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Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections

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The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island, a political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island chooses its leadership by an open vote of party members at a convention called by the party executive when there is a vacancy in the leadership (or there is an interim leader).

1950 leadership convention

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(Held on June 26, 1950)

1957 leadership convention

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(Held on September 17, 1957)[1]

1968 leadership convention

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(Held on September 21, 1968)[2]

1973 leadership convention

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(Held on February 3, 1973)

1976 leadership convention

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(Held on September 25, 1976)

1981 leadership convention

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(Held on November 7, 1981)

First Ballot:

Second Ballot (Binns eliminated):

Third Ballot (Driscoll eliminated):

1988 leadership convention

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(Held on June 11, 1988)

1990 leadership convention

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(Held on November 10, 1990)

1996 leadership convention

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(Held on May 4, 1996)

2010 leadership convention

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(Held on October 2, 2010)[3]

First Ballot:

Second Ballot (McCardle eliminated):

2015 leadership convention

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(Held on February 28, 2015; vote by preferential ballot)[4]

First ballot:

No candidate received more than 50% of the vote after the first count; Compton eliminated

Second Ballot (Compton eliminated)

2,954 ballots were cast. Vote counts were not released.[5]

2017 leadership convention

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(Held on October 20, 2017)

First ballot:

2019 leadership convention

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(Held on February 9, 2019)

First ballot:

  • Dennis King 2,014
  • Allan Dale 746
  • Kevin Arsenault 590
  • Sarah Stewart-Clark 527
  • Shawn Driscoll 307

Second ballot (Driscoll eliminated):

  • Dennis King 2,071
  • Allan Dale 803
  • Kevin Arsenault 661
  • Sarah Stewart-Clark 601

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Legislation Due at Next Parliament". Windsor Daily Star. September 18, 1957. p. 1.
  2. ^ "PEI economy biggest concern – new PC leader". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. September 23, 1968. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Crane to lead P.E.I. PCs". CBC News. September 5, 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  4. ^ Rob Lantz wins P.E.I. PC leadership
  5. ^ "Vote secrecy unnecessary in PC Party leadership convention". The Guardian. March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  • Carty, Kenneth R., et al., Leaders and Parties in Canadian Politics: Experiences of the Provinces. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Canada, 1992.
  • Stewart, Ian and Stewart, David K., Conventional choices: Maritime leadership politics. University of British Columbia Press, 2007.