Prince Edward Island Votes 2019

While there are still some questions to be answered on how P.E.I.'s colourful new government will operate it will certainly bring many new faces into the House, some who are first-timers to politics all together.

Wade MacLauchlin made only passing reference in a speech Wednesday to his election defeat just hours earlier.

Elections P.E.I. says a threat to a Stratford polling station did not affect voter turnout.

Islanders voted to keep the current electoral system of first past the post, but only by a slim margin, begging the question of what's next for the question of electoral reform on P.E.I.

UPEI political science professor Don Desserud looks back at the most interesting election on P.E.I. in decades.

P.E.I. Green Party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker is celebrating a big win for the party in the provincial election Tuesday.

P.E.I. woman will see a small jump in representation in the P.E.I. Legislature. Six of the 26 elected MLAs in the Island's 2019 election were women, an increase of one female MLA, with women representing 23 per cent of the House.

New faces, new government and mix of party colours in the House the likes of which Prince Edward Island has never seen.

Dennis King, the Progressive Conservative premier designate of Prince Edward Island, says he is looking forward to working with the other parties in the legislature to make a new government work.

The P.E.I. provincial election did not have the result the NDP had hoped for. The party gained no seats in the legislature and only garnered about 2,400 votes across the province.

P.E.I. is waking up to a new political landscape Wednesday morning, but it is not entirely clear how a government will come together.

With all the votes counted, P.E.I. Progressive Conservative Party under rookie Leader Dennis King emerged victorious in Tuesday's election by a narrow margin after 12 years as the Official Opposition, the party won in 12 districts to the Greens' eight and the Liberals' six. Fourteen seats are needed for a majority.

Polls are open for the P.E.I. election as of 9 a.m. and around 36 per cent of eligible voters have already cast their ballot at advanced polls.

The first three-way race in P.E.I.'s electoral history has the Green Party looking to make a breakthrough.

Some Islanders may be confused as to where they should go to cast their ballots on election night April 23.

Elections P.E.I. is reminding voters that despite a postponed election in District 9,polls will still be openfor people to participate in the referendum on electoral reform.

If you want to be premier of P.E.I., the first step is getting yourself elected to the legislature.

Regardless of their politics, Prince Edward Islanders are coming together around the death of Green candidate Josh Underhay, says Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker.