Parties & Leaders
Get the inside scoop on the political parties and the people who would run this province, as we bring you profiles of the major party leaders, as well as in-depth looks at the parties themselves, their policies, and their chances this election. ![]() The Progressive ConservativesParty Leader: Pat BinnsPat Binns, now seeking his fourth mandate as premier of Prince Edward Island, will certainly once again be at the centre of the Progressive Conservative campaign. ![]() The Liberal PartyParty Leader: Robert GhizIn 2003, Liberal Leader Robert Ghiz came into the provincial election a political neophyte, dragging behind him a battered provincial party and an enormous political legacy. ![]() The New Democratic PartyParty Leader: Dean ConstableThe 2007 election campaign coincides with Dean Constable's first anniversary as leader of the Island New Democrats, a job he won in April of 2006. ![]() The Green PartyInterim Party Leader: Sharon LabchukSharon Labchuk has been an environmental activist on P.E.I. for close to 20 years, but this is her first run as a candidate in provincial politics. |
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- P.E.I. tide paints province Liberal red
- P.E.I.'s Liberal party cruised to a surprisingly easy victory in Monday's provincial election, crushing the governing Progressive Conservatives and reversing the seat count from the previous legislative session.
- Hasty promises, desire for change sank P.E.I. Tories
- Pat Binns and his Progressive Conservatives went down to defeat in Monday's Prince Edward Island election, at least in part because of how two campaign promises fed into Islanders' growing appetite for change.
- Liberal wave fails to flood Eastern P.E.I.
- Progressive Conservative candidates picked up all of their handful of successes in the eastern part of Prince Edward Island on Monday, as Liberals swept the rest of the province.
- Liberals sweep crucial districts
- The Liberal party took every key district they needed for victory Monday night, and then some.
- 6 ministers defeated as P.E.I. cabinet trounced
- Six of Pat Binns's cabinet ministers fell and two were re-elected as P.E.I. voters bounced the Progressive Conservative government out of office Monday night.