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
  • Cyril Sinnott 474
  • Ivan Kerry 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:

  • James Lee 581
  • Barry Clark 348
  • Fred Driscoll 282
  • Pat Binns 237

Second Ballot (Binns eliminated):

  • James Lee 665
  • Barry Clark 463
  • Fred Driscoll 281

Third Ballot (Driscoll eliminated):

  • James Lee 737
  • Barry Clark 577

1988 leadership convention

(Held on June 11, 1988)

  • Melbourne Gass 599
  • Andy Walker 572

1990 leadership convention

(Held on November 10, 1990)

  • Pat Mella 473
  • Barry Clark 382
  • Roger Whittaker 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

References

  1. ^ "Legislation Due at Next Parliament". Windsor Daily Star. September 18, 1957. p. 1.
  2. ^ "PEI economy biggest concern – new PC leader". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. September 23, 1968. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Crane to lead P.E.I. PCs". CBC News. September 5, 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  4. ^ Rob Lantz wins P.E.I. PC leadership
  5. ^ "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.