2023 Prince Edward Island general election

The 2023 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island on 3 April 2023. The election normally required by 2 October under Prince Edward Island's fixed election date legislation was called early by Premier Dennis King at his nomination meeting on 6 March.
The Progressive Conservatives under incumbent Premier Dennis King won a majority government, gaining a combined seven seats from the [Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Liberal Party|Liberal Party|Liberal] and Green parties. The Liberals won three seats and became the Official Opposition, replacing the Greens who held two of their seats; however, newly acclaimed Liberal leader Sharon Cameron challenged Green leader Peter Bevan-Baker for his own seat and lost, placing third behind Bevan-Baker and the PC candidate. Following the election, Cameron and Bevan-Baker resigned as leaders of their respective parties.
The New Democratic Party ran candidates in all 27 districts, and the Island Party officially registered for the first time since the 2011 election, running candidates in 11 districts. Neither party elected any members to the Legislature. Voter turnout of 68.5% was the province's lowest recorded for a general election since Elections PEI began keeping records in 1966.

Background

Prince Edward Island's fixed election date legislation calls for a general election to be held prior to the first Monday of October in the fourth calendar year subsequent to the previous general election, which would have required an election to be held by 2 October. Instead, the election was called early for 3 April.

Incumbents not standing for re-election

The following MLAs announced that they would not run in the 2023 provincial election :

Timeline

23 April 2019: General election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins the most seats, while the incumbent Liberal Party falls to third place. The Green Party becomes the Opposition.
26 April 2019: Outgoing Premier Wade MacLauchlan announces intention to resign leadership of the Liberal Party upon appointment of an interim leader.
8 May 2019: Robert Mitchell is appointed interim Liberal leader.
9 May 2019: Dennis King's Progressive Conservative government is sworn in, following the resignation of Wade MacLauchlan's Liberal government.
13 June 2019: Deferred election date announced for Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park.
6 July 2019: Advance voting in Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election began, also took place on 8 and 12 July.
15 July 2019: Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election held, Progressive Conservative candidate Natalie Jameson is elected.
9 September 2019: Robert Mitchell resigns as interim Liberal leader.
16 September 2019: Sonny Gallant is appointed interim Liberal leader.
1 September 2020: Joe Byrne resigns as leader of the New Democratic Party.
23 April 2022: Michelle Neill is elected leader of the New Democratic Party.
19 November 2022: Sharon Cameron is acclaimed leader of the Liberal Party, being the only candidate in the party's leadership election.
6 March 2023: Dennis King is nominated as the PC candidate for Brackley-Hunter River, and announces that the election will be held on 3 April.
3 April 2023: General election held. Progressive Conservatives win a majority government.

Results

Candidates

Party leaders' names are in bold; cabinet ministers' names are in italics.
Incumbents who didn't run for re-election are denoted with a dagger †.

Opinion polls

The following is a list of scientific opinion polls of published voter intentions.