2003 Prince Edward Island general election

The 2003 Prince Edward Island general election was held on September 29, 2003 to elect the 27 members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The election was called on September 2 by Premier Pat Binns, who enjoyed a high level of popularity among voters.

Polling took place on September 29, despite a blackout across two-thirds of the province and other damage caused by Hurricane Juan.

Binns' Progressive Conservatives were elected to a third consecutive majority government, the first time this had happened in Island history (for the PC party). The Premier, who ran in Murray River-Gaspereaux, was re-elected, along with his entire existing cabinet.

The Liberals wrested three seats from the Tories, increasing their standing to four seats. The party's new leader, Robert Ghiz, was one of those. The son of former premier Joe Ghiz beat Charlottetown mayor George MacDonald in the riding of Charlottetown-Rochford Square in Charlottetown.

The New Democrats did not win any seats; their leader, Gary Robichaud, was defeated by a Tory incumbent in Wilmot-Summerside.

Largest and smallest margins of victory
The five largest margins of victory were:
 * 1) Kensington-Malpeque: Mitch Murphy, PC, defeated Janice Sherry, Liberal, by 1416 votes.
 * 2) North River-Rice Point: Ron MacKinley, Liberal, defeated Donna Butler, PC, by 1103 votes.
 * 3) Murray River-Gaspereaux: Pat Binns, PC, defeated Michelle Johnston, Liberal, by 959 votes.
 * 4) Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove: David McKenna, PC, defeated Eric Ellsworth, Liberal, by 958 votes.
 * 5) Alberton-Miminegash: Cletus Dunn, PC, defeated Robert B. White, Liberal, by 737 votes.

The five smallest margins of victory were:
 * 1) Sherwood-Hillsborough: Elmer MacFadyen, PC, defeated Robert Mitchell, Liberal, by 61 votes.
 * 2) Borden-Kinkora:  Fred McCardle, PC, defeated Lorne Sutherland, Liberal, by 71 votes.
 * 3) St. Eleanors-Summerside: Helen MacDonald, PC, defeated Gerard Greenan, Liberal, by 93 votes.
 * 4) Evangeline-Miscouche: Wilfred Arsenault, PC, defeated Sonny Gallant, Liberal, by 104 votes.
 * 5) Charlottetown-Kings Square: Richard Brown, Liberal, defeated Bob MacMillan, PC, by 142 votes.

Prince County
1697 960 53 1528 1457 80 1477 981 178 1312 1208 69
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Alberton-Miminegash
 * Cletus Dunn
 * Cletus Dunn
 * Cletus Dunn
 * Robert B. White
 * Robert B. White
 * Donna Hardy
 * Donna Hardy
 * Cletus J. Dunn
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Borden-Kinkora
 * Fred McCardle
 * Cletus J. Dunn
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Borden-Kinkora
 * Fred McCardle
 * Fred McCardle
 * Fred McCardle
 * Lorne Sutherland
 * Lorne Sutherland
 * James Rodd
 * James Rodd
 * Eric Hammill†
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Cascumpec-Grand River
 * Philip Brown
 * Eric Hammill†
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Cascumpec-Grand River
 * Philip Brown
 * Philip Brown
 * Philip Brown
 * Robert Noye
 * Robert Noye
 * Peter Robinson
 * Peter Robinson
 * Philip Brown
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Evangeline-Miscouche
 * Wilfred Arsenault
 * Philip Brown
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Evangeline-Miscouche
 * Wilfred Arsenault
 * Wilfred Arsenault
 * Wilfred Arsenault
 * Sonny Gallant
 * Sonny Gallant
 * Leona Arsenault
 * Leona Arsenault
 * Wilfred Arsenault
 * Wilfred Arsenault
 * Wilfred Arsenault
 * Wilfred Arsenault

2536 1120 92 1590 1497 97 1480 1177 20
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Kensington-Malpeque
 * Mitch Murphy
 * Mitch Murphy
 * Mitch Murphy
 * Janice Sherry
 * Janice Sherry
 * George S. Hunter
 * George S. Hunter
 * Mitch Murphy
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|St. Eleanors-Summerside
 * Helen MacDonald
 * Mitch Murphy
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|St. Eleanors-Summerside
 * Helen MacDonald
 * Helen MacDonald
 * Helen MacDonald
 * Gerard Greenan
 * Gerard Greenan
 * Paulette Halupa
 * Paulette Halupa
 * Helen MacDonald
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Tignish-Deblois
 * Gail Shea
 * Helen MacDonald
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Tignish-Deblois
 * Gail Shea
 * Gail Shea
 * Gail Shea
 * Neil LeClair
 * Neil LeClair
 * Reg Pendergast
 * Reg Pendergast
 * Gail Shea
 * Gail Shea
 * Gail Shea
 * Gail Shea

1193 872 232 1807 1402 257
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|West Point-Bloomfield
 * Eva Rodgerson
 * Eva Rodgerson
 * Eva Rodgerson
 * Sean O'Halloran
 * Sean O'Halloran
 * Ed Kilfoil
 * Ed Kilfoil
 * Eva Rodgerson
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Wilmot-Summerside
 * Greg Deighan
 * Eva Rodgerson
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Wilmot-Summerside
 * Greg Deighan
 * Greg Deighan
 * Greg Deighan
 * Duke Cormier
 * Duke Cormier
 * Gary Robichaud
 * Gary Robichaud
 * Greg Deighan
 * }
 * Greg Deighan
 * }
 * }

Queens County
1331 1091 110
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Belfast-Pownal Bay
 * Wilbur MacDonald
 * Wilbur MacDonald
 * Wilbur MacDonald
 * Sarah Jane Bell
 * Sarah Jane Bell
 * Michael Page
 * Michael Page
 * Wilbur MacDonald
 * Wilbur MacDonald
 * Wilbur MacDonald
 * Wilbur MacDonald

1683 1829 99 2249 1291 243 1403 2506 108
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Crapaud-Hazel Grove
 * Norman MacPhee
 * Norman MacPhee
 * Norman MacPhee
 * Carolyn Bertram
 * Carolyn Bertram
 * Miranda Ellis
 * Miranda Ellis
 * Norman MacPhee
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove
 * David McKenna
 * Norman MacPhee
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove
 * David McKenna
 * David McKenna
 * David McKenna
 * Eric Ellsworth
 * Eric Ellsworth
 * Jane MacNeil
 * Jane MacNeil
 * Pat Mella
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|North River-Rice Point
 * Donna Butler
 * Pat Mella
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|North River-Rice Point
 * Donna Butler
 * Donna Butler
 * Donna Butler
 * Ron MacKinley
 * Ron MacKinley
 * Marlene Hunt
 * Marlene Hunt
 * Ron MacKinley
 * Ron MacKinley
 * Ron MacKinley
 * Ron MacKinley

1908 1608 184
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Park Corner-Oyster Bed
 * Beth MacKenzie
 * Beth MacKenzie
 * Beth MacKenzie
 * Jean Tingley
 * Jean Tingley
 * Ken Bingham
 * Ken Bingham
 * Beth MacKenzie
 * Beth MacKenzie
 * Beth MacKenzie
 * Beth MacKenzie

1858 1400 78 1628 1253 64 1971 1816
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Stanhope-East Royalty
 * Jamie Ballem
 * Jamie Ballem
 * Jamie Ballem
 * Robert Vessey
 * Robert Vessey
 * Gerard Gallant
 * Gerard Gallant
 * Jamie Ballem
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Tracadie-Fort Augustus
 * Mildred Dover
 * Jamie Ballem
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Tracadie-Fort Augustus
 * Mildred Dover
 * Mildred Dover
 * Mildred Dover
 * Buck Watts
 * Buck Watts
 * Robert Perry
 * Robert Perry
 * Mildred Dover
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Winsloe-West Royalty
 * Wayne Collins
 * Mildred Dover
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Winsloe-West Royalty
 * Wayne Collins
 * Wayne Collins
 * Wayne Collins
 * Gordon MacKay
 * Gordon MacKay
 * Don MacKinnon†
 * }
 * Don MacKinnon†
 * }
 * Don MacKinnon†
 * }
 * }

Charlottetown
1278 1420 86 1276 1433 120 1649 1448 99
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Kings Square
 * Bob MacMillan
 * Bob MacMillan
 * Bob MacMillan
 * Richard Brown
 * Richard Brown
 * Kevin Roach
 * Kevin Roach
 * Bob MacMillan
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Rochford Square
 * George MacDonald
 * Bob MacMillan
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Rochford Square
 * George MacDonald
 * George MacDonald
 * George MacDonald
 * Robert Ghiz
 * Robert Ghiz
 * J'Nan Brown
 * J'Nan Brown
 * Jeff Lantz †
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Spring Park
 * Wes MacAleer
 * Jeff Lantz †
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Spring Park
 * Wes MacAleer
 * Wes MacAleer
 * Wes MacAleer
 * Barry Ling
 * Barry Ling
 * Teresa Peters
 * Teresa Peters
 * Wes MacAleer
 * Wes MacAleer
 * Wes MacAleer
 * Wes MacAleer

1562 897 78 1408 1347 75
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Parkdale-Belvedere
 * Chester Gillan
 * Chester Gillan
 * Chester Gillan
 * Charlie Cooke
 * Charlie Cooke
 * Nick Boragina
 * Nick Boragina
 * Chester Gillan
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Sherwood-Hillsborough
 * Elmer MacFadyen
 * Chester Gillan
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Sherwood-Hillsborough
 * Elmer MacFadyen
 * Elmer MacFadyen
 * Elmer MacFadyen
 * Robert Mitchell
 * Robert Mitchell
 * Ronald G. Kelly
 * Ronald G. Kelly
 * Elmer MacFadyen
 * }
 * Elmer MacFadyen
 * }
 * }

Kings County
1652 984 64 1431 792 30 1601 1050 1584 625 45 1291 1047
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Georgetown-Baldwin's Road
 * Mike Currie
 * Mike Currie
 * Mike Currie
 * Danny Walker
 * Danny Walker
 * Jane Dunphy
 * Jane Dunphy
 * Mike Currie
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Montague-Kilmuir
 * Jim Bagnall
 * Mike Currie
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Montague-Kilmuir
 * Jim Bagnall
 * Jim Bagnall
 * Jim Bagnall
 * John Van Dyke
 * John Van Dyke
 * Lorne Cudmore
 * Lorne Cudmore
 * Jim Bagnall
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Morell-Fortune Bay
 * Kevin MacAdam
 * Jim Bagnall
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Morell-Fortune Bay
 * Kevin MacAdam
 * Kevin MacAdam
 * Kevin MacAdam
 * Larry McGuire
 * Larry McGuire
 * Kevin J. MacAdam
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Murray River-Gaspereaux
 * Pat Binns
 * Kevin J. MacAdam
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Murray River-Gaspereaux
 * Pat Binns
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Murray River-Gaspereaux
 * Pat Binns
 * Pat Binns
 * Pat Binns
 * Michelle Johnston
 * Michelle Johnston
 * Edith Perry
 * Edith Perry
 * Pat Binns
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Souris-Elmira
 * Andy Mooney
 * Pat Binns
 * bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Souris-Elmira
 * Andy Mooney
 * Andy Mooney
 * Andy Mooney
 * Philip MacDonald
 * Philip MacDonald
 * Andy Mooney
 * }
 * Andy Mooney
 * }
 * Andy Mooney
 * }
 * }

Parties

 * Progressive Conservative Party of PEI (see also Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)
 * Liberal Party of PEI (see also Liberal Party of Canada)
 * Island New Democrats (see also New Democratic Party)