2023_Prince_Edward_Island_general_election

2023 Prince Edward Island general election

2023 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election

The 2023 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island on 3 April 2023.[2] The election normally required by 2 October under Prince Edward Island's fixed election date legislation was called early by Premier Dennis King at his nomination meeting on 6 March.[2]

Quick Facts All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 14 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

The Progressive Conservatives under incumbent Premier Dennis King won a majority government, gaining a combined seven seats from the Liberal and Green parties. The Liberals won three seats and became the Official Opposition, replacing the Greens who held two of their seats;[3] however, newly acclaimed Liberal leader Sharon Cameron challenged Green leader Peter Bevan-Baker for his own seat and lost, placing third behind Bevan-Baker and the PC candidate.[4] Following the election, Cameron and Bevan-Baker resigned as leaders of their respective parties.[5][6]

The New Democratic Party ran candidates in all 27 districts, and the Island Party officially registered for the first time since the 2011 election, running candidates in 11 districts.[7] Neither party elected any members to the Legislature.[8] Voter turnout of 68.5% was the province's lowest recorded for a general election since Elections PEI began keeping records in 1966.[1]

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.

Changes in MLAs

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Results

Main article: 67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
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Synopsis of results

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  1. [a 1]
    "2023 Province-Wide Summary". electionspei.ca. Elections PEI. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. [a 2]
    Neatby, Stu (5 April 2023). "P.E.I.'s 2023 election turnout was lowest in decades and there are no easy answers as to why". SaltWire.
  3. [a 3]
    including spoilt ballots
  4. [a 4]
    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
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = other incumbent renominated
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Seats changing hands

MLAs who lost their seats

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Open seats changing hands

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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):

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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 †.

Cardigan

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Malpeque

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Charlottetown

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Egmont

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Opinion polls

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

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Notes

  1. Includes results from the deferred election in Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park.

References

  1. [1]
    Yarr, Kevin (4 April 2023). "Low P.E.I. voter turnout 'cynical response to an early election call'". CBC News. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. [2]
    MacKay, Cody (6 March 2023). "King makes it official: Prince Edward Island election to be held April 3". CBC News. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    MacKay, Cody (3 April 2023). "Dennis King promises humility, kindness after winning 2nd term as P.E.I. premier". CBC News. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. [4]
    MacLean, Logan (3 April 2023). "P.E.I. Liberal Leader Sharon Cameron finishes third in New Haven-Rocky Point". Saltwire. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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    MacKay, Cody (6 April 2023). "P.E.I. Liberal Leader Sharon Cameron stepping down". CBC News. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. [6]
    "'It's hard on you': Peter Bevan-Baker resigning as leader of P.E.I.'s Green Party". CBC. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  7. [7]
    Thibodeau, Wayne (27 March 2023). "Island Party leader says accountability front and centre for new political party". CBC News. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. [8]
    Jenkins, Alison (4 April 2023). "P.E.I.'s Island Party claims sliver of popular vote in first showing since 2011". Saltwire. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Elections Act". www.princeedwardisland.ca. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Wade MacLauchlan to step down as P.E.I. Liberal leader after third-place finish". Global News. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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    Davis, Tony (8 May 2019). "P.E.I. Liberal Party names Robert Mitchell interim leader". CBC News. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  12. [12]
    "Tory Leader Dennis King sworn in as 33rd premier of Prince Edward Island". National Post. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  13. [13]
    Goodwin, Natalia (17 June 2019). "Premier drops writ for District 9 deferred election". CBC News. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  14. [14]
    Davis, Tony (6 July 2019). "Advance voting opens for P.E.I.'s deferred District 9 election". CBC News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  15. [15]
    "P.E.I. PC candidate wins provincial seat in deferred election". Global News. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  16. [16]
    "Mitchell stepping down as interim P.E.I. Liberal leader". CBC News. 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  17. [17]
    Davis, Tony (16 September 2019). "Sonny Gallant named interim leader of P.E.I. Liberal Party". CBC News. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  18. [18]
    "Joe Byrne resigns as leader of P.E.I. NDP". www.theguardian.pe.ca. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  19. [19]
    MacLean, Logan. "P.E.I.'s NDP chooses Michelle Neill as new leader at convention attended by Jagmeet Singh | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  20. [20]
    "Sharon Cameron to be acclaimed as leader of P.E.I. Liberals". The Salt Wire. 7 October 2022. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  21. [21]
    Neatby, Stu (3 September 2020). "P.E.I. Liberal MLA Robert Mitchell resigns". www.theguardian.pe.ca. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  22. [22]
    Neatby, Stu. "Zack Bell wins byelection in Charlottetown-Winsloe". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  23. [23]
    Chang, Arturo (18 August 2021). "Heath MacDonald officially resigns as MLA to run in federal election". CBC News. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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    Thibodeau, Wayne (18 October 2021). "Premier Dennis King says timing right for Cornwall-Meadowbank byelection". CBC News. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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    Chang, Arturo (15 November 2021). "PC's Mark McLane unofficial winner of Cornwall-Meadowbank byelection". CBC News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  26. [26]
    "2023 Election Unofficial Results". Elections PEI. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  27. [27]
    "Registered Political Parties". Elections PEI. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

Opinion poll sources

  1. [p 1]
    "King on track for majority win" (PDF). Forum Research. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  2. [p 2]
    "Mainstreet Research Survey - PEI" (PDF). 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. [p 3]
    "Mainstreet Research Survey - PEI". 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. [p 4]
    "PEI: Satisfaction with King government remains strong in PEI". Narrative Research. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. [p 5]
    "Satisfaction with King government has declined, but still remains strong in PEI". Narrative Research. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. [p 6]
    Edmunds, Tal (30 August 2022). "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high and has rebounded after a dip last quarter". Narrative Research. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. [p 7]
    Edmunds, Tal (26 May 2022). "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high but has declined in the past three months". Narrative Research. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  8. [p 8]
    "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high and on par with three months ago". Narrative Research. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. [p 9]
    "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high and on par with three months ago" (PDF). Narrative Research. 30 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  10. [P 10]
    "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high despite decline in the last six months" (PDF). Narrative Research. 22 September 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  11. [P 11]
    "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high" (PDF). Narrative Research. 3 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  12. [P 12]
    "Support and satisfaction remain high for PEI's King government" (PDF). Narrative Research. 9 March 2021.
  13. [P 13]
    "Support and satisfaction remain high for PEI's King government" (PDF). Narrative Research. 8 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  14. [P 14]
    "Poll" (PDF). Narrative Research. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  15. [P 15]
    "Winter 2020 Provincial Report Prince Edward Island" (PDF). MQO Research. March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  16. [P 16]
    "Islanders express continued and climbing levels of satisfaction with PEI government" (PDF). Narrative Research. 12 March 2020.
  17. [P 17]
    "King's PC government ends the year on a highly satisfied note according to Islanders" (PDF). Narrative Research. 10 December 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  18. [P 18]
    "Satisfaction with performance of PEI government at 11-year high" (PDF). Narrative Research. 17 September 2019.
  19. [P 19]
    "King's PCs lead P.E.I. political polling". The Guardian. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  20. [P 20]
    "Support grows for new PC government of Premier Dennis King". Narrative Research. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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