2025 Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election

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2025 Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election
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Candidate Matt MacFarlane Hannah Bell
Votes507
(77.5%)		147
(22.4%)
Previous leader

Karla Bernard (interim)

Elected leader

Matt MacFarlane

Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election
DateJune 7, 2025
Convention Bluefield High School, Hampshire, Prince Edward Island
Resigning leader Peter Bevan-Baker
Won by Matt MacFarlane
Ballots1
Candidates2 (+ none of the above)

The Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election was called after the resignation of leader Peter Bevan-Baker and was held on June 7, 2025 in Prince Edward Island. [1] [2] [3] This was the Green Party's first contested leadership election.

Contents

In July 2023, Karla Bernard, MLA was named interim leader. [4] Previous leader Peter Bevan-Baker resigned following the significant loss of party seats in the previous provincial election. [5]

Borden-Kinkora MLA Matt MacFarlane won the leadership election with 77.5% of the vote. [6]

The Liberals will hold their leadership election in October, while the PC's have yet to schedule their leadership election.

Timeline

Candidates

Applications for the leadership contest opened on February 1 and closed March 1. The party will vet the candidates before publicly announcing them on March 12.

Results

CandidateVotes
#%
Matt MacFarlane 50777.52
Hannah Bell 14722.48
Total654100.0
Sources: [12] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Campbell, Kerry (5 July 2023). "Who will be the next leader of P.E.I.'s Green Party?" . Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "P.E.I. Greens holding off on choosing new leader until after federal election". Yahoo News. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-green-party-leadership-contest-election-provincial-1.7438231
  4. ↑ Neatby, Stu (21 July 2023). "Charlottetown MLA Karla Bernard named interim Green party leader". Saltware. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "P.E.I. Green leader Peter Bevan-Baker stepping down after seat decline in election". CTV News. 17 June 2023. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  6. 1 2 Neatby, Stu (7 June 2025). "P.E.I. Greens elect Borden-Kinkora MLA Matt MacFarlane as new leader". The Guardian. Postmedia Network . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "P.E.I. Green Party candidate unofficially wins Borden-Kinkora byelection". CBC News. 7 February 2024. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  8. ↑
  9. 1 2 Brun, Stephen (24 January 2025). "Matt MacFarlane first to declare his candidacy to lead P.E.I. Green Party". CBC News.
  10. 1 2 "Hannah Bell wants to get back into politics as the P.E.I. Green Party leader". CBC News. 24 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Egan, Gwyneth (6 March 2025). "Green Party of P.E.I. announces its 2 approved leadership candidates". CBC News.
  12. ↑ Thibodeau, Wayne (7 June 2025). "Matt MacFarlane chosen as leader of P.E.I. Green Party". CBC News . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
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