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)
1957 leadership convention
(Held on September 17, 1957)[1]
1968 leadership convention
(Held on September 21, 1968)[2]
1973 leadership convention
(Held on February 3, 1973)
1976 leadership convention
(Held on September 25, 1976)
1981 leadership convention
(Held on November 7, 1981)
First Ballot:
Second Ballot (Binns eliminated):
Third Ballot (Driscoll eliminated):
1988 leadership convention
(Held on June 11, 1988)
1990 leadership convention
(Held on November 10, 1990)
1996 leadership convention
(Held on May 4, 1996)
2010 leadership convention
(Held on October 2, 2010)[3]
First Ballot:
Second Ballot (McCardle eliminated):
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
- 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.