2011 Prince Edward Island general election

The 2011 Prince Edward Island general election was held on October 3, 2011.

The Liberal government of Premier Robert Ghiz was elected to a second majority government, winning one seat less than they did in 2007. Ghiz himself considered 18 seats to be a marker for a strong majority. He won 22.

Health care was an important issue during the election, especially in rural areas.

The Progressive Conservatives retained their position as Official Opposition, winning five seats. Olive Crane used the issue of the Provincial Nominee Program during the election, as well as issues surrounding immigration and investments that came under investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Federal Minister Jason Kenney during the election.

Results Both the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives lost votes, and lost in the share of vote. Turnout was down and seven thousand fewer voters cast ballots total. The Greens and New Democrats increased both their raw vote and their share of the vote, and the new Island party took nearly a full percentage point. Three incumbent Liberal MLAs were defeated by Progressive Conservatives; the Progressive Conservatives retained one of the two seats they held at the dissolution of the previous legislature, as well as one vacant seat which they held prior to the resignation of Michael Currie from the legislature in March 2011, while the Liberals gained one seat whose Progressive Conservative incumbent did not stand for re-election.

The election saw one riding, Kellys Cross-Cumberland, have six candidates, a rarity in PEI elections.

The PC Party solidified their base in central-east PEI, winning four ridings that were part of the federal riding of Cardigan, and carried the region. The PC Party also managed to win a single seat on the northern tip of the Island.

+ ↓ 22 5 Liberal PC

|align=left|Robert Ghiz |align="right"|27 |align="right"|23 |align="right"|24 |align="right"|22 |align="right"|-1 |align="right"|38,315 |align="right"|51.38% |align="right"|-1.55%

|align=left|Olive Crane |align="right"|27 |align="right"|4 |align="right"|2 |align="right"|5 |align="right"|+1 |align="right"|29,950 |align="right"|40.16% |align="right"|-1.19%

|align=left|Sharon Labchuk |align="right"| 22 |align="right"| - |align="right"| - |align="right"| 0 |align="right"| |align="right"|3,254 |align="right"|4.36% |align="right"|+1.32%

|align=left|James Rodd |align="right"| 14 |align="right"| - |align="right"| - |align="right"| 0 |align="right"| |align="right"|2,355 |align="right"|3.16% |align="right"|+1.20%

|align=left|Billy Cann |align="right"|12 |align="right"|* |align="right"| - |align="right"| 0 |align="right"| |align="right"|682 |align="right"|0.91% |align="right"|*

|align=left| |align="right"|1 |align="right"| - |align="right"| - |align="right"| 0 |align="right"| |align="right"|15 |align="right"|0.02% |align="right"|-0.71%

|align=left| |align="right"| - |align="right"| - |align="right"| 1 |colspan="5" align="right"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total | style="text-align:right;"|103 | style="text-align:right;"|27 | style="text-align:right;"|27 | style="text-align:right;"|27 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"|74,571 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |} * The Island Party of Prince Edward Island was not a registered political party at the time of the 2007 election.

Synopsis of results + 2011 PEI general election - synopsis of riding results Riding FederalRiding 2007 Winning partypercentages calculated on valid votes only Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots Votes Party Votes Share Margin# Margin% Lib PC Green NDP Island Total Alberton-Roseville26EGM Lib Lib1,604 56.18%467 16.36% 83.10%1,604 1,137 71 – 43 – 2,855Belfast-Murray River4CAR PC Lib1,135 45.86%8 0.32% 79.02%1,135 1,127 114 – 99 – 2,475Borden-Kinkora19MPQ Lib Lib1,590 49.41%122 3.79% 77.85%1,590 1,468 160 – – – 3,218Charlottetown-Brighton13CHA Lib Lib1,228 52.46%529 22.60% 77.42%1,228 699 238 176 – – 2,341Charlottetown-Lewis Point14CHA Lib Lib1,411 52.01%516 19.02% 70.01%1,411 895 132 275 – – 2,713Charlottetown-Parkdale11CHA Lib Lib1,510 61.76%845 34.56% 73.78%1,510 665 152 118 – – 2,445Charlottetown-Sherwood10CHA Lib Lib1,538 53.93%478 16.76% 77.86%1,538 1,060 127 127 – – 2,852Charlottetown-Victoria Park12CHA Lib Lib1,112 51.29%530 24.45% 69.03%1,112 582 278 177 19 – 2,168Cornwall-Meadowbank16MPQ Lib Lib1,686 63.46%930 35.00% 71.03%1,686 756 172 – 43 – 2,657Evangeline-Miscouche24EGM Lib Lib1,722 77.22%1,304 58.48% 84.89%1,722 418 64 – 26 – 2,230Georgetown-St. Peters2CAR PC PC1,575 53.30%361 12.22% 83.91%1,214 1,575 47 87 32 – 2,955Kellys Cross-Cumberland17MPQ Lib Lib1,768 54.02%808 24.69% 77.54%1,768 960 306 182 42 15 3,273Kensington-Malpeque20MPQ Lib Lib1,820 57.18%655 20.58% 74.76%1,820 1,165 – 198 – – 3,183Montague-Kilmuir3CAR PC Lib1,127 46.57%123 5.08% 78.10%1,127 1,004 89 – 200 – 2,420Morell-Mermaid7CAR PC PC1,649 58.29%616 21.77% 88.28%1,033 1,649 114 – 33 – 2,829O'Leary-Inverness25EGM Lib Lib1,431 55.51%284 11.02% 78.83%1,431 1,147 – – – – 2,578Rustico-Emerald18MPQ Lib Lib1,498 49.50%157 5.19% 78.69%1,498 1,341 187 – – – 3,026Souris-Elmira1CAR Lib PC1,302 48.58%30 1.12% 86.25%1,272 1,302 – – 106 – 2,680Stratford-Kinlock6CAR Lib PC2,020 55.59%779 21.44% 77.63%1,241 2,020 168 205 – – 3,634Summerside-St. Eleanors22EGM Lib Lib1,426 51.76%389 14.12% 63.76%1,426 1,037 145 147 – – 2,755Summerside-Wilmot21EGM Lib Lib1,382 54.75%445 17.63% 65.36%1,382 937 205 – – – 2,524Tignish-Palmer Road27EGM Lib PC1,175 50.15%33 1.41% 81.74%1,142 1,175 – – 26 – 2,343Tracadie-Hillsborough Park8CHA Lib Lib1,304 48.53%168 6.25% 72.80%1,304 1,136 93 136 18 – 2,687Tyne Valley-Linkletter23EGM Lib Lib1,390 57.27%353 14.54% 71.68%1,390 1,037 – – – – 2,427Vernon River-Stratford5CAR Lib Lib1,311 50.52%257 9.90% 77.29%1,311 1,054 119 111 – – 2,595West Royalty-Springvale15CHA Lib Lib1,432 45.93%63 2.02% 75.31%1,432 1,369 151 166 – – 3,118York-Oyster Bed9MPQ Lib Lib1,988 55.30%753 20.95% 79.55%1,988 1,235 122 250 – – 3,595

= open seat = turnout is above provincial average = incumbency arose from byelection gain = incumbent re-elected in same riding = other incumbent renominated

+ Resulting composition of the 64th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island Source PartyLibPCTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 20 1 21Open seats held 1 1Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 3 3Open seats gained 1 1Byelection gain held 1 1Total 22 5 27

Results by region

Party NameCardiganMalpequeCharlottetownEgmontTotalLiberal Seats:385622 Popular Vote: 42.54% 52.87% 54.31% 57.01% 51.38%Progressive Conservative Seats:40015 Popular Vote: 49.68% 38.10% 31.16% 38.89% 40.16%Total seats:785727Parties that won no seats:Green Vote: 651 1,191 927 485 3,254 Popular Vote: 3.32% 4.81% 7.40% 2.74% 4.36%NDP Vote: 403 932 873 147 2,355 Popular Vote: 2.06% 3.77% 6.97% 0.83% 3.16%Island Party Vote: 470 98 19 95 682 Popular Vote: 2.40% 0.40% 0.15% 0.54% 0.91%Independent Vote: 15 15 Popular Vote: 0.06% 0.02%

Incumbent MLAs not running for re-election

Progressive Conservative Michael Currie (resigned, March 28, 2011), Georgetown-St. Peters"Currie to run in Cardigan" . CBC News, March 28, 2011. Jim Bagnall, Montague-Kilmuir

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Riding by riding results

Cardigan

|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Belfast-Murray River || |Charlie McGeoghegan 1,135 - (45.86%) | |Darlene Compton 1,127 - (45.54%) | |John Burhoe 114 - (4.61%)

|Andy Clarey 99 - (4.00%)

|Vacant |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Montague-Kilmuir || |Allen Roach 1,127 - (46.57%) | |Greg Farrell 1,004 - (41.49%) | |Vanessa Young 89 - (3.68%)

|Billy Cann 200 - (8.26%)

|Olive Crane 1,649 - (58.29%) | |Darcie Lanthier 114 - (4.03%)

|Roger Nowe 33 - (1.17%)

|Olive Crane |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Souris-Elmira | |Allan Campbell 1,272 - (47.46%) || |Colin LaVie 1,302 - (48.58%)

|Jason MacGregor 106 - (3.96%)

|Cynthia Dunsford |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Vernon River-Stratford

|Alan McIsaac

Malpeque

|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Borden-Kinkora || |George Webster 1,590 - (49.41%) | |Jamie Fox 1,468 - (45.62%) | |Conor Leggott 160 - (4.97%)

|George Webster |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Cornwall-Meadowbank

|Jay Gallant 43 - (1.62%)

|Ron MacKinley |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Kellys Cross-Cumberland

|Valerie Docherty 1,768 - (54.10%) | |Neila Auld 960 - (29.38%) | |Peter Bevan-Baker 306 - (9.36%) | |Jesse Reddin Cousins 182 - (5.56%) | |Paul Smitz 37 - (1.13%) | |Arthur C. Mackenzie 15 - (0.46%) || |Valerie Docherty |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Kensington-Malpeque

|Wes Sheridan 1,820 - (57.18%) | |Wilber Lamont 1,165 - (36.60%)

|George S. Hunter 198 - (6.22%)

|Wes Sheridan |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Rustico-Emerald || |Carolyn Bertram 1,498 (49.50%) | |Brad Trivers 1,341 - (44.32%) | |Ron Wagner 187- (6.18%)

|Carolyn Bertram |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|York-Oyster Bed

|Robert Vessey

Charlottetown

|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Brighton

|Robert Ghiz |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Lewis Point

|Kathleen Casey |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Parkdale

|Doug Currie |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Sherwood

|Robert Mitchell |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Victoria Park

|Richard Brown |- |bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Tracadie-Hillsborough Park || |Buck Watts 1,304 - (48.53%) | |Glen Kelly 1,136 - (42.28%) | |Helene LaRouche 93 - (3.46%) | |Ron Kelly 136 - (5.06%) |

2011 Prince Edward Island general election

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