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P.E.I. Elections: Liberal landslides and Tory tides
If the province of P.E.I. had a campaign slogan it would be of the "go big or go home" genre. From Liberal landslides to Tory sweeps, P.E.I. elections have been showy and dramatic changings of the guard. But despite the spectacular overthrows, campaigns have been conducted as a sport of etiquette. CBC has covered the continuing electoral spectacle as Islanders waffled between the Liberal and Tory tides, confronted issues of party patronage, and elected the first woman and non-European premiers in Canada.		Educational activities about P.E.I. Elections: Liberal landslides and Tory tides

	Stunning upheaval: Alex Campbell's victory		The million-acre farm		A gentleman's sport
	Young Liberal Alex Campbell woos voters with his visionary politics. (TV; runs 14:30)		Tory leader Angus MacLean seeks a rural renaissance. (TV; runs 1:20)		A history of P.E.I. politics. (Radio; runs 12:06)

	Family politics		P.E.I. patronage		Chief chef Joe Ghiz
	Generation after generation has maintained party loyalty but now that system is starting to crack. (TV; runs 12:19)		Party loyalty, rewards and punishment run deep and damaging. (TV; runs 3:45)		P.E.I. premier Joe Ghiz shares his family Caesar salad recipe with Peter Gzowski. (Radio; runs 14:20)

	Campaigning to become Canada's first woman premier		Painting the province blue and redrawing the map		Dr. Dickieson and the NDP
	Catherine Callbeck makes her bid for the leadership. (Radio; runs 3:07)		Pat Binns leads the Conservatives to power and the electoral map is redrawn. (TV; runs 3:09)		Herb Dickieson wins the first seat for the NDP on the Island. (Radio; runs 7:12)

	The lone Liberal		Ghiz kid takes over
	Islanders contemplate a new system of voting to balance party representation. (TV; runs 7:19)		A Liberal tide sweeps Pat Binn's Tories from power, bringing in a new Premier Ghiz. (TV; runs 2:13)

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