The 2022 Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership election took place on November 19, 2022 (after being postponed from November 13, 2021) to elect a new leader of the

Prince Edward Island Liberal Party The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party (officially the ''Prince Edward Island Liberal Association'') is a political party in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The PEI Liberals are affiliated with the federal Liberal Party of Canada. H ...

. The contest was prompted by the resignation of

Wade MacLauchlan H. Wade MacLauchlan CM OPEI (born 10 December 1954), is a Canadian legal academic, university administrator, politician and community leader. He served as the fifth president of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1999 to 2011, becomin ...

, who stepped down after the party's poor showing in the 2019 general election, where it fell to third place. On September 23, 2021, the leadership election was postponed indefinitely, but on July 11, 2022, the new date was announced. On October 7, 2022 the party announced that

Sharon Cameron Sharon Emily Cameron is a Canadian politician and former civil servant, who served as the leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party from November 19, 2022 to April 6, 2023. Prior to her work in government, Cameron worked as an intermediat ...

, having been the only candidate to enter the race by the close of nominations, would be acclaimed as leader at the convention.

Timeline

2019

*May 8 –

resigns as leader of the Liberal Party. Robert Mitchell is selected as interim leader. *September 9 – Robert Mitchell resigns as interim leader. *September 16 –

Sonny Gallant Stanley "Sonny" Gallant (born March 27, 1956) is a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party from 2019 to 2022. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 pr ...

becomes the interim leader.

2020

*August 21 – Interim leader Sonny Gallant announces the party is forming a leadership selection committee to develop the timing and rules for a leadership election.

2021

*July 15 – Party leadership election called for November 13, 2021. *September 23 – Party leadership election postponed.

2022

*July 11 – Party leadership election called for November 19, 2022. *July 29 – Co-chairs Julia O'Hanley and Samantha MacLean announced. *September 22 –

announced her candidacy. *October 2 – Close of nominations. *October 7 – Sharon Cameron, as the only candidate in the race, is announced as leader-designate. *November 19 – Party leadership election held, with

acclaimed as leader.

Candidates

Declared

Sharon Cameron

served as a deputy minister during the governments of

Robert Ghiz Robert Watson Joseph Ghiz (born January 21, 1974) is a Canadian politician who served as the 31st premier of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2015. He is the son of the 27th premier, Joe Ghiz. On November 13, 2014 Ghiz announced he would be re ...

and

, first at the Department of Social Services and Seniors (2010–2015) and then at the Department of Workforce and Advanced Learning (2015–2019). Additionally, she served as a special advisor to MacLauchlan on social policy, and is the former CEO of the Workers Compensation Board. In 2021, Cameron sought the Liberal nomination in

Cornwall-Meadowbank Cornwall-Meadowbank is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as North River-Rice Point. The riding consists of the Town of Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) ...

following the resignation of

Heath MacDonald Heath MacDonald (born 9 May 1966) is a Canadian politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He was previously elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election, representing the electo ...

; Cameron lost the nomination to Jane MacIsaac, who in turn lost the by-election to Progressive Conservative candidate

Mark McLane Mark McLane is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in a byelection on November 15, 2021. He represents the electoral district of Cornwall-Meadowbank as a member of the Prince Edward Island P ...

Declined

, MP for Malpeque (2021–present); Minister of Finance (2019), Minister of Economic Development and Tourism (2015–2018); MLA for

(2015–2021) * Robert Mitchell, interim party leader (2019); Minister of Health and Wellness (2018–2019), Minister of Communities, Land and Environment (2015–2018); MLA for

Charlottetown-Sherwood Charlottetown-Sherwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2007 election from Stanhope-East Royalty, Sherwood-Hillsborough, Parkdale-Belvedere and Winslo ...

(2007–2019), MLA for

Charlottetown-Winsloe Charlottetown-Winsloe is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2019 election from parts of the former districts Charlottetown-Sherwood, West Royalty-Springvale ...

(2019–2020)

References

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