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Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections

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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).

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1950 leadership convention

(Held on June 26, 1950)

  • Reginald Bell presumably acclaimed
  • 1957 leadership convention

    (Held on September 17, 1957)

  • Walter Russell Shaw 524
  • George Dewar 522
  • 1968 leadership convention

    (Held on September 21, 1968)

  • 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

    (Held on May 4, 1996)

  • Pat Binns 1,284
  • Wes MacAleer 527
  • Gary Morgan 323
  • 2010 leadership convention

    (Held on October 2, 2010)

    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

    (Held on February 28, 2015; vote by preferential ballot)

    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:

  • Rob Lantz
  • James Aylward
  • Lantz declared winner

    2,954 ballots were cast. Vote counts were not released.

    2017 leadership convention

    (To be held on October 20, 2017)

    References

    Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections Wikipedia