2019_Prince_Edward_Island_general_election

2019 Prince Edward Island general election

2019 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election


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,[4] while the vote for the member from Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park was deferred to 15 July due to the death of the Green Party's candidate.[5][lower-alpha 2] However, Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park still voted in a referendum on electoral reform. Natalie Jameson won the deferred election in the district.[7]

Quick Facts 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 14 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

The Progressive Conservatives under new leader Dennis King won thirteen seats (including the deferred seat) to form a minority government. The Greens under leader Peter Bevan-Baker won eight seats to form the Official Opposition. The Liberals under Premier 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 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 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 system while about 49% voted for the proposed change.

The election was the first time since the 1890 Prince Edward Island general election that the province elected a minority government,[8] 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.[9]

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.[10] After months of speculation of an early election call,[11] Premier Wade MacLauchlan announced the election at a rally on 26 March.[12]

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 opposition Progressive Conservatives, under leader Rob Lantz, increased its seat count from 3 before the election to 8, despite Lantz losing in Charlottetown-Brighton. Meanwhile, the Green Party, under leader Peter Bevan-Baker, won its first ever seat, Bevan-Baker's, in Kellys Cross-Cumberland.[13] The NDP were unable to win a seat, continuing their streak of being shut out of the legislature since 2000.

Despite the increase in the Progressive Conservatives' seat count, on 23 September of that year, Lantz stepped down as leader.[14] 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.

Historical results from 1993 onwards

Graph of PEI general election results by share of votes, 1993–2019; omitted are minor parties consistently registering less than 2% of the vote.
Graph of PEI general election results by seats won, 1993–2019; those of independent MLAs are omitted.

Results

Map of the 2019 P.E.I. General Election by Electoral Polls

Source : electionspei.ca

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Synopsis of results

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  1. "Section 4 - Provincial Electoral Districts Voting Statistics". Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of PEI - 2019 Provincial General Election (PDF). Elections Prince Edward Island. 2019. pp. 39–95. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. including spoilt ballots
  3. minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the national popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately
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  = turnout is above provincial average
  = incumbent re-elected in same riding
  = previously incumbent in another riding
  = other incumbent renominated
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Results by region

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Detailed analysis

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Timeline

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Opinion polls

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Candidates

  • Party leaders' names are in bold; cabinet ministers' names are in italics.
  • Incumbents not running for re-election are denoted with a dagger †.

Cardigan

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Malpeque

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Charlottetown

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Egmont

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Notes

  1. Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park's district election was delayed for July 15
  2. District 9 Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park's Green Party candidate Josh Underhay died on 19 April 2019.[6]
  3. District 4 Belfast-Murray River independent candidate Andy Clarey withdrew from the election on 19 April. Because he withdrew after the close of nominations, his name appeared on ballots. Votes cast for Clarey will be considered spoiled.[27]
  4. District 9 PC candidate Sarah Stewart-Clark withdrew her candidacy on 27 May.[46]

References

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  3. 15 July deferred election for vacant seat, won by Progressive Conservative candidate
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  15. Wright, Teresa. "Chris Palmer wins Summerside-Wilmot with 42.3 per cent of the vote". The Guardian. No. 17 October 2016. Charlottetown, PEI. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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  25. "P.E.I. Greens nominate two candidates in Kings County". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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