2025 Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership election

2025 Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership election

Date	October 4, 2025
Convention	Delta Hotels Prince Edward, Charlottetown
Resigning leader	Sharon Cameron
Candidates	2
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The 2025 Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership election will take place on October 4, 2025, to elect a new leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party. The contest was prompted by the resignation of Sharon Cameron, who stepped down after the party's poor showing in the 2023 general election. ^[1] It was originally supposed to be held in May 2026. Candidate registration closes in July 2025. ^[2] The Greens held their leadership elections in June. The Progressive Conservatives have yet to schedule their leadership election.

Timeline

• April 6, 2023 – Sharon Cameron resigns as leader of the Liberal Party. Hal Perry is selected as interim leader 6 days later. ^{[3] [4]}
• July 4, 2025 – Deadline for candidates to apply.

Candidates

Declared

• Robert Mitchell, interim party leader (2019); Minister of Health and Wellness (2018–2019), Minister of Communities, Land and Environment (2015–2018); MLA for Charlottetown-Sherwood (2007–2019), MLA for Charlottetown-Winsloe (2019–2020) ^[5]
• Todd Cormier, founder and former owner of Eastern Fabricators in Georgetown

References

1. Mackay, Cody (April 6, 2023). "P.E.I. Liberal Leader Sharon Cameron stepping down". CBC News . Retrieved April 6, 2023.
2. Brun, Stephen (March 17, 2025). "P.E.I. Liberals move their leadership convention up to October 2025". CBC News .
3. Davis, Tony (May 8, 2019). "P.E.I. Liberal Party names Robert Mitchell interim leader". CBC News. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
4. Ross, Shane (April 12, 2023). "Hal Perry takes over as interim leader of P.E.I. Liberals". CBC News. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
5. Nguyen, Thinh (March 14, 2025). "Former MLA Robert Mitchell announces bid for P.E.I. Liberal leadership". CBC News .