2023 Prince Edward Island General Election

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.

2023 Prince Edward Island general election

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All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 14 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	68.5%
First party Second party Third party   LIB Leader Dennis King Sharon Cameron Peter Bevan-Baker Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Green Leader since 9 February 2019 19 November 2022 3 November 2012 Leader's seat Brackley-Hunter River Ran in New Haven-Rocky Point (lost) New Haven-Rocky Point Last election 13 seats, 36.73% 6 seats, 29.40% 8 seats, 30.56% Seats before 15 4 8 Seats won 22 3 2 Seat change 7 1 6 Popular vote 41,828 12,876 16,134 Percentage 55.92% 17.21% 21.57% Swing 19.19% 12.19% 8.99%
Results by riding Results by polling area
Premier before election Dennis King Progressive Conservative Premier after election Dennis King Progressive Conservative

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; 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. Following the election, Cameron and Bevan-Baker resigned as leaders of their respective parties.

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. Neither party elected any members to the Legislature. Voter turnout of 68.5% was the province's lowest recorded for a general election since Elections PEI began keeping records in 1966.

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. Instead, the election was called early for 3 April.

Timeline

• 23 April 2019: General election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins the most seats, while the incumbent Liberal Party falls to third place. The Green Party becomes the Opposition.
• 26 April 2019: Outgoing Premier Wade MacLauchlan announces intention to resign leadership of the Liberal Party upon appointment of an interim leader.
• 8 May 2019: Robert Mitchell is appointed interim Liberal leader.
• 9 May 2019: Dennis King's Progressive Conservative government is sworn in, following the resignation of Wade MacLauchlan's Liberal government.
• 13 June 2019: Deferred election date announced for Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park.
• 6 July 2019: Advance voting in Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election began, also took place on 8 and 12 July.
• 15 July 2019: Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election held, Progressive Conservative candidate Natalie Jameson is elected.
• 9 September 2019: Robert Mitchell resigns as interim Liberal leader.
• 16 September 2019: Sonny Gallant is appointed interim Liberal leader.
• 1 September 2020: Joe Byrne resigns as leader of the New Democratic Party.
• 23 April 2022: Michelle Neill is elected leader of the New Democratic Party.
• 19 November 2022: Sharon Cameron is acclaimed leader of the Liberal Party, being the only candidate in the party's leadership election.
• 6 March 2023: Dennis King is nominated as the PC candidate for Brackley-Hunter River, and announces that the election will be held on 3 April.
• 3 April 2023: General election held. Progressive Conservatives win a majority government.

Changes in MLAs

Summary of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island election results

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)	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

Synopsis of results