Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections

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 when 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)

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)Rob Lantz wins P.E.I. PC leadership

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.

2017 leadership convention

(Held on October 20, 2017)

First ballot: James Aylward Brad Trivers

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

2026 leadership convention

(Held on February 7, 2026)

+ResultsCandidateFirst ballotNamePercentageRob Lantz2,889 votes53.1%Mark Ledwell2,542 votes46.9%Total5,437 votes cast

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.