Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections explained

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

See main article: Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election, 1996. (Held on May 4, 1996)

• Pat Binns 1,284
• Wes MacAleer 527
• Gary Morgan 323

2010 leadership convention

See main article: Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election, 2010.

(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

See main article: Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election, 2015.

(Held on February 28, 2015; vote by preferential ballot)^[4]

First ballot:

• Rob Lantz
• James Aylward
• Darlene Compton

No candidate received more than 50% of the vote after the first count; Compton eliminated

Second Ballot (Compton eliminated)

• Rob Lantz
• James Aylward

2,954 ballots were cast. Vote counts were not released.^[5]

2017 leadership convention

See main article: Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election, 2017.

(Held on October 20, 2017)

First ballot:

• James Aylward
• Brad Trivers

2019 leadership convention

See main article: 2019 Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election.

(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

• 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.

Notes and References

1. News: Legislation Due at Next Parliament . Windsor Daily Star . 1 . September 18, 1957 .
2. News: PEI economy biggest concern – new PC leader . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . 12 . September 23, 1968 .
3. News: Crane to lead P.E.I. PCs . CBC News . September 5, 2007 . 15 July 2013.
4. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/rob-lantz-wins-p-e-i-p-c-leadership-1.2975782 Rob Lantz wins P.E.I. PC leadership
5. News: Vote secrecy unnecessary in PC Party leadership convention. March 9, 2015. The Guardian. March 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140857/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Opinion/Editorials/2015-03-06/article-4068029/Vote-secrecy-unnecessary-in-PC-Party-leadership-convention/1. April 2, 2015. dead.