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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]
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All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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.
Seat | Before | Change | |||||
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Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
Charlottetown-Winsloe | 3 September 2020 | Robert Mitchell | █ Liberal | Resigned from Legislature[21] | 2 November 2020[22] | Zack Bell | █ PC |
Cornwall-Meadowbank | 18 August 2021 | Heath MacDonald | █ Liberal | Resigned to run in Malpeque in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[23] | 15 November 2021[24][25] | Mark McLane | █ PC |
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Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
2019 | Dissol. | 2023 | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dennis King | 27 | 13 | 15 | 22 | +9 | 41,828 | 55.92 | +19.19 | |
Green | Peter Bevan-Baker | 25 | 8 | 8 | 2 | –6 | 16,134 | 21.57 | –8.99 | |
Liberal | Sharon Cameron | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | –3 | 12,876 | 17.21 | –12.19 | |
New Democratic | Michelle Neill | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,359 | 4.49 | +1.53 | |
Island | Cecile Sly (Ahava Kálnássy de Kálnás)[27] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 411 | 0.55 | +0.55 | |
Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0.25 | –0.09 | ||
Blank and invalid ballots | ||||||||||
Total | 92 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 100 | 0 | |||
Registered voters / turnout |
Riding | 2019 | Winning party | Turnout [a 3] |
Votes[a 4] | ||||||||||||
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Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
PC | Green | Lib | NDP | Island | Ind | Total | |||||
Cardigan | ||||||||||||||||
Belfast-Murray River | PC | PC | 1,510 | 58.7% | 990 | 38.5% | 65.8% | 1,510 | 420 | 520 | 124 | – | – | 2,574 | ||
Georgetown-Pownal | PC | PC | 1,961 | 69.8% | 1,609 | 57.3% | 73.0% | 1,961 | 352 | 340 | 79 | 78 | – | 2,810 | ||
Mermaid-Stratford | Grn | PC | 1,245 | 45.3% | 38 | 1.4% | 68.8% | 1,245 | 1,207 | 254 | 43 | – | – | 2,749 | ||
Montague-Kilmuir | PC | PC | 1,847 | 70.2% | 1,468 | 55.8% | 66.7% | 1,847 | 379 | 271 | 38 | 38 | 58 | 2,631 | ||
Morell-Donagh | PC | PC | 1,899 | 70.6% | 1,550 | 57.6% | 68.1% | 1,899 | 349 | 282 | 115 | 44 | – | 2,689 | ||
Souris-Elmira | PC | PC | 1,593 | 55.4% | 836 | 29.1% | 75.8% | 1,593 | 757 | 481 | 29 | 16 | – | 2,876 | ||
Stanhope-Marshfield | PC | PC | 2,209 | 79.6% | 1,643 | 59.2% | 65.8% | 2,209 | – | – | 566 | – | – | 2,775 | ||
Stratford-Keppoch | PC | PC | 1,479 | 52.3% | 632 | 22.4% | 72.0% | 1,479 | 847 | 471 | 32 | – | – | 2,829 | ||
Malpeque | ||||||||||||||||
Borden-Kinkora | PC | PC | 1,719 | 60.1% | 724 | 25.3% | 67.7% | 1,719 | 995 | – | 83 | 61 | – | 2,858 | ||
Brackley-Hunter River | PC | PC | 1,903 | 68.2% | 1,420 | 50.9% | 70.2% | 1,903 | 483 | 321 | 83 | – | – | 2,790 | ||
Cornwall-Meadowbank | Lib | PC | 1,750 | 54.8% | 975 | 30.6% | 68.4% | 1,750 | 775 | 611 | 60 | – | – | 3,196 | ||
Kensington-Malpeque | PC | PC | 2,294 | 76.6% | 1,831 | 61.1% | 70.7% | 2,294 | 463 | 169 | 67 | – | – | 2,993 | ||
New Haven-Rocky Point | Grn | Grn | 1,457 | 42.8% | 106 | 3.2% | 75.4% | 1,351 | 1,457 | 502 | 49 | 49 | – | 3,408 | ||
Rustico-Emerald | PC | PC | 1,990 | 62.5% | 1,431 | 44.9% | 70.8% | 1,990 | 559 | 532 | 102 | – | – | 3,183 | ||
Charlottetown | ||||||||||||||||
Charlottetown-Belvedere | Grn | PC | 1,418 | 51.1% | 779 | 28.1% | 66.7% | 1,418 | 639 | 560 | 133 | 25 | – | 2,775 | ||
Charlottetown-Brighton | Grn | PC | 1,171 | 43.0% | 307 | 11.3% | 68.4% | 1,171 | 864 | 487 | 202 | – | – | 2,724 | ||
Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park | PC | PC | 1,660 | 61.9% | 1,137 | 42.4% | 63.2% | 1,660 | 523 | 352 | 125 | 21 | – | 2,681 | ||
Charlottetown-Victoria Park | Grn | Grn | 1,052 | 42.0% | 74 | 3.0% | 60.8% | 978 | 1,052 | 293 | 150 | 32 | – | 2,505 | ||
Charlottetown-West Royalty | Lib | Lib | 1,207 | 45.1% | 165 | 6.2% | 64.2% | 1,042 | 301 | 1,207 | 63 | 28 | 36 | 2,677 | ||
Charlottetown-Winsloe | Lib | PC | 1,861 | 60.6% | 1,308 | 42.6% | 71.4% | 1,861 | 553 | 540 | 78 | – | 41 | 3,073 | ||
Egmont | ||||||||||||||||
Alberton-Bloomfield | PC | PC | 1,532 | 57.6% | 636 | 23.9% | 73.6% | 1,532 | 132 | 896 | 102 | – | – | 2,662 | ||
Evangeline-Miscouche | Lib | PC | 1,384 | 61.7% | 841 | 37.5% | 69.4% | 1,384 | 271 | 543 | 45 | – | – | 2,243 | ||
O'Leary-Inverness | Lib | Lib | 894 | 37.2% | 156 | 6.5% | 71.2% | 738 | 72 | 894 | 702 | – | – | 2,406 | ||
Summerside-South Drive | Green | PC | 1,378 | 53.3% | 639 | 24.7% | 57.7% | 1,378 | 739 | 397 | 70 | – | – | 2,584 | ||
Summerside-Wilmot | Green | PC | 1,651 | 56.7% | 670 | 23.0% | 66.8% | 1,651 | 981 | 214 | 45 | 19 | – | 2,910 | ||
Tignish-Palmer Road | Lib | Lib | 1,527 | 58.7% | 588 | 22.6% | 75.5% | 939 | – | 1,527 | 137 | – | – | 2,603 | ||
Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke | Green | PC | 1,326 | 51.2% | 362 | 14.0% | 64.9% | 1,326 | 964 | 212 | 37 | – | 49 | 2,588 |
Source | Party | ||||||
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PC | Lib | Grn | Total | ||||
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 | ||
Open seats held | 2 | 2 | |||||
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 4 | 4 | ||||
Open seats gained | 3 | 3 | |||||
Byelection gains held | 2 | 2 | |||||
Total | 22 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
Party | Name | Riding | Year elected | Seat held by party since | Defeated by | Party | ||
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Green | Michele Beaton | Mermaid-Stratford | 2019 | 2019 | Jenn Redmond | Progressive Conservative | ||
Steve Howard | Summerside-South Drive | 2019 | 2019 | Barb Ramsay | ||||
Lynne Lund | Summerside-Wilmot | 2019 | 2019 | Tyler DesRoches | ||||
Trish Altass | Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke | 2019 | 2019 | Hilton MacLennan |
Party in 2019 | Candidate | Retiring incumbent | Constituency | Defeated by | Party | ||
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Green | Joanna Morrison | Hannah Bell | Charlottetown-Belvedere | Susie Dillon | Progressive Conservative | ||
Janice Harper | Ole Hammarlund | Charlottetown-Brighton | Rob Lantz | ||||
Liberal | Pat MacLellan | Sonny Gallant | Evangeline-Miscouche | Gilles Arsenault |
The following MLAs announced that they would not run in the 2023 provincial election (Ole Hammarlund lost a contested nomination for his seat):
Retiring incumbent | Electoral district | Subsequent party nominee | Elected MLA | ||||
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Colin LaVie | Progressive Conservative | Souris-Elmira | Robin Croucher | Robin Croucher | |||
James Aylward | Progressive Conservative | Stratford-Keppoch | Jill Burridge | Jill Burridge | |||
Hannah Bell | Green | Charlottetown-Belvedere | Joanna Morrison | Susie Dillon | |||
Ole Hammarlund | Green | Charlottetown-Brighton | Janice Harper | Rob Lantz | |||
Sonny Gallant | Liberal | Evangeline-Miscouche | Pat MacLellan | Gilles Arsenault |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | Independent | |||||||||
4. Belfast-Murray River | Darlene Compton | Laverne MacInnes | Katherine Bryson | Michelle Hodgson | Darlene Compton | |||||||||
2. Georgetown-Pownal | Steven Myers | Patrick Brothers | Allister Veinot | Edith Perry | Lucy Robbins | Steven Myers | ||||||||
5. Mermaid-Stratford | Jenn Redmond | Michele Beaton | Gail MacDonald | Lawrence Millar | Michele Beaton | |||||||||
3. Montague-Kilmuir | Cory Deagle | Norma Dingwell | Nick Sheppard | Robert Lethbridge | Gary Robbins | Angela Barton | Cory Deagle | |||||||
7. Morell-Donagh | Sidney MacEwen | John Allen MacLean | Terry MacDonald | Kevin Trainor | Christopher Landry | Sidney MacEwen | ||||||||
1. Souris-Elmira | Robin Croucher | Boyd Leard | Amber Dennis | Gordon Gay | Ahava Kalnassy de Kalnas | Colin LaVie† | ||||||||
8. Stanhope-Marshfield | Bloyce Thompson | Marian White | Bloyce Thompson | |||||||||||
6. Stratford-Keppoch | Jill Burridge | Lana Beth Barkhouse | Greg Arsenault | Olalekam Faromika | James Aylward† |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | ||||||||
19. Borden-Kinkora | Jamie Fox | Matt MacFarlane | Carole MacFarlane | Paul Smitz | Jamie Fox | |||||||
15. Brackley-Hunter River | Dennis King | Greg Bradley | Nicole Ford | Leah-Jane Hayward | Dennis King | |||||||
16. Cornwall-Meadowbank | Mark McLane | Tayte Willows | Don Leary | Larry Hale | Mark McLane | |||||||
20. Kensington-Malpeque | Matthew MacKay | Hunter Guindon | Richard Schroeter | Maggie Larocque | Matthew MacKay | |||||||
17. New Haven-Rocky Point | Donalda Docherty | Peter Bevan-Baker | Sharon Cameron | Douglas Dahn | Neil Emery | Peter Bevan-Baker | ||||||
18. Rustico-Emerald | Brad Trivers | Ranald MacFarlane | Flory Sanderson | David Wilson | Brad Trivers |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | Independent | |||||||||
11. Charlottetown-Belvedere | Susie Dillon | Joanna Morrison | Marcia Carroll | Aidin Mousavian | Jayne McAskill | Hannah Bell† | ||||||||
13. Charlottetown-Brighton | Rob Lantz | Janice Harper | Sandra Sunil | Michelle Neill | Ole Hammarlund† (Lost re-nomination) | |||||||||
9. Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park | Natalie Jameson | Adina Nault | Dellon Paul | Tristan Mitchell | Cari Barbour | Natalie Jameson | ||||||||
12. Charlottetown-Victoria Park | Tim Keizer | Karla Bernard | Barb MacLeod | Joe Byrne | Danni Moher | Karla Bernard | ||||||||
14. Charlottetown-West Royalty | Kristi MacKay | Nick LeClair | Gord McNeilly | Simone Webster | Bill Cann | Jessica Simmonds | Gord McNeilly | |||||||
10. Charlottetown-Winsloe | Zack Bell | Charles Sanderson | Judy Hughes | Campbell Webster | Georgina Bassett | Zack Bell |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | Independent | |||||||||
26. Alberton-Bloomfield | Ernie Hudson | Ron McConnell | Pat Murphy | Kester Nurse | Ernie Hudson | |||||||||
24. Evangeline-Miscouche | Gilles Arsenault | Jason Charette | Pat MacLellan | Charles Turriff | Sonny Gallant† | |||||||||
25. O'Leary-Inverness | Daniel MacDonald | Richard Lush | Robert Henderson | Herb Dickieson | Robert Henderson | |||||||||
22. Summerside-South Drive | Barb Ramsay | Steve Howard | Nancy Beth Guptill | Kathryn Yule | Steve Howard | |||||||||
21. Summerside-Wilmot | Tyler DesRoches | Lynne Lund | Don Reid | Cassie MacKay | Eriena O'Reilly | Lynne Lund | ||||||||
27. Tignish-Palmer Road | April Delaney | Hal Perry | Gail Kinch | Hal Perry | ||||||||||
23. Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke | Hilton MacLennan | Trish Altass | Wayne Cobb | Carol Rybinski | Wayne Biggar | Trish Altass |
The following is a list of scientific opinion polls of published voter intentions.
Polling firm | Date(s) conducted |
Link | PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Sample size | Lead | ||
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General election results | 3 April 2023 | 55.9 | 21.6 | 17.2 | 4.5 | 74,792 | 34.3 | |||
Forum Research | 31 March 2023 | [p 1] | 47 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 424 | 19 | ||
Mainstreet Research | 27 – 28 March 2023 | [p 2] | 50.4 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 5.4 | 962 | 28.1 | ||
Mainstreet Research | 6 – 7 March 2023 | [p 3] | 58.9 | 14.3 | 23.2 | 3.6 | 515 | 35.7 | ||
Dissolution of the 66th PEI General Assembly, campaign begins | ||||||||||
Narrative Research | 13 February – 2 March 2023 | [p 4] | 49 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 420 | 27 | ||
Narrative Research | 2 – 23 November 2022 | [p 5] | 49 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 400 | 24 | ||
Narrative Research | 9 – 16 August 2022 | [p 6] | 55 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 300 | 33 | ||
Narrative Research | 4 – 24 May 2022 | [p 7] | 50 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 300 | 29 | ||
Narrative Research | 9 – 22 February 2022 | [p 8] | 66 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 300 | 51 | ||
Narrative Research | 3 – 28 November 2021 | [p 9] | 51 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 600 | 30 | ||
Narrative Research | 9 – 25 August 2021 | [p 10] | 48 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 600 | 20 | ||
Narrative Research | 18 – 28 May 2021 | [p 11] | 53 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 600 | 30 | ||
Narrative Research | 2 – 16 February 2021 | [p 12] | 54 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 300 | 33 | ||
Narrative Research | 11 – 29 November 2020 | [p 13] | 61 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 300 | 42 | ||
Narrative Research | 4 – 19 August 2020 | [p 14] | 48 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 301 | 23 | ||
Narrative Research | 29 April – 17 May 2020 | [p 12] | 57 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 216 | 32 | ||
MQO Research | 3 – 10 March 2020 | [p 15] | 41 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 283 | 12 | ||
Narrative Research | 3 – 19 February 2020 | [p 16] | 45 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 207 | 17 | ||
Narrative Research | 1 – 22 November 2019 | [p 17] | 38 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 600 | 9 | ||
Narrative Research | 1 – 22 August 2019 | [p 18] | 45 | 37 | 16 | 1 | 300 | 9 | ||
MQO Research | 31 July – 6 August 2019 | [p 19] | 40 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 400 | 8 | ||
Narrative Research | 6 – 23 May 2019 | [p 20] | 43 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 300 | 7 | ||
General election results | 23 April 2019 | 36.7 | 30.6 | 29.4 | 3.0 | 80,329 | 5.9 | |||
Polling firm | Date(s) conducted |
Link | Sample size |
Lead | ||||||
PC | Green | Liberal | NDP |
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