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, a political party in the

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chooses its leadership by an open vote of party members at a convention called by the party executive when there is a vacancy in the leadership (or there is an interim leader).

1950 leadership convention

(Held on June 26, 1950) * Reginald Bell presumably acclaimed

1957 leadership convention

(Held on September 17, 1957) *

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524 * George Dewar 522

1968 leadership convention

(Held on September 21, 1968) * George Key 691 *

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474 *

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159

1973 leadership convention

(Held on February 3, 1973) *

Melvin McQuaid Melvin James McQuaid (6 September 1911 – 16 January 2001) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Souris, Prince Edward Island and became a lawyer and clerk by career. McQuaid attended ...

acclaimed

1976 leadership convention

(Held on September 25, 1976) *

Angus MacLean John Angus MacLean (May 15, 1914 – February 15, 2000) was a politician and farmer in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was an alumnus of both Mount Allison University and the University of British Columbia with degrees in science. MacL ...

589 * James Lee 437

1981 leadership convention

(Held on November 7, 1981) First Ballot: * James Lee 581 * Barry Clark 348 *

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282 *

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237 Second Ballot (Binns eliminated): * James Lee 665 * Barry Clark 463 *

281 Third Ballot (Driscoll eliminated): * James Lee 737 * Barry Clark 577

1988 leadership convention

(Held on June 11, 1988) *

Melbourne Gass Melbourne Alexander Gass (December 21, 1938 – December 11, 2018) was a Canadian businessman and politician who served for 9 years as the Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He served for two years as the leader of the Progressive Conservative P ...

599 * Andy Walker 572

1990 leadership convention

(Held on November 10, 1990) *

Pat Mella Patricia Janet Mella (born August 29, 1943) is a Canadian politician and former teacher. Mella was Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party (PC) leader from 1990 to 1996 and an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edwar ...

473 * Barry Clark 382 *

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1996 leadership convention

(Held on May 4, 1996) *

1,284 *

Wes MacAleer Wes MacAleer (born 12 February 1944) is a Canadian former 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 ...

527 *Gary Morgan 323

2010 leadership convention

(Held on October 2, 2010) First Ballot: * Olive Crane 819 * Jamie Ballem 692 *Peter Llewellyn 94 * Jamie Fox 79 * Fred McCardle 58 Second Ballot (McCardle eliminated): * Olive Crane 908 * Jamie Ballem 604 * Jamie Fox 11 *Peter Llewellyn 7

2015 leadership convention

(Held on February 28, 2015; vote by preferential ballot)Rob Lantz wins P.E.I. PC leadership
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* James Aylward *

Darlene Compton Darlene Compton (born January 21, 1961) is a Canadian politician, the second and current deputy premier, minister of finance and the status of women of Prince Edward Island. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in ...

''No candidate received more than 50% of the vote after the first count; Compton eliminated'' Second Ballot (Compton eliminated) *

* James Aylward 2,954 ballots were cast. Vote counts were not released.

2017 leadership convention

(Held on October 20, 2017) First ballot: * James Aylward *

Brad Trivers Grant Bradley (Brad) Trivers (born 22 December 1971) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election.leadership convention {{Politics of Canada In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader. Overview In Canada, leaders of a party generally rem ...

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References

{{Reflist *Carty, Kenneth R., et al., ''Leaders and Parties in Canadian Politics: Experiences of the Provinces''. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Canada, 1992. *Stewart, Ian and Stewart, David K., ''Conventional choices: Maritime leadership politics''. University of British Columbia Press, 2007.