2007 Prince Edward Island general election

The 2007 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 28, 2007. It elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government was defeated by the Liberal opposition after holding power for eleven years.

2007 Prince Edward Island general election

May 28, 2007

27 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.84%[1]
  First party Second party
 
PC
Leader Robert Ghiz Pat Binns
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since April 5, 2003 May 4, 1996
Leader's seat Charlottetown-Brighton Belfast-Murray River
Last election 4 23
Seats won 23 4
Seat change 19 19
Popular vote 43,205 33,754
Percentage 52.93% 41.35%
Swing 10.27% 12.94%

Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via plurality results by each riding.

Premier before election

Pat Binns
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Robert Ghiz
Liberal

The newly formed Green Party of Prince Edward Island captured 3.04% of the vote or 4.44% in ridings they contested, beating out the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party for third place. The New Democrats fell to 1.96% or 3.43% in ridings contested. They captured 3.06% of the vote, or 3.48% in the 24 of the 27 ridings they contested in the 2003 election.

Results

Summary of the May 28, 2007 Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island election results

Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
2003 Dissol. 2007 Change # % Change
  Liberals Robert Ghiz 27 4 4 23 +19 43,205 52.93% +10.27%
  Progressive Conservatives Pat Binns 27 23 23 4 -19 33,754 41.35% -12.94%
Green Sharon Labchuk 18 * - - - 2,482 3.04% *
  New Democrats Dean Constable 15 - - - - 1,597 1.96% -1.10%
  Independents and no affiliation 2 - - - - 594 0.73% +0.73%
Total 89 27 27 27 - 81,632 100%  

* Green Party of Prince Edward Island was not a registered political party at the time of the 2003 election.

Popular vote
Liberal
52.93%
PC
41.35%
Green
3.04%
New Democratic
1.96%
Others
0.72%
Seats summary
Liberal
85.19%
PC
14.81%

Largest and smallest margins of victory

The five largest margins of victory were:

  1. Rustico-Emerald: Carolyn Bertram, Liberal, defeated David Blacquiere, PC, by 869 votes.
  2. Cornwall-Meadowbank: Ron MacKinley, Liberal, defeated Margaret Duffy, PC, by 853 votes.
  3. Charlottetown-Brighton: Robert Ghiz, Liberal, defeated John Abbott, PC, by 753 votes.
  4. O'Leary-Inverness: Robert Henderson, Liberal, defeated Eva Rodgerson, PC, by 678 votes.
  5. Summerside-Wilmot: Janice Sherry, Liberal, defeated Gerard McCardle, PC, by 582 votes.

The five smallest margins of victory were:

  1. Vernon River-Stratford: Alan McIsaac, Liberal, defeated Allan Fraser, PC, by 66 votes.
  2. Stratford-Kinlock: Cynthia Dunsford, Liberal, defeated David McKenna, PC, by 81 votes.
  3. Alberton-Roseville: Pat Murphy, Liberal, defeated Cletus Dunn, PC, by 123 votes.
  4. Montague-Kilmuir: Jim Bagnall, PC, defeated Billy Cann, Liberal, by 134 votes.
  5. Souris-Elmira: Allan Campbell, Liberal, defeated Andy Mooney, PC, by 210 votes.

Results by place

Party Seats Second Third Fourth
  Liberal 23 4 0 0
  Progressive Conservative 4 23 0 0
Green 0 0 14 4
  New Democratic 0 0 7 8
 } Independent 0 0 1 0

Results by region

Party Name Cardigan Malpeque Charlottetown Egmont Total
  Liberal Seats: 3 8 5 7 23
  Popular Vote: 44.40% 54.91% 56.98% 55.92% 52.93%
  Progressive Conservative Seats: 4 0 0 0 4
  Popular Vote: 48.74% 38.41% 37.22% 40.90% 41.35%
Total seats: 7 8 5 7 27
Parties that won no seats:
  Green Vote: 411 1,336 434 284 2,482
  Popular Vote: 1.97% 5.19% 2.93% 1.44% 3.04%
  NDP Vote: 462 384 426 309 1,597
  Popular Vote: 2.21% 1.49% 2.87% 1.57% 1.96%
 } Independent Vote: 560 xx xx 34 594
 } Popular Vote: 2.68% xx xx 0.17% 0.73%

Timeline

Riding by riding results

Cardigan

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 PC Liberal Green NDPOther
Belfast-Murray River Pat Binns

1,527 (55.15%)

Charlie McGeoghegan

1,130 (40.81%)

Ahmon Katz

112 (4.04%)

  Pat Binns
Georgetown-St. Peters Michael Currie

1,678 (53.08%)

Danny Walker

1,389 (43.94%)

Jane Dunphy

94 (2.97%)

  Michael Currie
Montague-Kilmuir Jim Bagnall

1,447 (52.43%)

Billy Cann

1,313 (47.57%)

      Jim Bagnall
Morell-Mermaid Olive Crane

1,384 (46.46%)

Doug Deacon

941 (31.59%)

  Mike Avery

94 (3.16%)

Larry McGuire (Ind.)

560 (18.80%)

Olive Crane
Souris-Elmira Andy Mooney

1,212 (42.90%)

Allan Campbell

1,422 (50.34%)

Rachel Leslie

70 (2.48%)

Betty Fay

121 (4.28%)

  Andy Mooney
Stratford-Kinlock David McKenna

1,601 (45.94%)

Cynthia Dunsford

1,682 (48.26%)

Mark Wellman

129 (3.70%)

Jane McNeil

73 (2.09)

  David McKenna
Vernon River-Stratford Allan Fraser

1,321 (45.74%)

Alan McIsaac

1,387 (48.03%)

Gary Clauseheide

100 (3.46%)

Edith Perry

80 (2.77%)

  Wilbur MacDonald

Malpeque

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 PC Liberal Green NDPOther
Borden-Kinkora Fred McCardle

1,351 (39.11%)

George Webster

1,811 (52.43%)

Jamie Larkin

292 (8.45%)

    Fred McCardle
Cornwall-Meadowbank Margaret Duffy

908 (32.13%)

Ron MacKinley

1,761 (62.31%)

Paul Ness

78 (2.76%)

Kirk Brown

79 (2.80%)

  Ron MacKinley
Kellys Cross-Cumberland Steven Stead

1,246 (35.78%)

Valerie Docherty

1,811 (52.01%)

Peter Bevan-Baker

221 (6.84%)

Lorraine Begley

171 (5.37%)

  Carolyn Bertram
Kensington-Malpeque Mitch Murphy

1,574 (44.29%)

Wes Sheridan

1,788 (50.31%)

Jodie Bowmaster

192 (5.40%)

Mitch Murphy
Rustico-Emerald David Blacquiere

1,101 (33.69%)

Carolyn Bertram

1,970 (60.28%)

Sharon Labchuk

197 (6.03%)

    Beth MacKenzie
York-Oyster Bed Jamie Ballem

1,401 (39.38%)

Robert Vessey

1,970 (55.37%)

Joan Cullen

126 (3.54%)

James Rodd

61 (1.71%)

  Jamie Ballem

Charlottetown

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 PC Liberal Green NDPOther
Charlottetown-Brighton John Abbott

916 (33.07%)

Robert Ghiz

1,669 (60.25%)

Cindy Burton

185 (6.68%)

      Robert Ghiz
Charlottetown-Lewis Point Wes MacAleer

1,299 (41.06%)

Kathleen Casey

1,865 (58.94%)

        Wes MacAleer
Charlottetown-Parkdale Mike Molyneaux

1,101 (37.95%)

Doug Currie

1,666 (57.43%)

  Zain Esseghaier

134 (4.62%)

    Elmer MacFadyen
Charlottetown-Sherwood Chester Gillan

1,245 (39.84%)

Robert Mitchell

1,712 (54.78%)

Kat Murphy

83 (2.66%)

Brian Pollard

85 (2.72%)

    Chester Gillan
Charlottetown-Victoria Park Jason Lee

958 (33.41%)

Richard Brown

1,536 (53.58%)

Denise Reiser

166 (5.79%)

Dean Constable

207 (7.22%)

    Richard Brown
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park Elmer MacFadyen

1,102 (38.71%)

Buck Watts

1,577 (55.39%)

Robert Pendergast

95 (3.34%)

Peter MacFarlane

73 (2.56%)

  Mildred Dover
West Royalty-Springvale Wayne Collins

1,306 (40.72%)

Bush Dumville

1,766 (55.07%)

Larry Cosgrave

135 (4.21%)

    Wayne Collins

Egmont

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 PC Liberal Green NDPOther
Alberton-Roseville Cletus Dunn

1,364 (45.39%)

Pat Murphy

1,487 (49.84%)

Gerald O'Meara

95 (3.16%)

Jillian Kilfoil

59 (1.96%)

    Cletus Dunn
Evangeline-Miscouche Wilfred Arsenault

935 (39.80%)

Sonny Gallant

1,311 (55.81%)

Mannie Gallant

103 (4.38%)

      Wilfred Arsenault
O'Leary-Inverness Eva Rodgerson

1,055 (37.87%)

Robert Henderson

1,731 (62.13%)

        Eva Rodgerson
Summerside-St. Eleanors Brent Gallant

1,228 (39.33%)

Gerard Greenan

1,697 (54.36%)

Stuart Smith

86 (2.75%)

Paulette Halupa

77 (2.47%)

John W. A. Curtis (Ind.)

34 (1.09%)

  Helen MacDonald
Summerside-Wilmot Gerard McCardle

1,063 (36.90%)

Janice Sherry

1,645 (57.10%)

  Ryan Pollard

173 (6.00%)

    Greg Deighan
Tignish-Palmer Road Gail Shea

1,276 (44.85%)

Neil LeClair

1,569 (55.15%)

        Gail Shea
Tyne Valley-Linkletter Philip Brown

1,155 (41.94%)

Paula Biggar

1,599 (58.06%)

      Philip Brown

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