Voting for the
2016 Plebiscite on Democratic Renewal
A non-binding referendum on electoral reform was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island between 27 October – 7 November 2016. This was the second electoral reform referendum to be held in Prince Edward Island, following a vote t ...
, a non-binding referendum on changing the electoral system, begins.
* 7 November – Voting in the
2016 Plebiscite on Democratic Renewal
A non-binding referendum on electoral reform was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island between 27 October – 7 November 2016. This was the second electoral reform referendum to be held in Prince Edward Island, following a vote t ...
ends, indicating
mixed member proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a mixed electoral system in which votes cast are considered in local elections and also to determine overall party vote tallies, which are used to allocate additional members to produc ...
as the preferred choice for electing MLAs.
* 22 November – The Legislative Assembly does not adopt the Plebiscite on Democratic Renewal's results and instead approves a motion to hold a second referendum at the next provincial election.
Doug Currie
Douglas W. Currie (born 25 June 1961) is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Parkdale in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a member of the Liberal Party from 2007 until his resignation ...
by-election
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to fill the seat of Charlottetown-Parkdale, doubling the Green caucus to two and becoming the first time in PEI politics, that a provincial third-party won a by-election.
2018
*31 January – MLA for
West Royalty-Springvale
West Royalty-Springvale was a provincial electoral district
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Bush Dumville
Stanley Forrest (Bush) Dumville (born January 6, 1945) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of West Royalty-Springvale in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2019.
First elected in the 2007 ...
leaves the Liberal Party, becomes an independent.
*14 February – Anticipating an early General Election, the Greens call for potential candidates "to make themselves known".
*7 April – Joe Byrne is elected leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island.
*13 June – The ''Electoral System Referendum Act'' is passed by the Legislative Assembly, scheduling a referendum on electoral reform for the same date as the provincial election. Voters will be asked if they support Prince Edward Island changing its electoral system to mixed-member proportional representation.
*17 September – Progressive Conservative leader James Aylward announces pending resignation, to take effect upon selection of successor.
2019
*1 February – Campaign period for the electoral reform referendum begins, making an election likely for the spring.
*9 February – Dennis King is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island.
*26 March – Premier Wade MacLauchlan advises Lieutenant Governor Antoinette Perry to dissolve the legislature and call an early election.
*20 April – The election in the riding of Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park is formally delayed as a result of the death of Green Party candidate Josh Underhay.
*23 April – General election held.
*13 June – Deferred election date announced for Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park.
*6 July – Advance voting in Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election began, also took place on 8 and 12 July.
*15 July – Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election held, Progressive Conservative candidate Natalie Jameson is elected.
Opinion polls
The following is a list of scientific
opinion poll
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s of published voter intentions.
Candidates
*Party leaders' names are in bold; cabinet ministers' names are in ''italics''.
*Incumbents not running for re-election are denoted with a dagger †.
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Darlene Compton
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Alan McIsaac
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Sidney MacEwen
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Morell-Mermaid
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5th Kings was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince E ...
Jamie Fox
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Bush Dumville
Stanley Forrest (Bush) Dumville (born January 6, 1945) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of West Royalty-Springvale in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2019.
First elected in the 2007 ...
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West Royalty-Springvale
West Royalty-Springvale was a provincial electoral district
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Stanhope-Marshfield
Stanhope-Marshfield is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2019 election from parts of the former districts Tracadie-Hillsborough Park and York-Oyster Bed.
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, Wade MacLauchlan 1,196 - 36.36%
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Charlottetown-Belvedere
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, Roxanne Carter-Thompson 846 - 26.56%
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, Ronnie Carragher 998 - 31.33%
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Charlottetown-West Royalty
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Gord McNeilly
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Bush Dumville
Stanley Forrest (Bush) Dumville (born January 6, 1945) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of West Royalty-Springvale in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2019.
First elected in the 2007 ...
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Kathleen Casey
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Charlottetown-Lewis Point
Charlottetown-Lewis Point was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island
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Alberton-Bloomfield
Alberton-Bloomfield is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The district was contested for the first time in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. It was created largely from the ...
Evangeline-Miscouche
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Evangeline-Miscouche is a francophone-majority riding.
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Summerside-South Drive
Summerside-South Drive is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
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Tina Mundy
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Summerside-St. Eleanors
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Summerside-Wilmot
Summerside-Wilmot is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke
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Paula Biggar
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Tyne Valley-Linkletter
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