68th Prince Edward Island general election
← 2023 On or before October 4, 2027 (2027-10-04)
All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
14 seats needed for a majority
 
LIB
GRN
Leader Dennis King Hal Perry
(interim) 		Karla Bernard
(interim)
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Green
Leader since February 9, 2019 April 12, 2023 July 21, 2023
Leader's seat Brackley-Hunter River Tignish-Palmer Road Charlottetown-Victoria Park
Last election 22 seats, 55.92% 3 seats, 17.21% 2 seats, 21.57%
Current seats 21 3 3
Incumbent Premier

Dennis King
Progressive Conservative



The 68th Prince Edward Island general election is the next general election to be held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), to elect the 68th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. It is tentatively scheduled for the fixed election date of Monday, October 4, 2027, but may be held earlier under certain circumstances.

Election date

PEI's fixed election date law, passed in 2008,[1] requires a general election to be held on the first Monday in October of the fourth calendar year following the previous general election.[2] However, the law does not override the constitutional powers of the lieutenant governor to dissolve the Legislature and hold new elections at any time. Under the principles of responsible government, the lieutenant governor only calls elections on the advice of the premier, or in response to the failure of a confidence vote in the Legislature.[3] Thus it generally remains the premier's prerogative to call elections early, and premiers are often criticized for doing so for political advantage.[1] Of PEI's four general elections held since the fixed date was passed into law, only one has been held on the fixed date; the other three were called early.[1]

Timeline

Opinion polls

The following is a list of scientific opinion polls of published voter intentions.

Polling firm Date(s)
conducted 		Link PC Green Liberal NDP Island Others Sample size Lead
Narrative Research 8 – 26 November 2023 [p 1] 56 18 17 6 1 2 300 38
Narrative Research 2 – 15 August 2023 [p 2] 53 22 18 6 1 1 300 31
Narrative Research 4 – 13 May 2023 [p 3] 52 25 16 5 1 0 300 27
General election results April 3, 2023 55.9 21.6 17.2 4.5 0.6 0.3 74,792 34.3

References

  1. ^ a b c Yarr, Kevin (March 7, 2023). "Why P.E.I. is having an election in April, when the date fixed by law is in October". CBC News. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Elections Act". www.princeedwardisland.ca. December 22, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Confidence Convention". Compendium of Procedure. Parliament of Canada. 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  4. ^ MacKay, Cody (April 3, 2023). "Dennis King promises humility, kindness after winning 2nd term as P.E.I. premier". CBC News. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Yarr, Kevin (April 4, 2023). "Low P.E.I. voter turnout 'cynical response to an early election call'". CBC News. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  6. ^ MacKay, Cody (April 6, 2023). "P.E.I. Liberal Leader Sharon Cameron stepping down". CBC News. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  7. ^ Ross, Shane (April 12, 2023). "Hal Perry takes over as interim leader of P.E.I. Liberals". CBC News. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  8. ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-peter-bevan-baker-green-party-1.6880290
  9. ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-karla-bernard-interim-leader-green-party-1.6913504
  10. ^ CBC news
  11. ^ "DISTRICT 19 BY-ELECTION | Elections PEI". www.electionspei.ca. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

Opinion poll sources

  1. ^ "Satisfaction with PEI King government remains strong, although down from three months ago" (PDF). Narrative Research. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Satisfaction with PEI King government remains strong". Narrative Research. August 24, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Satisfaction with King government remains strong in PEI post-election, with party and leader support unchanged since the election". Narrative Research. May 24, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
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