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 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)

First ballot: No candidate received more than 50% of the vote after the first count; Compton eliminated
 * Rob Lantz
 * James Aylward
 * Darlene Compton

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