2010 Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election

2010 Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election
Date	October 2, 2010
Convention	Charlottetown
Resigning leader	Pat Binns
Won by	Olive Crane
Ballots	2
Candidates	5
Entrance Fee	$2,500
Spending limit	$35,000
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island held a leadership election in Charlottetown on October 2, 2010^[1] to select a new leader after the resignation of former Premier Pat Binns on August 30, 2007 following the defeat of the party in the 2007 general election. Olive Crane was appointed interim leader on September 4, 2007 and served until June 2010 when she resigned to successfully run for leader. Jamie Ballem, Fred McCardle, Jamie Fox, and Peter Llewellyn were all also candidates for the party's leadership.^[2]

Olive Crane won the election.^[3]

Confirmed candidates[]

Jamie Ballem, former PC Environment Minister
Olive Crane, interim PC leader 2007–2010
Fred McCardle, former MLA for Borden-Kinkora
Peter Llewellyn, former mayor of Georgetown, PEI^[4]
Jamie Fox, former police chief^[5]

Results[]

The results of the leadership election was as follows.^[3]

First Round[]

Candidate	Votes
Olive Crane	819
Jamie Ballem	692
Peter Llewellyn	94
Jamie Fox	79
Fred McCardle	58

Second Round[]

Candidate	Votes
Olive Crane	908
Jamie Ballem	604
Jamie Fox	11
Peter Llewellyn	7

References[]

^ "CBC News - Prince Edward Island - P.E.I. Tories waiting on picking a leader". Cbc.ca. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
^ "CBC News - Prince Edward Island - Crane to lead P.E.I. PCs". Cbc.ca. 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
^ ^a ^b "Crane wins P.E.I. Tory leadership". Cbc.ca. 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
^ "Peter Llewellyn announces bid for leadership". Cbc.ca. 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
^ CA (2010-07-23). "Former Borden police chief announces intention to run for PC leadership". Theguardian.pe.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

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[1] "CBC News - Prince Edward Island - P.E.I. Tories waiting on picking a leader". Cbc.ca. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

[2] "CBC News - Prince Edward Island - Crane to lead P.E.I. PCs". Cbc.ca. 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

[:0-3] "Crane wins P.E.I. Tory leadership". Cbc.ca. 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

[4] "Peter Llewellyn announces bid for leadership". Cbc.ca. 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

[5] CA (2010-07-23). "Former Borden police chief announces intention to run for PC leadership". Theguardian.pe.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

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