Party: | Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island |
Year: | 2010 |
Date: | October 2, 2010 |
Location: | Charlottetown |
Replaces: | Pat Binns |
Winner: | Olive Crane |
Ballots: | 2 |
Numcands: | 5 |
Entryfee: | $2,500 |
Spendcap: | $35,000 |
The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island held a leadership election in Charlottetown on October 2, 2010[1] to select a new leader after the resignation of former Premier Pat Binns on August 30, 2007 following the defeat of the party in the 2007 general election. Olive Crane was appointed interim leader on September 4, 2007 and served until June 2010 when she resigned to successfully run for leader. Jamie Ballem, Fred McCardle, Jamie Fox, and Peter Llewellyn were all also candidates for the party's leadership.[2]
Olive Crane won the election.
The results of the leadership election was as follows.[5]
Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Olive Crane | 819 | |
Jamie Ballem | 692 | |
Peter Llewellyn | 94 | |
Jamie Fox | 79 | |
Fred McCardle | 58 |
Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Olive Crane | 908 | |
Jamie Ballem | 604 | |
Jamie Fox | 11 | |
Peter Llewellyn | 7 |