2023 Prince Edward Island general election
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The 2023 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island on 3 April 2023.[2] The election normally required by 2 October under Prince Edward Island's fixed election date legislation was called early by Premier Dennis King at his nomination meeting on 6 March.[2]
The Progressive Conservatives under incumbent Premier Dennis King won a majority government, and the Liberal Party won the official opposition, defeating the Green Party. Liberal Party leader Sharon Cameron was not elected in her riding, being defeated by green leader Peter Bevan-Baker.[3]
Background
Prince Edward Island's fixed election date legislation calls for a general election to be held prior to the first Monday of October in the fourth calendar year subsequent to the previous general election, which would have required an election to be held by 2 October.[4] Instead, the election was called early for 3 April.
Timeline
- 23 April 2019: General election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins the most seats, while the incumbent Liberal Party falls to third place. The Green Party becomes the Opposition.
- 26 April 2019: Outgoing Premier Wade MacLauchlan announces intention to resign leadership of the Liberal Party upon appointment of an interim leader.[5]
- 8 May 2019: Robert Mitchell is appointed interim Liberal leader.[6]
- 9 May 2019: Dennis King's Progressive Conservative government is sworn in, following the resignation of Wade MacLauchlan's Liberal government.[7]
- 13 June 2019: Deferred election date announced for Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park.[8]
- 6 July 2019: Advance voting in Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election began, also took place on 8 and 12 July.[9]
- 15 July 2019: Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election held, Progressive Conservative candidate Natalie Jameson is elected.[10]
- 9 September 2019: Robert Mitchell resigns as interim Liberal leader.[11]
- 16 September 2019: Sonny Gallant is appointed interim Liberal leader.[12]
- 1 September 2020: Joe Byrne resigns as leader of the New Democratic Party.[13]
- 3 September 2020: Robert Mitchell resigns his Charlottetown-Winsloe seat, triggering a by-election.[14]
- 2 November 2020: Charlottetown-Winsloe by-election held. Progressive Conservative candidate Zack Bell is elected, giving the governing PC party a majority of 14 seats in the Legislature.[15]
- 18 August 2021: Cornwall-Meadowbank Liberal MLA Heath MacDonald resigns to run in Malpeque in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[16]
- 15 November 2021: Cornwall-Meadowbank by-election held.[17] Progressive Conservative candidate Mark McLane wins,[18] increasing the PC government's majority in the Legislature.
- 23 April 2022: Michelle Neill is elected leader of the New Democratic Party.[19]
- 19 November 2022: Sharon Cameron is acclaimed leader of the Liberal Party, being the only candidate in the party's leadership election.[20]
- 6 March 2023: Dennis King is nominated as the PC candidate for Brackley-Hunter River, and announces that the election will be held on 3 April.[2]
- 3 April 2023: General election held. Progressive Conservatives win a majority government.
Results
Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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2019 | Dissol. | 2023 | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dennis King | 27 | 13 | 15 | 22 | +9 | 41,828 | 55.92 | +19.19 | |
Green | Peter Bevan-Baker | 25 | 8 | 8 | 2 | –6 | 16,134 | 21.57 | –8.99 | |
Liberal | Sharon Cameron | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | –3 | 12,876 | 17.21 | –12.19 | |
New Democratic | Michelle Neill | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,359 | 4.49 | +1.53 | |
Island | Cecile Sly (Ahava Kálnássy de Kálnás)[21] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 411 | 0.55 | +0.55 | |
Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0.25 | –0.09 | ||
Blank and invalid ballots | ||||||||||
Total | 92 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 74,792 | 100 | 0 | ||
Registered voters / turnout |
Incumbent MLAs who didn't seek re-election
The following MLAs announced that they would not run in the 2023 provincial election (Ole Hammarlund lost a contested nomination for his seat):
Retiring incumbent | Electoral district | Subsequent party nominee | Elected MLA | ||||
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Colin LaVie | Progressive Conservative | Souris-Elmira | Robin Croucher | Robin Croucher | |||
James Aylward | Progressive Conservative | Stratford-Keppoch | Jill Burridge | Jill Burridge | |||
Hannah Bell | Green | Charlottetown-Belvedere | Joanna Morrison | Susie Dillon | |||
Ole Hammarlund | Green | Charlottetown-Brighton | Janice Harper | Rob Lantz | |||
Sonny Gallant | Liberal | Evangeline-Miscouche | Pat MacLellan | Gilles Arsenault |
Candidates
- Party leaders' names are in bold; cabinet ministers' names are in italics.
- Incumbents who didn't run for re-election are denoted with a dagger †.
Cardigan
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | Independent | |||||||||
4. Belfast-Murray River | Darlene Compton | Laverne MacInnes | Katherine Bryson | Michelle Hodgson | Darlene Compton | |||||||||
2. Georgetown-Pownal | Steven Myers | Patrick Brothers | Allister Veinot | Edith Perry | Lucy Robbins | Steven Myers | ||||||||
5. Mermaid-Stratford | Jenn Redmond | Michele Beaton | Gail MacDonald | Lawrence Millar | Michele Beaton | |||||||||
3. Montague-Kilmuir | Cory Deagle | Norma Dingwell | Nick Sheppard | Robert Lethbridge | Gary Robbins | Angela Barton | Cory Deagle | |||||||
7. Morell-Donagh | Sidney MacEwen | John Allen MacLean | Terry MacDonald | Kevin Trainor | Christopher Landry | Sidney MacEwen | ||||||||
1. Souris-Elmira | Robin Croucher | Boyd Leard | Amber Dennis | Gordon Gay | Ahava Kalnassy de Kalnas | Colin LaVie† | ||||||||
8. Stanhope-Marshfield | Bloyce Thompson | Marian White | Bloyce Thompson | |||||||||||
6. Stratford-Keppoch | Jill Burridge | Lana Beth Barkhouse | Greg Arsenault | Olalekam Faromika | James Aylward† |
Malpeque
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | ||||||||
19. Borden-Kinkora | Jamie Fox | Matt MacFarlane | Carole MacFarlane | Paul Smitz | Jamie Fox | |||||||
15. Brackley-Hunter River | Dennis King | Greg Bradley | Nicole Ford | Leah-Jane Hayward | Dennis King | |||||||
16. Cornwall-Meadowbank | Mark McLane | Tayte Willows | Don Leary | Larry Hale | Mark McLane | |||||||
20. Kensington-Malpeque | Matthew MacKay | Hunter Guindon | Richard Schroeter | Maggie Larocque | Matthew MacKay | |||||||
17. New Haven-Rocky Point | Donalda Docherty | Peter Bevan-Baker | Sharon Cameron | Douglas Dahn | Neil Emery | Peter Bevan-Baker | ||||||
18. Rustico-Emerald | Brad Trivers | Ranald MacFarlane | Flory Sanderson | David Wilson | Brad Trivers |
Charlottetown
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | Independent | |||||||||
11. Charlottetown-Belvedere | Susie Dillon | Joanna Morrison | Marcia Carroll | Aidin Mousavian | Jayne McAskill | Hannah Bell† | ||||||||
13. Charlottetown-Brighton | Rob Lantz | Janice Harper | Sandra Sunil | Michelle Neill | Ole Hammarlund† (Lost re-nomination) | |||||||||
9. Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park | Natalie Jameson | Adina Nault | Dellon Paul | Tristan Mitchell | Cari Barbour | Natalie Jameson | ||||||||
12. Charlottetown-Victoria Park | Tim Keizer | Karla Bernard | Barb MacLeod | Joe Byrne | Danni Moher | Karla Bernard | ||||||||
14. Charlottetown-West Royalty | Kristi MacKay | Nick LeClair | Gord McNeilly | Simone Webster | Bill Cann | Jessica Simmonds | Gord McNeilly | |||||||
10. Charlottetown-Winsloe | Zack Bell | Charles Sanderson | Judy Hughes | Campbell Webster | Georgina Bassett | Zack Bell |
Egmont
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | Independent | |||||||||
26. Alberton-Bloomfield | Ernie Hudson | Ron McConnell | Pat Murphy | Kester Nurse | Ernie Hudson | |||||||||
24. Evangeline-Miscouche | Gilles Arsenault | Jason Charette | Pat MacLellan | Charles Turriff | Sonny Gallant† | |||||||||
25. O'Leary-Inverness | Daniel MacDonald | Richard Lush | Robert Henderson | Herb Dickieson | Robert Henderson | |||||||||
22. Summerside-South Drive | Barb Ramsay | Steve Howard | Nancy Beth Guptill | Kathryn Yule | Steve Howard | |||||||||
21. Summerside-Wilmot | Tyler DesRoches | Lynne Lund | Don Reid | Cassie MacKay | Eriena O'Reilly | Lynne Lund | ||||||||
27. Tignish-Palmer Road | April Delaney | Hal Perry | Gail Kinch | Hal Perry | ||||||||||
23. Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke | Hilton MacLennan | Trish Altass | Wayne Cobb | Carol Rybinski | Wayne Biggar | Trish Altass |
Opinion polls
- Voting Intentions in Prince Edward Island since the 2019 Election
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The following is a list of scientific opinion polls of published voter intentions.
Polling firm | Date(s) conducted |
Link | PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Sample size | Lead | ||
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General election results | 3 April 2023 | 55.9 | 21.6 | 17.2 | 4.5 | 74,792 | 34.3 | |||
Forum Research | 31 March 2023 | [p 1] | 47 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 424 | 19 | ||
Mainstreet Research | 27 – 28 March 2023 | [p 2] | 50.4 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 5.4 | 962 | 28.1 | ||
Mainstreet Research | 6 – 7 March 2023 | [p 3] | 58.9 | 14.3 | 23.2 | 3.6 | 515 | 35.7 | ||
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Narrative Research | 13 February – 2 March 2023 | [p 4] | 49 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 420 | 27 | ||
Narrative Research | 2 – 23 November 2022 | [p 5] | 49 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 400 | 24 | ||
Narrative Research | 9 – 16 August 2022 | [p 6] | 55 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 300 | 33 | ||
Narrative Research | 4 – 24 May 2022 | [p 7] | 50 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 300 | 29 | ||
Narrative Research | 9 – 22 February 2022 | [p 8] | 66 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 300 | 51 | ||
Narrative Research | 3 – 28 November 2021 | [p 9] | 51 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 600 | 30 | ||
Narrative Research | 9 – 25 August 2021 | [p 10] | 48 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 600 | 20 | ||
Narrative Research | 18 – 28 May 2021 | [p 11] | 53 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 600 | 30 | ||
Narrative Research | 2 – 16 February 2021 | [p 12] | 54 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 300 | 33 | ||
Narrative Research | 11 – 29 November 2020 | [p 13] | 61 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 300 | 42 | ||
Narrative Research | 4 – 19 August 2020 | [p 14] | 48 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 301 | 23 | ||
Narrative Research | 29 April – 17 May 2020 | [p 12] | 57 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 216 | 32 | ||
MQO Research | 3 – 10 March 2020 | [p 15] | 41 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 283 | 12 | ||
Narrative Research | 3 – 19 February 2020 | [p 16] | 45 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 207 | 17 | ||
Narrative Research | 1 – 22 November 2019 | [p 17] | 38 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 600 | 9 | ||
Narrative Research | 1 – 22 August 2019 | [p 18] | 45 | 37 | 16 | 1 | 300 | 9 | ||
MQO Research | 31 July – 6 August 2019 | [p 19] | 40 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 400 | 8 | ||
Narrative Research | 6 – 23 May 2019 | [p 20] | 43 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 300 | 7 | ||
General election results | 23 April 2019 | 36.7 | 30.6 | 29.4 | 3.0 | 80,329 | 5.9 | |||
Polling firm | Date(s) conducted |
Link | Sample size |
Lead | ||||||
PC | Green | Liberal | NDP |
Notes
- ^ Includes results from the deferred election in Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park.
References
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-voter-turnout-1.6800504#:~:text=Fewer%20than%2070%20per%20cent,in%20the%20last%20six%20decades.
- ^ a b c MacKay, Cody (6 March 2023). "King makes it official: Prince Edward Island election to be held April 3". CBC News. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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Opinion poll sources
- ^ "King on track for majority win" (PDF). Forum Research. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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- ^ "Satisfaction with King government has declined, but still remains strong in PEI". Narrative Research. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Edmunds, Tal (30 August 2022). "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high and has rebounded after a dip last quarter". Narrative Research. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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- ^ "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high despite decline in the last six months" (PDF). Narrative Research. 22 September 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high" (PDF). Narrative Research. 3 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Support and satisfaction remain high for PEI's King government" (PDF). Narrative Research. 9 March 2021.
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- ^ "Islanders express continued and climbing levels of satisfaction with PEI government" (PDF). Narrative Research. 12 March 2020.
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