2023 Prince Edward Island general election Last updated June 23, 2025 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. [ 9] 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. [ 10] 8 May 2019: Robert Mitchell is appointed interim Liberal leader. [ 11] 9 May 2019: Dennis King 's Progressive Conservative government is sworn in, following the resignation of Wade MacLauchlan's Liberal government. [ 12] 13 June 2019: Deferred election date announced for Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park. [ 13] 6 July 2019: Advance voting in Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election began, also took place on 8 and 12 July. [ 14] 15 July 2019: Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election held, Progressive Conservative candidate Natalie Jameson is elected. [ 15] 9 September 2019: Robert Mitchell resigns as interim Liberal leader. [ 16] 16 September 2019: Sonny Gallant is appointed interim Liberal leader. [ 17] 1 September 2020: Joe Byrne resigns as leader of the New Democratic Party . [ 18] 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 Popular vote PC
55.92% Green
21.57% Liberal
17.21% New Democratic
4.49% Others
0.80%
Seats summary PC
81.48% Liberal
11.11% Green
7.41%
Synopsis of results 2023 PEI general election - synopsis of riding results, grouped by federal riding [ a 1] [ a 2] Riding 2019 Winning party Turnout [ a 3] Votes [ a 4] Party Votes Share Margin # Margin % PC Green Lib NDP Island Ind Total Cardigan Belfast-Murray River PC PC 1,510 58.7% 990 38.5% 65.8% 1,510 420 520 124 – – 2,574 Georgetown-Pownal PC PC 1,961 69.8% 1,609 57.3% 73.0% 1,961 352 340 79 78 – 2,810 Mermaid-Stratford Grn PC 1,245 45.3% 38 1.4% 68.8% 1,245 1,207 254 43 – – 2,749 Montague-Kilmuir PC PC 1,847 70.2% 1,468 55.8% 66.7% 1,847 379 271 38 38 58 2,631 Morell-Donagh PC PC 1,899 70.6% 1,550 57.6% 68.1% 1,899 349 282 115 44 – 2,689 Souris-Elmira PC PC 1,593 55.4% 836 29.1% 75.8% 1,593 757 481 29 16 – 2,876 Stanhope-Marshfield PC PC 2,209 79.6% 1,643 59.2% 65.8% 2,209 – – 566 – – 2,775 Stratford-Keppoch PC PC 1,479 52.3% 632 22.4% 72.0% 1,479 847 471 32 – – 2,829 Malpeque Borden-Kinkora PC PC 1,719 60.1% 724 25.3% 67.7% 1,719 995 – 83 61 – 2,858 Brackley-Hunter River PC PC 1,903 68.2% 1,420 50.9% 70.2% 1,903 483 321 83 – – 2,790 Cornwall-Meadowbank Lib PC 1,750 54.8% 975 30.6% 68.4% 1,750 775 611 60 – – 3,196 Kensington-Malpeque PC PC 2,294 76.6% 1,831 61.1% 70.7% 2,294 463 169 67 – – 2,993 New Haven-Rocky Point Grn Grn 1,457 42.8% 106 3.2% 75.4% 1,351 1,457 502 49 49 – 3,408 Rustico-Emerald PC PC 1,990 62.5% 1,431 44.9% 70.8% 1,990 559 532 102 – – 3,183 Charlottetown Charlottetown-Belvedere Grn PC 1,418 51.1% 779 28.1% 66.7% 1,418 639 560 133 25 – 2,775 Charlottetown-Brighton Grn PC 1,171 43.0% 307 11.3% 68.4% 1,171 864 487 202 – – 2,724 Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park PC PC 1,660 61.9% 1,137 42.4% 63.2% 1,660 523 352 125 21 – 2,681 Charlottetown-Victoria Park Grn Grn 1,052 42.0% 74 3.0% 60.8% 978 1,052 293 150 32 – 2,505 Charlottetown-West Royalty Lib Lib 1,207 45.1% 165 6.2% 64.2% 1,042 301 1,207 63 28 36 2,677 Charlottetown-Winsloe Lib PC 1,861 60.6% 1,308 42.6% 71.4% 1,861 553 540 78 – 41 3,073 Egmont Alberton-Bloomfield PC PC 1,532 57.6% 636 23.9% 73.6% 1,532 132 896 102 – – 2,662 Evangeline-Miscouche Lib PC 1,384 61.7% 841 37.5% 69.4% 1,384 271 543 45 – – 2,243 O'Leary-Inverness Lib Lib 894 37.2% 156 6.5% 71.2% 738 72 894 702 – – 2,406 Summerside-South Drive Green PC 1,378 53.3% 639 24.7% 57.7% 1,378 739 397 70 – – 2,584 Summerside-Wilmot Green PC 1,651 56.7% 670 23.0% 66.8% 1,651 981 214 45 19 – 2,910 Tignish-Palmer Road Lib Lib 1,527 58.7% 588 22.6% 75.5% 939 – 1,527 137 – – 2,603 Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Green PC 1,326 51.2% 362 14.0% 64.9% 1,326 964 212 37 – 49 2,588
= open seat = turnout is above provincial average = incumbent re-elected in same riding = incumbency arose from byelection gain = other incumbent renominatedResulting composition of the 67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island Source Party PC Lib Grn Total Seats retained Incumbents returned 11 3 2 16 Open seats held 2 2 Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 4 4 Open seats gained 3 3 Byelection gains held 2 2 Total 22 3 2 27
Seats changing hands MLAs who lost their seats Open seats changing hands Incumbent MLAs who did not 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):
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 †. Opinion polls
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 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 6 March 2023 Dissolution of the 66th PEI General Assembly , campaign begins 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 19 November 2022 Sharon Cameron is elected leader of the Liberal party 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
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