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27 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 83.84% [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via plurality results by each riding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 28, 2007. It elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government was defeated by the Liberal opposition after holding power for eleven years.
The newly formed Green Party captured 3.04% of the vote or 4.44% in ridings they contested, beating out the New Democratic Party for third place. The New Democrats fell to 1.96% or 3.43% in ridings contested. They captured 3.06% of the vote, or 3.48% in the 24 of the 27 ridings they contested in the 2003 election.
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Liberal | PC |
Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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2003 | Dissol. | 2007 | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Liberals | Robert Ghiz | 27 | 4 | 4 | 23 | +19 | 43,205 | 52.93% | +10.27% | |
Progressive Conservatives | Pat Binns | 27 | 23 | 23 | 4 | -19 | 33,754 | 41.35% | -12.94% | |
Green | Sharon Labchuk | 18 | * | - | - | - | 2,482 | 3.04% | * | |
New Democrats | Dean Constable | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1,597 | 1.96% | -1.10% | |
Independents and no affiliation | 2 | - | - | - | - | 594 | 0.73% | +0.73% | ||
Total | 89 | 27 | 27 | 27 | - | 81,632 | 100% |
* Green Party of Prince Edward Island was not a registered political party at the time of the 2003 election.
Riding | # | Federal Riding | 2003 | Winning party [a 2] | Turnout [a 3] | Votes | |||||||||||
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Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | Lib | PC | Green | NDP | Ind | Total | |||||||
Alberton-Roseville* | 26 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,487 | 49.48% | 123 | 4.09% | 88.91% | 1,487 | 1,364 | 95 | 59 | – | 3,005 | ||
Belfast-Murray River* | 4 | CAR | PC | PC | 1,527 | 55.15% | 397 | 14.34% | 84.47% | 1,130 | 1,527 | 112 | – | – | 2,769 | ||
Borden-Kinkora | 19 | MPQ | PC | Lib | 1,811 | 52.43% | 460 | 13.32% | 82.36% | 1,811 | 1,351 | 292 | – | – | 3,454 | ||
Charlottetown-Brighton* | 13 | CHA | Lib | Lib | 1,669 | 60.25% | 753 | 27.18% | 86.86% | 1,669 | 916 | 185 | – | – | 2,770 | ||
Charlottetown-Lewis Point* | 14 | CHA | PC | Lib | 1,865 | 58.94% | 566 | 17.89% | 82.34% | 1,865 | 1,299 | – | – | – | 3,164 | ||
Charlottetown-Parkdale | 11 | CHA | New | Lib | 1,666 | 57.43% | 565 | 19.48% | 84.04% | 1,666 | 1,101 | – | 134 | – | 2,901 | ||
Charlottetown-Sherwood | 10 | CHA | New | Lib | 1,712 | 54.78% | 467 | 14.94% | 84.05% | 1,712 | 1,245 | 83 | 85 | – | 3,125 | ||
Charlottetown-Victoria Park* | 12 | CHA | Lib | Lib | 1,536 | 53.58% | 578 | 20.16% | 84.34% | 1,536 | 958 | 166 | 207 | – | 2,867 | ||
Cornwall-Meadowbank* | 16 | MPQ | Lib | Lib | 1,761 | 62.31% | 853 | 30.18% | 77.81% | 1,761 | 908 | 78 | 79 | – | 2,826 | ||
Evangeline-Miscouche | 24 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,311 | 55.81% | 376 | 16.01% | 88.92% | 1,311 | 935 | 103 | – | – | 2,349 | ||
Georgetown-St. Peters* | 2 | CAR | PC | PC | 1,678 | 53.08% | 289 | 9.14% | 88.34% | 1,389 | 1,678 | – | 94 | – | 3,161 | ||
Kellys Cross-Cumberland* | 17 | MPQ | Lib | Lib | 1,811 | 52.01% | 565 | 16.23% | 83.35% | 1,811 | 1,246 | 238 | 187 | – | 3,482 | ||
Kensington-Malpeque | 20 | MPQ | PC | Lib | 1,788 | 50.31% | 214 | 6.02% | 81.62% | 1,788 | 1,574 | 192 | – | – | 3,554 | ||
Montague-Kilmuir* | 3 | CAR | PC | PC | 1,447 | 52.43% | 134 | 4.86% | 89.00% | 1,313 | 1,447 | – | – | – | 2,760 | ||
Morell-Mermaid* | 7 | CAR | PC | PC | 1,384 | 46.46% | 443 | 14.87% | 86.53% | 941 | 1,384 | – | 94 | 560 | 2,979 | ||
O'Leary-Inverness* | 25 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,731 | 62.13% | 676 | 24.26% | 83.20% | 1,731 | 1,055 | – | – | – | 2,786 | ||
Parkdale-Belvedere | – | CHA | PC | Dissolved | |||||||||||||
Rustico-Emerald* | 18 | MPQ | PC | Lib | 1,970 | 60.28% | 869 | 26.59% | 89.61% | 1,970 | 1,101 | 197 | – | – | 3,268 | ||
Sherwood-Hillsborough | – | CHA | PC | Dissolved | |||||||||||||
Souris-Elmira | 1 | CAR | PC | Lib | 1,422 | 50.34% | 210 | 7.43% | 87.06% | 1,422 | 1,212 | 70 | 121 | – | 2,825 | ||
Stratford-Kinlock* | 6 | CAR | PC | Lib | 1,682 | 48.26% | 81 | 2.32% | 85.99% | 1,682 | 1,601 | 129 | 73 | – | 3,485 | ||
Summerside-St. Eleanors* | 22 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,697 | 54.36% | 469 | 15.02% | 73.59% | 1,697 | 1,228 | 86 | 77 | 34 | 3,122 | ||
Summerside-Wilmot* | 21 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,645 | 57.10% | 582 | 20.20% | 73.79% | 1,645 | 1,063 | – | 173 | – | 2,881 | ||
Tignish-Palmer Road* | 27 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,569 | 55.15% | 293 | 10.30% | 91.60% | 1,569 | 1,276 | – | – | – | 2,845 | ||
Tracadie-Fort Augustus | – | MPQ | PC | Dissolved | |||||||||||||
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park | 8 | CHA | New | Lib | 1,577 | 55.39% | 475 | 16.68% | 79.31% | 1,577 | 1,102 | 95 | 73 | – | 2,847 | ||
Tyne Valley-Linkletter* | 23 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,599 | 58.06% | 444 | 16.12% | 75.02% | 1,599 | 1,155 | – | – | – | 2,754 | ||
Vernon River-Stratford* | 5 | CAR | PC | Lib | 1,387 | 48.03% | 66 | 2.29% | 86.32% | 1,387 | 1,321 | 100 | 80 | – | 2,888 | ||
West Royalty-Springvale* | 15 | CHA | PC | Lib | 1,766 | 55.07% | 460 | 14.34% | 83.89% | 1,766 | 1,306 | 135 | – | – | 3,207 | ||
York-Oyster Bed* | 9 | MPQ | PC | Lib | 1,970 | 55.37% | 569 | 15.99% | 88.74% | 1,970 | 1,401 | 126 | 61 | – | 3,558 |
* - renamed in 2007 redistribution
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Lib | PC | Total | ||
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Open seats held | 1 | 1 | ||
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 12 | 12 | |
Open seats gained | 6 | 6 | ||
Taken by candidate previously incumbent in another riding | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 23 | 4 | 27 |
The five largest margins of victory were:
The five smallest margins of victory were:
Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | |
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Liberal | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive Conservative | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |
New Democratic | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Party Name | Cardigan | Malpeque | Charlottetown | Egmont | Total | ||
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Liberal | Seats: | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | |
Popular Vote: | 44.40% | 54.91% | 56.98% | 55.92% | 52.93% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Popular Vote: | 48.74% | 38.41% | 37.22% | 40.90% | 41.35% | ||
Total seats: | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | ||
Parties that won no seats: | |||||||
Green | Vote: | 411 | 1,336 | 434 | 284 | 2,482 | |
Popular Vote: | 1.97% | 5.19% | 2.93% | 1.44% | 3.04% | ||
NDP | Vote: | 462 | 384 | 426 | 309 | 1,597 | |
Popular Vote: | 2.21% | 1.49% | 2.87% | 1.57% | 1.96% | ||
Independent | Vote: | 560 | xx | xx | 34 | 594 | |
Popular Vote: | 2.68% | xx | xx | 0.17% | 0.73% |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | Green | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Belfast-Murray River | Pat Binns 1,527 (55.15%) | Charlie McGeoghegan 1,130 (40.81%) | Ahmon Katz 112 (4.04%) | Pat Binns | ||||||||
Georgetown-St. Peters | Michael Currie 1,678 (53.08%) | Danny Walker 1,389 (43.94%) | Jane Dunphy 94 (2.97%) | Michael Currie | ||||||||
Montague-Kilmuir | Jim Bagnall 1,447 (52.43%) | Billy Cann 1,313 (47.57%) | Jim Bagnall | |||||||||
Morell-Mermaid | Olive Crane 1,384 (46.46%) | Doug Deacon 941 (31.59%) | Mike Avery 94 (3.16%) | Larry McGuire (Ind.) 560 (18.80%) | Olive Crane | |||||||
Souris-Elmira | Andy Mooney 1,212 (42.90%) | Allan Campbell 1,422 (50.34%) | Rachel Leslie 70 (2.48%) | Betty Fay 121 (4.28%) | Andy Mooney | |||||||
Stratford-Kinlock | David McKenna 1,601 (45.94%) | Cynthia Dunsford 1,682 (48.26%) | Mark Wellman 129 (3.70%) | Jane McNeil 73 (2.09) | David McKenna | |||||||
Vernon River-Stratford | Allan Fraser 1,321 (45.74%) | Alan McIsaac 1,387 (48.03%) | Gary Clauseheide 100 (3.46%) | Edith Perry 80 (2.77%) | Wilbur MacDonald† |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | Green | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Borden-Kinkora | Fred McCardle 1,351 (39.11%) | George Webster 1,811 (52.43%) | Jamie Larkin 292 (8.45%) | Fred McCardle | ||||||||
Cornwall-Meadowbank | Margaret Duffy 908 (32.13%) | Ron MacKinley 1,761 (62.31%) | Paul Ness 78 (2.76%) | Kirk Brown 79 (2.80%) | Ron MacKinley | |||||||
Kellys Cross-Cumberland | Steven Stead 1,246 (35.78%) | Valerie Docherty 1,811 (52.01%) | Peter Bevan-Baker 221 (6.84%) | Lorraine Begley 171 (5.37%) | Carolyn Bertram | |||||||
Kensington-Malpeque | Mitch Murphy 1,574 (44.29%) | Wes Sheridan 1,788 (50.31%) | Jodie Bowmaster 192 (5.40%) | Mitch Murphy | ||||||||
Rustico-Emerald | David Blacquiere 1,101 (33.69%) | Carolyn Bertram 1,970 (60.28%) | Sharon Labchuk 197 (6.03%) | Beth MacKenzie† | ||||||||
York-Oyster Bed | Jamie Ballem 1,401 (39.38%) | Robert Vessey 1,970 (55.37%) | Joan Cullen 126 (3.54%) | James Rodd 61 (1.71%) | Jamie Ballem |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | Green | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Charlottetown-Brighton | John Abbott 916 (33.07%) | Robert Ghiz 1,669 (60.25%) | Cindy Burton 185 (6.68%) | Robert Ghiz | ||||||||
Charlottetown-Lewis Point | Wes MacAleer 1,299 (41.06%) | Kathleen Casey 1,865 (58.94%) | Wes MacAleer | |||||||||
Charlottetown-Parkdale | Mike Molyneaux 1,101 (37.95%) | Doug Currie 1,666 (57.43%) | Zain Esseghaier 134 (4.62%) | Elmer MacFadyen † | ||||||||
Charlottetown-Sherwood | Chester Gillan 1,245 (39.84%) | Robert Mitchell 1,712 (54.78%) | Kat Murphy 83 (2.66%) | Brian Pollard 85 (2.72%) | Chester Gillan | |||||||
Charlottetown-Victoria Park | Jason Lee 958 (33.41%) | Richard Brown 1,536 (53.58%) | Denise Reiser 166 (5.79%) | Dean Constable 207 (7.22%) | Richard Brown | |||||||
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park | Elmer MacFadyen 1,102 (38.71%) | Buck Watts 1,577 (55.39%) | Robert Pendergast 95 (3.34%) | Peter MacFarlane 73 (2.56%) | Mildred Dover † | |||||||
West Royalty-Springvale | Wayne Collins 1,306 (40.72%) | Bush Dumville 1,766 (55.07%) | Larry Cosgrave 135 (4.21%) | Wayne Collins |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | Green | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Alberton-Roseville | Cletus Dunn 1,364 (45.39%) | Pat Murphy 1,487 (49.84%) | Gerald O'Meara 95 (3.16%) | Jillian Kilfoil 59 (1.96%) | Cletus Dunn | |||||||
Evangeline-Miscouche | Wilfred Arsenault 935 (39.80%) | Sonny Gallant 1,311 (55.81%) | Mannie Gallant 103 (4.38%) | Wilfred Arsenault | ||||||||
O'Leary-Inverness | Eva Rodgerson 1,055 (37.87%) | Robert Henderson 1,731 (62.13%) | Eva Rodgerson | |||||||||
Summerside-St. Eleanors | Brent Gallant 1,228 (39.33%) | Gerard Greenan 1,697 (54.36%) | Stuart Smith 86 (2.75%) | Paulette Halupa 77 (2.47%) | John W. A. Curtis (Ind.) 34 (1.09%) | Helen MacDonald† | ||||||
Summerside-Wilmot | Gerard McCardle 1,063 (36.90%) | Janice Sherry 1,645 (57.10%) | Ryan Pollard 173 (6.00%) | Greg Deighan† | ||||||||
Tignish-Palmer Road | Gail Shea 1,276 (44.85%) | Neil LeClair 1,569 (55.15%) | Gail Shea | |||||||||
Tyne Valley-Linkletter | Philip Brown 1,155 (41.94%) | Paula Biggar 1,599 (58.06%) | Philip Brown |