68th Prince Edward Island general election

68th Prince Edward Island general election

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, requires a general election to be held on the first Monday in October of the fourth calendar year following the previous general election. 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. Thus it generally remains the premier's prerogative to call elections early, and premiers are often criticized for doing so for political advantage. 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.

Timeline

2023

• April 3: General election held. The Progressive Conservative Party increases their seat total from 15 to 22 in the 27-seat Legislature, gaining 6 seats from the Green Party and 1 from the Liberal Party. The Liberals form the Official Opposition, replacing the Greens. Voter turnout of 68.5% is the province's lowest for a general election since records began in 1966.
• April 6: Sharon Cameron resigns as Liberal leader.
• April 12: Tignish-Palmer Road MLA Hal Perry is named interim Liberal leader, and becomes Leader of the Official Opposition.
• June 17: Green Party leader Peter Bevan-Baker announces his intention to resign.
• July 21: Charlottetown-Victoria Park MLA Karla Bernard is appointed interim Green Party leader.
• November 11: Borden-Kinkora MLA Jamie Fox resigns, to run as Malpeque's Conservative candidate in the next federal election.

2024

• February 5: The Borden-Kinkora provincial by-election was scheduled to be held this date but was pushed to February 7 due to a winter storm.
• February 7: Green candidate Matt MacFarlane wins the Borden-Kinkora provincial by-election, gaining the seat from the Progressive Conservatives.

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 – 13 February 2024		51	28	12	9	1	0	300	23
Narrative Research	8 – 26 November 2023		56	18	17	6	1	2	300	38
Narrative Research	2 – 15 August 2023		53	22	18	6	1	1	300	31
Narrative Research	4 – 13 May 2023		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