Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections
The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island, a political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island chooses its leadership by an open vote of party members at a convention called by the party executive when there is a vacancy in the leadership (or there is an interim leader).
1950 leadership convention[]
(Held on June 26, 1950)
- Reginald Bell presumably acclaimed
1957 leadership convention[]
(Held on September 17, 1957)[1]
- Walter Russell Shaw 524
- George Dewar 522
1968 leadership convention[]
(Held on September 21, 1968)[2]
- George Key 691
- 474
- 159
1973 leadership convention[]
(Held on February 3, 1973)
- Melvin McQuaid acclaimed
1976 leadership convention[]
(Held on September 25, 1976)
- Angus MacLean 589
- James Lee 437
1981 leadership convention[]
(Held on November 7, 1981)
First Ballot:
Second Ballot (Binns eliminated):
- James Lee 665
- 463
- 281
Third Ballot (Driscoll eliminated):
- James Lee 737
- 577
1988 leadership convention[]
(Held on June 11, 1988)
- Melbourne Gass 599
- 572
1990 leadership convention[]
(Held on November 10, 1990)
- Pat Mella 473
- 382
- 32
1996 leadership convention[]
(Held on May 4, 1996)
- Pat Binns 1,284
- Wes MacAleer 527
- Gary Morgan 323
2010 leadership convention[]
(Held on October 2, 2010)[3]
First Ballot:
- Olive Crane 819
- Jamie Ballem 692
- Peter Llewellyn 94
- Jamie Fox 79
- Fred McCardle 58
Second Ballot (McCardle eliminated):
- Olive Crane 908
- Jamie Ballem 604
- Jamie Fox 11
- Peter Llewellyn 7
2015 leadership convention[]
(Held on February 28, 2015; vote by preferential ballot)[4]
First ballot:
No candidate received more than 50% of the vote after the first count; Compton eliminated
Second Ballot (Compton eliminated)
2,954 ballots were cast. Vote counts were not released.[5]
2017 leadership convention[]
(Held on October 20, 2017)
First ballot:
2019 leadership convention[]
(Held on February 9, 2019)
First ballot:
- Dennis King 2,014
- Allan Dale 746
- Kevin Arsenault 590
- Sarah Stewart-Clark 527
- Shawn Driscoll 307
Second ballot (Driscoll eliminated):
- Dennis King 2,071
- Allan Dale 803
- Kevin Arsenault 661
- Sarah Stewart-Clark 601
See also[]
- leadership convention
- Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party
References[]
- ^ "Legislation Due at Next Parliament". Windsor Daily Star. September 18, 1957. p. 1.
- ^ "PEI economy biggest concern – new PC leader". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. September 23, 1968. p. 12.
- ^ "Crane to lead P.E.I. PCs". CBC News. September 5, 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
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- ^ "Vote secrecy unnecessary in PC Party leadership convention". The Guardian. March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- Carty, Kenneth R., et al., Leaders and Parties in Canadian Politics: Experiences of the Provinces. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Canada, 1992.
- Stewart, Ian and Stewart, David K., Conventional choices: Maritime leadership politics. University of British Columbia Press, 2007.
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