67th Prince Edward Island general election

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67th Prince Edward Island general election
← 2019 On or before 2 October 2023 (2023-10-02)
All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
14 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
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Leader Dennis King Peter Bevan-Baker Sonny Gallant (interim)
TBD
Party Progressive Conservative Green Liberal
Leader since 9 February 2019 3 November 2012 16 September 2019
Leader's seat Brackley-Hunter River New Haven-Rocky Point Evangeline-Miscouche
Last election 13 seats, 36.73%[1] 8 seats, 30.56% 6 seats, 29.40%
Current seats 15 8 4
Seats needed Steady Increase6 Increase10
Incumbent Premier

Dennis King
Progressive Conservative



The 67th Prince Edward Island general election is tentatively scheduled for 2 October 2023, as a result of the provincial fixed election-date legislation calling 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. The election may be held before the scheduled date if the Legislature is dissolved earlier by the province's lieutenant governor at the recommendation of the Premier of Prince Edward Island for a snap election.[2]

Timeline[]

2019[]

  • 23 April: General election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins the most seats, while the incumbent Liberal Party fall to third place. The Green Party becomes the Opposition.
  • 26 April: Outgoing Premier Wade MacLauchlan announces intention to resign leadership of the Liberal Party upon appointment of an interim leader.[3]
  • 8 May: Robert Mitchell is appointed interim Liberal leader.[4]
  • 9 May: Dennis King's Progressive Conservative government is sworn in, following the resignation of Wade MacLauchlan's Liberal government.[5]
  • 13 June: Deferred election date announced for Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park.[6]
  • 6 July: Advance voting in Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election began, also took place on 8 and 12 July.[7]
  • 15 July: Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election held, Progressive Conservative candidate Natalie Jameson is elected.[8]
  • 9 September: Robert Mitchell resigns as interim Liberal leader.[9]
  • 16 September: Sonny Gallant is appointed interim Liberal leader.[10]

2020[]

  • 1 September: Joe Byrne resigns as leader of the NDP.[11]
  • 3 September: Charlottetown-Winsloe Liberal MLA and former interim Liberal Party leader Robert Mitchell resigns his seat.[12]
  • 2 November: Charlottetown-Winsloe by-election held. Progressive Conservative candidate Zack Bell is elected, giving the governing PC party a majority of 14 seats in the Legislature.[13]

2021[]

Opinion polls[]

Voting Intentions in Prince Edward Island since the 2019 Election

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

Polling firm Date(s)
conducted 		Link PC Green Liberal NDP Undecided Sample size Lead
Narrative Research 3 – 28 November 2021 [p 1] 51 19 21 8 21 600 30
Narrative Research 9 – 25 August 2021 [p 2] 48 28 17 7 25 600 20
Narrative Research 18 – 28 May 2021 [p 3] 53 23 19 4 26 600 30
Narrative Research 2 – 16 February 2021 [p 4] 54 21 17 4 21 300 33
Narrative Research 11 – 29 November 2020 [p 5] 61 18 19 2 18 300 42
Narrative Research 4 – 19 August 2020 [p 6] 48 25 23 4 19 301 23
Narrative Research 29 April – 17 May 2020 [p 4] 57 22 22 1 20 216 32
MQO Research 3 – 10 March 2020 [p 7] 41 29 24 6 30 283 12
Narrative Research 3 – 19 February 2020 [p 8] 45 28 21 6 21 207 17
Narrative Research 1 – 22 November 2019 [p 9] 38 29 26 6 20 600 9
Narrative Research 1 – 22 August 2019 [p 10] 45 37 16 1 18 300 9
MQO Research via The Guardian 31 July – 6 August 2019 [p 11] 40 32 23 2 26 400 8
Narrative Research 6 – 23 May 2019 [p 12] 43 36 17 3 15 300 7
General election results 23 April 2019 36.7 30.6 29.4 3.0 N/A 80,329 5.9
Polling firm Date(s)
conducted 		Link Sample
size 		Lead
PC Green Liberal NDP Undecided

References[]

  1. ^ Extension election for District 9
  2. ^ "Elections Act". www.princeedwardisland.ca. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Wade MacLauchlan to step down as P.E.I. Liberal leader after third-place finish". Global News. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ^ Davis, Tony (8 May 2019). "P.E.I. Liberal Party names Robert Mitchell interim leader". CBC News.
  5. ^ "Tory Leader Dennis King sworn in as 33rd premier of Prince Edward Island". National Post. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. ^ Goodwin, Natalia (17 June 2019). "Premier drops writ for District 9 deferred election". CBC News.
  7. ^ Davis, Tony (6 July 2019). "Advance voting opens for P.E.I.'s deferred District 9 election". CBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  8. ^ "P.E.I. PC candidate wins provincial seat in deferred election". Global News. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Mitchell stepping down as interim P.E.I. Liberal leader". CBC News. 9 September 2019.
  10. ^ Davis, Tony (16 September 2019). "Sonny Gallant named interim leader of P.E.I. Liberal Party". CBC News.
  11. ^ "Joe Byrne resigns as leader of P.E.I. NDP". www.theguardian.pe.ca. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  12. ^ Neatby, Stu (3 September 2020). "P.E.I. Liberal MLA Robert Mitchell resigns". www.theguardian.pe.ca. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  13. ^ Neatby, Stu. "Zack Bell wins byelection in Charlottetown-Winsloe | The Guardian". www.theguardian.pe.ca. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  14. ^ Chang, Arturo (18 August 2021). "Heath MacDonald officially resigns as MLA to run in federal election". CBC News. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  15. ^ Thibodeau, Wayne (18 October 2021). "Premier Dennis King says timing right for Cornwall-Meadowbank byelection". CBC News. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  16. ^ Chang, Arturo (15 November 2021). "PC's Mark McLane unofficial winner of Cornwall-Meadowbank byelection". CBC News. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

Opinion poll sources[]

  1. ^ "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high and on par with three months ago" (PDF). Narrative Research. 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high despite decline in the last six months" (PDF). Narrative Research. 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Satisfaction with PEI's King government remains high" (PDF). Narrative Research. 3 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Support and satisfaction remain high for PEI's King government" (PDF). Narrative Research. 9 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Support and satisfaction remain high for PEI's King government" (PDF). Narrative Research. 8 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Poll" (PDF). Narrative Research.
  7. ^ "Winter 2020 Provincial Report Prince Edward Island" (PDF). MQO Research. March 2020.
  8. ^ "Islanders express continued and climbing levels of satisfaction with PEI government" (PDF). Narrative Research. 12 March 2020.
  9. ^ "King's PC government ends the year on a highly satisfied note according to Islanders" (PDF). Narrative Research. 10 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Satisfaction with performance of PEI government at 11-year high" (PDF). Narrative Research. 17 September 2019.
  11. ^ "King's PCs lead P.E.I. political polling". MQO Research. 21 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Support grows for new PC government of Premier Dennis King". Narrative Research. 13 June 2019.
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