2019 Prince Edward Island general election

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2019 Prince Edward Island general election
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  2015 23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) (15 July 2019 (2019-07-15) [lower-alpha 1] ) 2023  

27 seats [1] in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
14 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout76.28%Decrease2.svg [2]
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Dennis King meets with Erin O'Toole (cropped2).jpg Peter Bevan-Baker.jpg Wade MacLauchlan in DC (cropped).jpg
Leader Dennis King Peter Bevan-Baker Wade MacLauchlan
Party Progressive Conservative Green Liberal
Leader since 9 February 2019 3 November 2012 21 February 2015
Leader's seat Brackley-Hunter River New Haven-Rocky Point Ran in Stanhope-Marshfield (lost)
Last election8 seats, 37.39%1 seat, 10.81%18 seats, 40.83%
Seats before8216
Seats won13 [3] 86
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Increase2.svg6Decrease2.svg10
Popular vote30,41525,30224,346
Percentage36.73%30.56%29.40%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.66%Increase2.svg19.75%Decrease2.svg11.43%

Prince Edward Island general election 2019 - Results by Riding.svg
Popular vote by district. As this is a FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead by the result in each district. District names are listed at the bottom. The results of the deferred Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park election are included in a separate inset.

Premier before election

Wade MacLauchlan
Liberal

Premier after election

Dennis King
Progressive Conservative

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]

Contents

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

Source : electionspei.ca

Summary of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island election results
PartyParty leaderCandidatesSeatsPopular vote
2015 Dissol. 2019Change#%Change
Progressive Conservative Dennis King 278813+530,41536.73–0.66
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 27128+725,30230.55+19.74
Liberal Wade MacLauchlan 2718166–1224,34629.41–11.42
New Democratic Joe Byrne 240002,4542.96–8.01
  Independent 3010-2820.34+0.34
Blank and invalid ballots3860.46
Total10827272783,185100
Registered voters / turnout107,10977.66
Popular vote
PC
36.73%
Green
30.56%
Liberal
29.40%
New Democratic
2.96%
Others
0.34%
Seats summary
PC
48.15%
Green
29.63%
Liberal
22.22%

Synopsis of results

2019 PEI general election - synopsis of riding results, grouped by federal riding [a 1]
Riding 2015 Winning partyTurnout
[a 2]
Votes [a 3]
PartyVotesShareMargin
#
Margin
%
PC Green Lib NDP IndTotal
Cardigan
Belfast-Murray River  PC PC1,54552.5%76425.9%77.70%1,5457816152,941
Georgetown-Pownal New PC1,49348.6%62820.4%82.03%1,493865663493,070
Georgetown-St. Peters  PCDissolved 
Mermaid-Stratford New Grn1,15238.1%2187.2%78.85%9341,152902383,026
Montague-Kilmuir  Lib PC1,37346.4%58819.9%76.63%1,3736757851242,957
Morell-Donagh New PC1,75257.6%1,05534.7%79.06%1,752697557353,041
Morell-Mermaid  PCDissolved 
Souris-Elmira  PC PC1,34744.7%48616.1%81.31%1,3478048613,012
Stanhope-Marshfield New PC1,30039.5%1043.1%81.31%1,3007471,196463,289
Stratford-Keppoch New PC1,27042.5%38813.0%80.80%1,270805882312,988
Stratford-Kinlock  PCDissolved 
Vernon River-Stratford  LibDissolved 
Malpeque
Borden-Kinkora  PC PC1,68052.1%63919.8%80.33%1,6801,04141732543,224
Brackley-Hunter River New PC1,31541.7%41613.2%80.05%1,315879899573,150
Cornwall-Meadowbank  Lib Lib1,64347.9%50614.8%80.28%6021,1371,643483,430
Kellys Cross-Cumberland  GrnDissolved 
Kensington-Malpeque  PC PC2,00862.1%1,20337.2%79.64%2,008805389313,233
New Haven-Rocky Point New Grn1,87053.8%80223.1%82.83%1,0681,870515263,479
Rustico-Emerald  PC PC1,92057.5%1,02130.6%80.44%1,920899489303,338
York-Oyster Bed  LibDissolved 
Charlottetown
Charlottetown-Belvedere New Grn1,28640.4%2889.1%75.46%9981,286846553,185
Charlottetown-Brighton  Lib Grn1,30140.3%782.4%78.00%5671,3011,2231383,229
Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park New PC1,08043.7%37115.0%60.46%1,080709635462,470
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park  LibDissolved 
Charlottetown-Lewis Point  LibDissolved 
Charlottetown-Parkdale  LibDissolved 
Charlottetown-Sherwood  LibDissolved 
Charlottetown-Victoria Park  Lib Grn1,27240.5%39712.6%74.55%6561,2728753383,141
Charlottetown-West Royalty New Lib1,07935.2%1133.7%73.18%7669661,079562023,069
Charlottetown-Winsloe New Lib1,42042.0%36310.8%80.46%8651,0571,420413,383
West Royalty-Springvale  LibDissolved 
Egmont
Alberton-Bloomfield New PC1,31245.5%1595.5%81.37%1,3123171,153992,881
Alberton-Roseville  LibDissolved 
Evangeline-Miscouche  Lib Lib1,10044.6%33913.8%77.89%5757611,100332,469
O'Leary-Inverness  Lib Lib1,10240.9%2047.6%79.02%4622311,1028982,693
Summerside-St. Eleanors  LibDissolved 
Summerside-South Drive New Green1,30243.9%36412.3%66.62%6621,302938652,967
Summerside-Wilmot  Lib Green1,25839.0%2216.9%74.34%1,0371,258892393,226
Tignish-Palmer Road  Lib Lib1,38849.3%58620.8%81.71%8025841,388442,818
Tyne Valley-Linkletter  LibDissolved 
Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke New Green1,10135.6%752.4%75.98%1,0261,101882813,090
  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
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = incumbent re-elected in same riding
  = previously incumbent in another riding
  = other incumbent renominated
Resulting composition of the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
SeatsParty
Redistribution statusReasonPCGrnLibTotal
New seatsTaken by previous incumbents from other ridings3216
Ouster of previous incumbent11
Previous incumbents defeated224
Open seats gained33
Subtotal84214
Seats carried overSeats retained by incumbents549
Incumbents defeated33
Open seats gained11
Total138627

Results by region

Regional summary of results (2019)
RegionSeats wonVote share (%)Change (pp)
PCGrnLibPCGrnLibNDPPCGrnLibNDPMajor swing
Cardigan 6146.1827.4725.031.32+1.23+22.02-13.13-6.53   17.58
Malpeque 51142.7531.8823.971.05+4.54+13.12-12.36-5.64   12.74
Charlottetown 13226.6935.6732.893.64-4.39+23.26-7.80-12.18   17.72
Egmont 13329.1827.5837.026.23-5.79+21.57-11.98-3.78   16.78
Total138636.7330.5629.402.96-0.66+19.75-11.43-8.02   15.59

Detailed analysis

Position attained in seats contested
Party1st2nd3rd4th
Progressive Conservative 1368
Green 81171
Liberal 6912
New Democratic 121
Independent 3
Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results
PartiesSeats
  Progressive Conservative   Green 12
  Progressive Conservative   Liberal 7
  Green   Liberal 7
  Liberal   New Democratic 1
Total27

Timeline

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Opinion polls

PEI 66th provincial election polling.png

The following is a list of scientific opinion polls of published voter intentions.

Date(s)
conducted
Polling organisation/clientSample size Liberal PC Green NDP Lead
18 – 22 April 2019 Forum Research 107325.7%35.3%34.3%4.6%1%
14 – 17 April 2019 Mainstreet Research 63629.2%30.5%35.4%3.9%4.9%
12 – 15 April 2019 Narrative Research 53929%32%35%3%3%
11 – 16 April 2019 MQO Research 40026%29%40%3%11%
26 March 2019General election called for 23 April
23 – 24 March 2019 Mainstreet Research 69131.6%27.5%35.9%3.7%4.3%
2 – 24 February 2019 Corporate Research Associates Archived 8 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine 30127%29%38%4%9%
9 February 2019 Dennis King is elected as the leader of Prince Edward Island PC Party
21 – 27 January 2019 MQO Research 40033%28%34%2%1%
15 – 18 January 2019 Mainstreet Research 73135.2%29.6%30.8%2.7%4.4%
2 – 19 November 2018 Corporate Research Associates Archived 15 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine 63736%20%37%6%1%
30 Oct – 1 November 2018 Mainstreet Research 63733.4%28.3%29.7%6.7%3.7%
22 Oct – 4 November 2018 MQO Research 40031%30%32%7%1%
221 August 2018 Corporate Research Associates Archived 6 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine 30035%20%38%7%3%
1517 July 2018 Mainstreet Research 73132.0%31.3%29.2%5.4%0.7%
1229 July 2018 MQO Research 40034%29%33%4%1%
228 May 2018 Corporate Research Associates 60034%26%33%7%1%
16 Apr – 8 May 2018 MQO Research 40038%29%26%7%9%
7 April 2018 Joe Byrne is elected as the leader of New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island
228 Feb 2018 Corporate Research Associates Archived 7 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine 30042%17%34%6%8%
1520 Jan 2018 MQO Research 40037%29%28%6%8%
46 Jan 2018 Mainstreet Research 64728.6%30.2%36.1%5.1%5.9%
130 Nov 2017 Corporate Research Associates Archived 7 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine 60037%28%25%11%9%
20 October 2017 James Aylward announces his resignation as the leader of Prince Edward Island PC Party
310 Oct 2017 MQO Research 40043%32%13%12%11%
3 Aug – 5 September 2017 Corporate Research Associates Archived 13 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 30445%24%18%12%21%
15 July 2017 MQO Research 39%31%22%7%8%
9 May1 June 2017 Corporate Research Associates Archived 31 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine 30438%26%26%10%12%
18 April 2017 MQO Research 39%29%23%9%10%
3 Feb – 1 March 2017 Corporate Research Associates Archived 30 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine 30448%19%26%7%22%
16 January 2017 MQO Research 44%26%24%6%18%
729 Nov 2016 Corporate Research Associates Archived 30 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine 30046%25%22%7%21%
2 October 2016 MQO Research 56%25%7%11%31%
931 Aug 2016 Corporate Research Associates Archived 31 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine 30164%19%9%8%45%
19 July 2016 MQO Research 64%14%6%16%48%
630 May 2016 Corporate Research Associates Archived 25 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine 30058%20%16%7%38%
6 April 2016 MQO Research 69%17%9%5%52%
9 Feb – 7 March 2016 Corporate Research Associates Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine 30961%19%11%9%42%
6 Nov – 1 December 2015 Corporate Research Associates Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine 30161%18%11%9%43%
25 October 2015 Jamie Fox is elected as interim leader of Prince Edward Island PC Party
10 Aug – 2 September 2015 Corporate Research Associates Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine 30446%22%14%18%24%
1128 May 2015 Corporate Research Associates Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 30040%24%17%19%16%
4 May 2015 General election results 81,99840.8%37.4%10.8%11.0%3.4%

Candidates

Cardigan

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
LiberalPCGreenNDPIndependent
4. Belfast-Murray River Ian MacPherson [26]
615 - 20.91%
  Darlene Compton
1,545 - 52.53%
James Sanders
781 - 26.56%
Andy Clarey [lower-alpha 3]  Darlene Compton
2. Georgetown-Pownal Kevin Doyle [28]
663 - 21.60%
  Steven Myers
1,493 - 48.63%
Susan Hartley [29]
865 - 28.18%
Edith Perry [30]
49 - 1.60%
 Steven Myers
Georgetown-St. Peters
5. Mermaid-Stratford Randy Cooper [31]
902 - 29.81%
Mary Ellen McInnis [32]
934 - 30.87%
  Michele Beaton
1,152 - 38.07%
Lawrence Millar
38 - 1.26%
Alan McIsaac [33]
Vernon River-Stratford
3. Montague-Kilmuir Daphne Griffin [34]
785 -26.55%
  Cory Deagle [35]
1,373 - 46.43%
John Allen MacLean
675 - 22.83%
Billy Cann
124 - 4.19%
  Allen Roach [33]
7. Morell-Donagh Susan Myers
557 - 18.32%
  Sidney MacEwen
1,752 - 57.61%
Kyle MacDonald
697 - 22.92%
Margaret Andrade
35 - 1.15%
 Sidney MacEwen
Morell-Mermaid
1. Souris-Elmira Tommy Kickham [36]
861 - 28.59%
  Colin LaVie
1,347 - 44.72%
Boyd Leard [29]
804 - 26.69%
Colin LaVie
8. Stanhope-Marshfield Wade MacLauchlan
1,196 - 36.36%
  Bloyce Thompson
1,300 - 39.53%
Sarah Donald
747 - 22.71%
Marian White
46 - 1.40%
Wade MacLauchlan
York-Oyster Bed
6. Stratford-Keppoch David Dunphy
882 - 29.52%
  James Aylward
1,270 - 42.50%
Devon Strang
805 - 26.94%
Lynne Thiele [37]
31 - 1.04%
James Aylward
Stratford-Kinlock

Malpeque

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
LiberalPCGreenNDPIndependent
19. Borden-Kinkora Jamie Stride [38]
417 - 12.93%
  Jamie Fox
1,680 - 52.11%
Matthew MacFarlane [39]
1,041 - 32.29%
Joan Gauvin
32 - 0.99%
Fred McCardle
54 - 1.67%
Jamie Fox
15. Brackley-Hunter River Windsor Wight
899 - 28.54%
  Dennis King
1,315 - 41.75%
Greg Bradley [40]
879 - 27.90%
Leah-Jane Hayward [37]
57 - 1.81%
Bush Dumville
West Royalty-Springvale
16. Cornwall-Meadowbank   Heath MacDonald
1,643 - 47.90%
Elaine Barnes
602 - 17.55%
Ellen Jones [41]
1,137 - 33.15%
Craig Nash
48 - 1.40%
Heath MacDonald
20. Kensington-Malpeque Nancy Beth Guptill
389 - 12.03%
  Matthew MacKay
2,008 - 62.11%
Matthew J. MacKay [42]
805 - 24.90%
Carole MacFarlane
31 - 0.96%
Matthew MacKay
17. New Haven-Rocky Point Judy MacNevin
515 - 14.80%
Kris Currie [43]
1,068 - 30.70%
  Peter Bevan-Baker
1,870 - 53.75%
Don Wills
26 - 0.75%
Peter Bevan-Baker
Kellys Cross-Cumberland
18. Rustico-Emerald Alexander (Sandy) MacKay
489 - 14.65%
  Brad Trivers
1,920 - 57.52%
Colin Jeffrey [42]
899 - 26.93%
Sean Deagle
30 - 0.90%
Brad Trivers

Charlottetown

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
LiberalPCGreenNDPIndependent
11. Charlottetown-Belvedere Roxanne Carter-Thompson
846 - 26.56%
Ronnie Carragher
998 - 31.33%
  Hannah Bell [44]
1,286 - 40.38%
Trevor Leclerc
55 - 1.73%
 Hannah Bell
Charlottetown-Parkdale
13. Charlottetown-Brighton Jordan Brown
1,223 - 37.88%
Donna Hurry
567 - 17.56%
  Ole Hammarlund [44]
1,301 - 40.29%
Simone Webster
138 - 4.27%
Jordan Brown
9. Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park Karen Lavers
635 25.71%
  Natalie Jameson
1,080 43.72%
John Andrew
709 - 28.70%
Gordon Gay
46 - 1.86%
Buck Watts [33]
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park
Election deferred, held on 15 July 2019 due to the death of Green Party candidate Josh Underhay [5] [45] [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 4]
12. Charlottetown-Victoria Park Richard Brown
875 - 27.86%
Tim Keizer
656 - 20.89%
  Karla Bernard [44]
1,272 - 40.50%
Joe Byrne [47]
338 - 10.76%
 Richard Brown
14. Charlottetown-West Royalty   Gord McNeilly [48]
1,079 - 35.16%
Angus Birt [49]
766 - 24.96%
Gavin Hall [41]
966 - 31.48%
Janis Newman
56 - 1.82%
Bush Dumville [50]
202 - 6.58%
  Kathleen Casey [33]
Charlottetown-Lewis Point
10. Charlottetown-Winsloe   Robert Mitchell
1,420 - 41.97%
Mike Gillis
865 - 25.57%
Amanda Morrison
1,057 - 31.24%
Jesse Reddin Cousins
41 - 1.21%
 Robert Mitchell
Charlottetown-Sherwood

Egmont

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
LiberalPCGreenNDP
26. Alberton-Bloomfield Pat Murphy
1,153 - 40.02%
  Ernie Hudson
1,312 - 45.54%
James McKenna
317 - 11.00%
Michelle Arsenault [51]
99 - 3.44%
 Pat Murphy
Alberton-Roseville
24. Evangeline-Miscouche   Sonny Gallant
1,100 - 44.55%
Jason Woodbury
575 - 23.29%
Nick Arsenault [52]
761 - 30.82%
Grant Gallant
33 - 1.34%
 Sonny Gallant
25. O'Leary-Inverness   Robert Henderson
1,102 - 40.92%
Barb Broome
462 - 17.16%
Jason Charette [52]
231 - 8.58%
Herb Dickieson [53]
898 - 33.35%
 Robert Henderson
22. Summerside-South Drive Tina Mundy
938 - 31.61%
Paul Walsh
662 - 22.31%
  Steve Howard [39]
1,302 - 43.88%
Garth Oatway
65 - 2.19%
 Tina Mundy
Summerside-St. Eleanors
21. Summerside-Wilmot Chris Palmer
892 - 27.65%
Tyler DesRoches
1,037 - 32.15%
  Lynne Lund [39]
1,258 - 39.00%
Paulette Halupa
39 - 1.21%
 Chris Palmer
27. Tignish-Palmer Road   Hal Perry
1,388 - 49.25%
Melissa Handrahan
802 - 28.46%
Sean Doyle
584 - 20.72%
Dale Ryan [54]
44 - 1.56%
 Hal Perry
23. Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Paula Biggar
882 - 28.54%
Hilton MacLennan [55]
1,026 - 33.20%
  Trish Altass [39]
1,101 - 35.63%
Robin Enman [56]
81 - 2.62%
 Paula Biggar
Tyne Valley-Linkletter

Notes

  1. Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park's district election was delayed for July 15
  2. 1 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]

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