Prince Edward Island general election, 2000

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

province of Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

conducted a general election

Election

An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...

on April 17, 2000 to elect the 27 members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, along with the Lieutenant-Governor, forms the parliament of the province. The General Assembly meets at Province House, which is located at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown....

.

Premier Pat Binns

Pat Binns

Patrick George Binns , is a Canadian diplomat who was named Ambassador to Ireland on August 30, 2007.Binns has a long history of public service, most notably being the 30th Premier of Prince Edward Island, holding office from 1996 to 2007, during which time he was the leader of the Prince Edward...

' Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island was elected to its 2nd straight majority, winning every seat but one. This was an increase of eight seats from the previous election.

The Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island, led by rookie leader Wayne Carew

Wayne Carew

Wayne Carew is a businessman and former Canadian politician in the province of Prince Edward Island.A resident of Summerside, Carew was elected by acclamation as leader of the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island, then the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, in...

, only won one seat, and Carew lost his own by a substantial margin.

The Island New Democrats, led by Herb Dickieson

Herb Dickieson

Herb Dickieson is a physician and a former educator and politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Dickieson is notably the first and currently the only member of the New Democratic Party, or any third party, to have sat in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.Dickieson was raised in...

, increased their popular vote from the previous election, but lost their only seat (Dickieson's own).

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1996 election Prince Edward Island general election, 1996 thumb\|Map of PEI's ridings showing winning parties and their popular vote.The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island conducted a general election on November 18, 1996 to elect the 27 members of the Island legislature...	Elected	% Change	#	%	Progressive Conservative	Pat Binns Pat Binns Patrick George Binns , is a Canadian diplomat who was named Ambassador to Ireland on August 30, 2007.Binns has a long history of public service, most notably being the 30th Premier of Prince Edward Island, holding office from 1996 to 2007, during which time he was the leader of the Prince Edward...	27	18	26	+44.44%	45,820	58.00%	Liberal	Wayne Carew Wayne Carew Wayne Carew is a businessman and former Canadian politician in the province of Prince Edward Island.A resident of Summerside, Carew was elected by acclamation as leader of the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island, then the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, in...	27	8	1	-87.50%	26,739	33.84%	New Democrats	Herb Dickieson Herb Dickieson Herb Dickieson is a physician and a former educator and politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Dickieson is notably the first and currently the only member of the New Democratic Party, or any third party, to have sat in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.Dickieson was raised in...	27	1	-	-100%	6,446	8.16%
Total			81	27	27	-	79,005	100%

Riding-by-riding results

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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Alberton-Miminegash
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|Cletus Dunn

Cletus Dunn

Cletus Dunn is a former civil servant and Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007....

1628
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|Hector MacLeod
1016
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|Donna M Lewis
137
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Belfast-Pownal Bay
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|Wilbur MacDonald

Wilbur MacDonald

Wilbur MacDonald was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a farmer by career.The son of Leo R. MacDonald and Helen Morrissey, MacDonald was educated in Orwell...

1611
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|Ernie Mutch
937
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|Mark Hansen
143
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Borden-Kinkora
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|Eric Hammill
1900
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|Lorne Sutherland
1002
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|Andy Dibling
153
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Cascumpec-Grand River
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|Philip Brown

Philip Brown (politician)

Philip Brown is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007. He represented the electoral district of Cascumpec-Grand River and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Tourism from 2003–2007...

1118
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|Rob Henderson
1094
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|Peter Robinson
416
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Kings Square
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|Bob MacMillan

Bob MacMillan

Robert Lea MacMillan is a former professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL for 11 seasons from 1974–75 until 1984–85.MacMillan was drafted 15th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft....

1215
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|Richard Brown

Richard Brown (Canadian politician)

Richard Brown is a Canadian politician.The Honourable Richard Brown was appointed by Premier Robert Ghiz as Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry on January 13, 2009....

1197
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|Lesley Sprague
291
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Rochford Square
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|Jeff Lantz
1433
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|Ian "Tex" MacDonald
1115
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|Ken Bingham
294
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Charlottetown-Spring Park
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|Wes MacAleer

Wes MacAleer

Wes MacAleer is a former Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007.Educated at Saint Dunstan's University, MacAleer is a former newspaper publisher. He spent 18 years in the Northwest Territories, where he helped introduce cable...

1743
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|Dianne Portter
944
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|Leo Broderick
432
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Crapaud-Hazel Grove
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|Norman MacPhee
1931
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|Cecil Godfrey
1223
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|Tony Reddin
341
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Evangeline-Miscouche
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|Wilfred Arsenault

Wilfred Arsenault

Joseph Wilfred Arsenault was a political figure on Prince Edward Island, Canada. He represented Evangeline-Miscouche in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007 as a Progressive Conservative member.He was born in St. Nicholas, Prince Edward Island, the son of Euclide...

1209
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|Robert Maddix
1126
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|Leona Arsenault-Belaire
160
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Georgetown-Baldwin's Road
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|Mike Currie

Michael Currie (politician)

Michael F. Currie is a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in from 1996 to 2011. He represented the electoral district of Georgetown-St. Peters...

1807
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|Danny Campbell
827
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|Bruno Peripoli
99
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove
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|Pat Mella
2399
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|Viola Evans-Murley
852
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|Jane MacNeil
249
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Kensington-Malpeque
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|Mitch Murphy

Mitch Murphy

P. Mitchell Murphy is an educator and former Canadian politician in the province of Prince Edward Island. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007. He is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.-Career:Murphy was born in Kensington, Prince...

Montague-Kilmuir

Montague-Kilmuir is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada.-Members:The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:-Election results:|Liberal|Allen Roach...

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|Jim Bagnall

Jim Bagnall

Jim Bagnall is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 1996 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Montague-Kilmuir and is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party...

1379
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|Larry Stanly Creed
865
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|Glen MacDonald
85
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Morell-Fortune Bay
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|Kevin MacAdam

Kevin MacAdam

Kevin MacAdam is a former Canadian politician and current political advisor.Born in West Saint Peters, the son of Stephen MacAdam, he was educated at the University of Prince Edward Island, and worked as a researcher and analyst....

1791
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|Danny Larkin
826
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|Brian Curley
47
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Murray River-Gaspereaux
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|Pat Binns
Pat Binns
Patrick George Binns , is a Canadian diplomat who was named Ambassador to Ireland on August 30, 2007.Binns has a long history of public service, most notably being the 30th Premier of Prince Edward Island, holding office from 1996 to 2007, during which time he was the leader of the Prince Edward...

1668
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|Andy Clarey
687
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|Deborah Kelly Hawkes
41
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|North River-Rice Point
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|Donna Lank
1673
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|Ron MacKinley

Ron MacKinley

Ronald W. "Ronnie" MacKinley is a Prince Edward Island Liberal politician, and a current member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island....

1830
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|Irene Dawson
321
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Park Corner-Oyster Bed
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|Beth MacKenzie

Beth MacKenzie

Beth MacKenzie is a registered nurse and former politician on Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island elected in the general election of 1996, 2000 and 2003...

2135
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|Allan Ling
1223
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|James Rodd
287
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Parkdale-Belvedere
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|Chester Gillan

Chester Gillan

Chester Gillan is a former Canadian educator and politician from Prince Edward Island.Born in Charlottetown and educated at Saint Dunstan's University and the University of New Brunswick, Gillan was a high school teacher before entering politics, being elected from 1996-2007 as a candidate for the...

1719
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|Jacob Mal
642
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|Edith Perry
186
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Sherwood-Hillsborough
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|Elmer MacFadyen

Elmer MacFadyen

Elmer MacFadyen was a Canadian politician. He represented Sherwood-Hillsborough in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007 as a Progressive Conservative member....

Souris-Elmira

Souris-Elmira is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The riding was created for the 1996 election from 1st Kings and a small part of 5th Kings and 2nd Kings.-Members:...

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|Andy Mooney

Andy Mooney (politician)

Andy Mooney is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007. He represented the electoral district of Souris-Elmira and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....

1535
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|Philip MacDonald
726
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|Betty Fay
176
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Stanhope-East Royalty
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|Jamie Ballem

Jamie Ballem

Jamie Ballem is a Canadian farmer and politician, who served as a cabinet minister, notably as Minister of the Environment and minister of Health and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007...

1992
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|Eddie Reardon
1080
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|Leo Cheverie
195
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|St. Eleanors-Summerside
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|Helen MacDonald
1626
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|Wayne Carew
1194
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|David Chapman
368
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Tignish-Deblois
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|Gail Shea

Gail Shea

Gail Shea, PC, MP is a Canadian politician, currently the Member of Parliament for Egmont. She was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007, representing the electoral district of Tignish-DeBlois as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.As...

1472
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|Neil LeClair

Neil LeClair

Neil J. LeClair is a Canadian politician.He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Tignish-Palmer Road and is a member of the Liberal Party. He was defeated by Hal Perry in the 2011 election.-External...

1068
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|Reg Pendergast
92
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Tracadie-Fort Augustus
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|Mildred Dover

Mildred Dover

Mildred Alice Dover is a former educator and Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007....

1737
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|Judy Hughes
982
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|Blair W. Kelly
163
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|West Point-Bloomfield
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|Eva Rodgerson

Eva Rodgerson

Eva Elizabeth Rodgerson is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007...

753
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|Charles R. Adams
403
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|Herb Dickieson
694
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Wilmot-Summerside
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|Greg Deighan

Gregory J. Deighan

Gregory "Greg" J. Deighan was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, representing the Wilmot-Summerside electoral district....

1674
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|Paul Hudson Schurman
1246
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|Gary Robichaud
Gary Robichaud
Gary Robichaud was a Canadian teacher and politician, and leader of the Island New Democrats political party in the province of Prince Edward Island.Robichaud was born in Saint John, New Brunswick...

403
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|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|Winsloe-West Royalty
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|Don MacKinnon
2203
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|Peter McCloskey
1078
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|Marlene Hunt
235
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Results

Riding-by-riding results

See also

General resources