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The 2007 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 28, 2007. It elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government was defeated by the Liberal opposition after holding power for eleven years.
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27 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 83.84%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via plurality results by each riding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The newly formed Green Party captured 3.04% of the vote or 4.44% in ridings they contested, beating out the New Democratic Party for third place. The New Democrats fell to 1.96% or 3.43% in ridings contested. They captured 3.06% of the vote, or 3.48% in the 24 of the 27 ridings they contested in the 2003 election.
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Liberal | PC |
Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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2003 | Dissol. | 2007 | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Liberals | Robert Ghiz | 27 | 4 | 4 | 23 | +19 | 43,205 | 52.93% | +10.27% | |
Progressive Conservatives | Pat Binns | 27 | 23 | 23 | 4 | -19 | 33,754 | 41.35% | -12.94% | |
Green | Sharon Labchuk | 18 | * | - | - | - | 2,482 | 3.04% | * | |
New Democrats | Dean Constable | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1,597 | 1.96% | -1.10% | |
Independents and no affiliation | 2 | - | - | - | - | 594 | 0.73% | +0.73% | ||
Total | 89 | 27 | 27 | 27 | - | 81,632 | 100% |
* Green Party of Prince Edward Island was not a registered political party at the time of the 2003 election.
Riding | # | Federal Riding |
2003 | Winning party[a 2] | Turnout [a 3] |
Votes | |||||||||||
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Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | PC | Green | NDP | Ind | Total | |||||||
Alberton-Roseville* | 26 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,487 | 49.48% | 123 | 4.09% | 88.91% | 1,487 | 1,364 | 95 | 59 | – | 3,005 | ||
Belfast-Murray River* | 4 | CAR | PC | PC | 1,527 | 55.15% | 397 | 14.34% | 84.47% | 1,130 | 1,527 | 112 | – | – | 2,769 | ||
Borden-Kinkora | 19 | MPQ | PC | Lib | 1,811 | 52.43% | 460 | 13.32% | 82.36% | 1,811 | 1,351 | 292 | – | – | 3,454 | ||
Charlottetown-Brighton* | 13 | CHA | Lib | Lib | 1,669 | 60.25% | 753 | 27.18% | 86.86% | 1,669 | 916 | 185 | – | – | 2,770 | ||
Charlottetown-Lewis Point* | 14 | CHA | PC | Lib | 1,865 | 58.94% | 566 | 17.89% | 82.34% | 1,865 | 1,299 | – | – | – | 3,164 | ||
Charlottetown-Parkdale | 11 | CHA | New | Lib | 1,666 | 57.43% | 565 | 19.48% | 84.04% | 1,666 | 1,101 | – | 134 | – | 2,901 | ||
Charlottetown-Sherwood | 10 | CHA | New | Lib | 1,712 | 54.78% | 467 | 14.94% | 84.05% | 1,712 | 1,245 | 83 | 85 | – | 3,125 | ||
Charlottetown-Victoria Park* | 12 | CHA | Lib | Lib | 1,536 | 53.58% | 578 | 20.16% | 84.34% | 1,536 | 958 | 166 | 207 | – | 2,867 | ||
Cornwall-Meadowbank* | 16 | MPQ | Lib | Lib | 1,761 | 62.31% | 853 | 30.18% | 77.81% | 1,761 | 908 | 78 | 79 | – | 2,826 | ||
Evangeline-Miscouche | 24 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,311 | 55.81% | 376 | 16.01% | 88.92% | 1,311 | 935 | 103 | – | – | 2,349 | ||
Georgetown-St. Peters* | 2 | CAR | PC | PC | 1,678 | 53.08% | 289 | 9.14% | 88.34% | 1,389 | 1,678 | – | 94 | – | 3,161 | ||
Kellys Cross-Cumberland* | 17 | MPQ | Lib | Lib | 1,811 | 52.01% | 565 | 16.23% | 83.35% | 1,811 | 1,246 | 238 | 187 | – | 3,482 | ||
Kensington-Malpeque | 20 | MPQ | PC | Lib | 1,788 | 50.31% | 214 | 6.02% | 81.62% | 1,788 | 1,574 | 192 | – | – | 3,554 | ||
Montague-Kilmuir* | 3 | CAR | PC | PC | 1,447 | 52.43% | 134 | 4.86% | 89.00% | 1,313 | 1,447 | – | – | – | 2,760 | ||
Morell-Mermaid* | 7 | CAR | PC | PC | 1,384 | 46.46% | 443 | 14.87% | 86.53% | 941 | 1,384 | – | 94 | 560 | 2,979 | ||
O'Leary-Inverness* | 25 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,731 | 62.13% | 676 | 24.26% | 83.20% | 1,731 | 1,055 | – | – | – | 2,786 | ||
Parkdale-Belvedere | – | CHA | PC | Dissolved | |||||||||||||
Rustico-Emerald* | 18 | MPQ | PC | Lib | 1,970 | 60.28% | 869 | 26.59% | 89.61% | 1,970 | 1,101 | 197 | – | – | 3,268 | ||
Sherwood-Hillsborough | – | CHA | PC | Dissolved | |||||||||||||
Souris-Elmira | 1 | CAR | PC | Lib | 1,422 | 50.34% | 210 | 7.43% | 87.06% | 1,422 | 1,212 | 70 | 121 | – | 2,825 | ||
Stratford-Kinlock* | 6 | CAR | PC | Lib | 1,682 | 48.26% | 81 | 2.32% | 85.99% | 1,682 | 1,601 | 129 | 73 | – | 3,485 | ||
Summerside-St. Eleanors* | 22 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,697 | 54.36% | 469 | 15.02% | 73.59% | 1,697 | 1,228 | 86 | 77 | 34 | 3,122 | ||
Summerside-Wilmot* | 21 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,645 | 57.10% | 582 | 20.20% | 73.79% | 1,645 | 1,063 | – | 173 | – | 2,881 | ||
Tignish-Palmer Road* | 27 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,569 | 55.15% | 293 | 10.30% | 91.60% | 1,569 | 1,276 | – | – | – | 2,845 | ||
Tracadie-Fort Augustus | – | MPQ | PC | Dissolved | |||||||||||||
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park | 8 | CHA | New | Lib | 1,577 | 55.39% | 475 | 16.68% | 79.31% | 1,577 | 1,102 | 95 | 73 | – | 2,847 | ||
Tyne Valley-Linkletter* | 23 | EGM | PC | Lib | 1,599 | 58.06% | 444 | 16.12% | 75.02% | 1,599 | 1,155 | – | – | – | 2,754 | ||
Vernon River-Stratford* | 5 | CAR | PC | Lib | 1,387 | 48.03% | 66 | 2.29% | 86.32% | 1,387 | 1,321 | 100 | 80 | – | 2,888 | ||
West Royalty-Springvale* | 15 | CHA | PC | Lib | 1,766 | 55.07% | 460 | 14.34% | 83.89% | 1,766 | 1,306 | 135 | – | – | 3,207 | ||
York-Oyster Bed* | 9 | MPQ | PC | Lib | 1,970 | 55.37% | 569 | 15.99% | 88.74% | 1,970 | 1,401 | 126 | 61 | – | 3,558 |
* - renamed in 2007 redistribution
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Lib | PC | Total | ||
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Open seats held | 1 | 1 | ||
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 12 | 12 | |
Open seats gained | 6 | 6 | ||
Taken by candidate previously incumbent in another riding | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 23 | 4 | 27 |
The five largest margins of victory were:
The five smallest margins of victory were:
Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | |
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Liberal | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive Conservative | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |
New Democratic | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Party Name | Cardigan | Malpeque | Charlottetown | Egmont | Total | ||
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Liberal | Seats: | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | |
Popular Vote: | 44.40% | 54.91% | 56.98% | 55.92% | 52.93% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Popular Vote: | 48.74% | 38.41% | 37.22% | 40.90% | 41.35% | ||
Total seats: | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | ||
Parties that won no seats: | |||||||
Green | Vote: | 411 | 1,336 | 434 | 284 | 2,482 | |
Popular Vote: | 1.97% | 5.19% | 2.93% | 1.44% | 3.04% | ||
NDP | Vote: | 462 | 384 | 426 | 309 | 1,597 | |
Popular Vote: | 2.21% | 1.49% | 2.87% | 1.57% | 1.96% | ||
Independent | Vote: | 560 | xx | xx | 34 | 594 | |
Popular Vote: | 2.68% | xx | xx | 0.17% | 0.73% |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | Green | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Belfast-Murray River | Pat Binns
1,527 (55.15%) |
Charlie McGeoghegan
1,130 (40.81%) |
Ahmon Katz
112 (4.04%) |
Pat Binns | ||||||||
Georgetown-St. Peters | Michael Currie
1,678 (53.08%) |
Danny Walker
1,389 (43.94%) |
Jane Dunphy
94 (2.97%) |
Michael Currie | ||||||||
Montague-Kilmuir | Jim Bagnall
1,447 (52.43%) |
Billy Cann
1,313 (47.57%) |
Jim Bagnall | |||||||||
Morell-Mermaid | Olive Crane
1,384 (46.46%) |
Doug Deacon
941 (31.59%) |
Mike Avery
94 (3.16%) |
Larry McGuire (Ind.)
560 (18.80%) |
Olive Crane | |||||||
Souris-Elmira | Andy Mooney
1,212 (42.90%) |
Allan Campbell
1,422 (50.34%) |
Rachel Leslie
70 (2.48%) |
Betty Fay
121 (4.28%) |
Andy Mooney | |||||||
Stratford-Kinlock | David McKenna
1,601 (45.94%) |
Cynthia Dunsford
1,682 (48.26%) |
Mark Wellman
129 (3.70%) |
Jane McNeil
73 (2.09) |
David McKenna | |||||||
Vernon River-Stratford | Allan Fraser
1,321 (45.74%) |
Alan McIsaac
1,387 (48.03%) |
Gary Clauseheide
100 (3.46%) |
Edith Perry
80 (2.77%) |
Wilbur MacDonald† |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | Green | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Borden-Kinkora | Fred McCardle
1,351 (39.11%) |
George Webster
1,811 (52.43%) |
Jamie Larkin
292 (8.45%) |
Fred McCardle | ||||||||
Cornwall-Meadowbank | Margaret Duffy
908 (32.13%) |
Ron MacKinley
1,761 (62.31%) |
Paul Ness
78 (2.76%) |
Kirk Brown
79 (2.80%) |
Ron MacKinley | |||||||
Kellys Cross-Cumberland | Steven Stead
1,246 (35.78%) |
Valerie Docherty
1,811 (52.01%) |
Peter Bevan-Baker
221 (6.84%) |
Lorraine Begley
171 (5.37%) |
Carolyn Bertram | |||||||
Kensington-Malpeque | Mitch Murphy
1,574 (44.29%) |
Wes Sheridan
1,788 (50.31%) |
Jodie Bowmaster
192 (5.40%) |
Mitch Murphy | ||||||||
Rustico-Emerald | David Blacquiere
1,101 (33.69%) |
Carolyn Bertram
1,970 (60.28%) |
Sharon Labchuk
197 (6.03%) |
Beth MacKenzie† | ||||||||
York-Oyster Bed | Jamie Ballem
1,401 (39.38%) |
Robert Vessey
1,970 (55.37%) |
Joan Cullen
126 (3.54%) |
James Rodd
61 (1.71%) |
Jamie Ballem |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | Green | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Charlottetown-Brighton | John Abbott
916 (33.07%) |
Robert Ghiz
1,669 (60.25%) |
Cindy Burton
185 (6.68%) |
Robert Ghiz | ||||||||
Charlottetown-Lewis Point | Wes MacAleer
1,299 (41.06%) |
Kathleen Casey
1,865 (58.94%) |
Wes MacAleer | |||||||||
Charlottetown-Parkdale | Mike Molyneaux
1,101 (37.95%) |
Doug Currie
1,666 (57.43%) |
Zain Esseghaier
134 (4.62%) |
Elmer MacFadyen † | ||||||||
Charlottetown-Sherwood | Chester Gillan
1,245 (39.84%) |
Robert Mitchell
1,712 (54.78%) |
Kat Murphy
83 (2.66%) |
Brian Pollard
85 (2.72%) |
Chester Gillan | |||||||
Charlottetown-Victoria Park | Jason Lee
958 (33.41%) |
Richard Brown
1,536 (53.58%) |
Denise Reiser
166 (5.79%) |
Dean Constable
207 (7.22%) |
Richard Brown | |||||||
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park | Elmer MacFadyen
1,102 (38.71%) |
Buck Watts
1,577 (55.39%) |
Robert Pendergast
95 (3.34%) |
Peter MacFarlane
73 (2.56%) |
Mildred Dover† | |||||||
West Royalty-Springvale | Wayne Collins
1,306 (40.72%) |
Bush Dumville
1,766 (55.07%) |
Larry Cosgrave
135 (4.21%) |
Wayne Collins |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | Green | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Alberton-Roseville | Cletus Dunn
1,364 (45.39%) |
Pat Murphy
1,487 (49.84%) |
Gerald O'Meara
95 (3.16%) |
Jillian Kilfoil
59 (1.96%) |
Cletus Dunn | |||||||
Evangeline-Miscouche | Wilfred Arsenault
935 (39.80%) |
Sonny Gallant
1,311 (55.81%) |
Mannie Gallant
103 (4.38%) |
Wilfred Arsenault | ||||||||
O'Leary-Inverness | Eva Rodgerson
1,055 (37.87%) |
Robert Henderson
1,731 (62.13%) |
Eva Rodgerson | |||||||||
Summerside-St. Eleanors | Brent Gallant
1,228 (39.33%) |
Gerard Greenan
1,697 (54.36%) |
Stuart Smith
86 (2.75%) |
Paulette Halupa
77 (2.47%) |
John W. A. Curtis (Ind.)
34 (1.09%) |
Helen MacDonald† | ||||||
Summerside-Wilmot | Gerard McCardle
1,063 (36.90%) |
Janice Sherry
1,645 (57.10%) |
Ryan Pollard
173 (6.00%) |
Greg Deighan† | ||||||||
Tignish-Palmer Road | Gail Shea
1,276 (44.85%) |
Neil LeClair
1,569 (55.15%) |
Gail Shea | |||||||||
Tyne Valley-Linkletter | Philip Brown
1,155 (41.94%) |
Paula Biggar
1,599 (58.06%) |
Philip Brown |
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