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2003 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	2003 Prince Edward Island general election
country	Prince Edward Island
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	2000 Prince Edward Island general election
previous_year	2000
election_date
next_election	2007 Prince Edward Island general election
next_year	2007
seats_for_election	All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
majority_seats	14
turnout	83.27%
image1	PC
colour1
leader1	Pat Binns
party1
leader_since1	May 4, 1996
leaders_seat1	Murray River-Gaspereaux
last_election1	26 seats, 58.00%
seats1	23
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	43,712
percentage1	54.29%
swing1	3.71pp
map_image	Prince Edward Island general election, 2003 - Results By Riding.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via plurality results by each riding.
title	Premier
before_election	Pat Binns
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Pat Binns
after_party
outgoing_members	61st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
elected_mps	[members](62nd-general-assembly-of-prince-edward-island)
colour2
image2	[[File:Robert Ghiz.jpg	190x190px]]
leader2	Robert Ghiz
party2
leader_since2	[April 5, 2003](2003-prince-edward-island-liberal-party-leadership-election)
leaders_seat2	Ran in Charlottetown-Rochford Square
(won)
last_election2	1 seat, 33.84%
seats2	4
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	34,347
percentage2	42.66%
swing2	8.82pp

(won)

Polling took place on September 29, despite a blackout across two-thirds of the province and other damage caused by Hurricane Juan.

Binns' Progressive Conservatives were elected to a third consecutive majority government, the first time this had happened in Island history (for the PC party). The Premier, who ran in Murray River-Gaspereaux, was re-elected, along with his entire existing cabinet.

The Liberals wrested three seats from the Tories, increasing their standing to four seats. The party's new leader, Robert Ghiz, was one of those. The son of former premier Joe Ghiz beat Charlottetown mayor George MacDonald in the riding of Charlottetown-Rochford Square in Charlottetown.

The New Democrats did not win any seats; their leader, Gary Robichaud, was defeated by a Tory incumbent in Wilmot-Summerside.

Results

PC	Liberal

Party	Party Leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular Vote	[2000 election](2000-prince-edward-island-general-election)	Elected	% Change	#	%	23	4	-	Total		77	27	27	-	80,519	100%
Progressive Conservative	Pat Binns	27	26	-11.5%	43,712	54.29%	Liberal	Robert Ghiz	27	1	+300%	34,347	42.66%	New Democrats	Gary Robichaud	24	-	-	2,460	3.06%

Largest and smallest margins of victory

The five largest margins of victory were:

Kensington-Malpeque: Mitch Murphy, PC, defeated Janice Sherry, Liberal, by 1416 votes.
North River-Rice Point: Ron MacKinley, Liberal, defeated Donna Butler, PC, by 1103 votes.
Murray River-Gaspereaux: Pat Binns, PC, defeated Michelle Johnston, Liberal, by 959 votes.
Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove: David McKenna, PC, defeated Eric Ellsworth, Liberal, by 958 votes.
Alberton-Miminegash: Cletus Dunn, PC, defeated Robert B. White, Liberal, by 737 votes.

The five smallest margins of victory were:

Sherwood-Hillsborough: Elmer MacFadyen, PC, defeated Robert Mitchell, Liberal, by 61 votes.
Borden-Kinkora: Fred McCardle, PC, defeated Lorne Sutherland, Liberal, by 71 votes.
St. Eleanors-Summerside: Helen MacDonald, PC, defeated Gerard Greenan, Liberal, by 93 votes.
Evangeline-Miscouche: Wilfred Arsenault, PC, defeated Sonny Gallant, Liberal, by 104 votes.
Charlottetown-Kings Square: Richard Brown, Liberal, defeated Bob MacMillan, PC, by 142 votes.

Riding-by-riding results

Prince County

|- || |Cletus Dunn 1697 | |Robert B. White 960 | |Donna Hardy 53 | | ||

Cletus J. Dunn

Fred McCardle
1528

| |Lorne Sutherland 1457 | |James Rodd 80 | | ||

Eric Hammill†

Philip Brown
1477

| |Robert Noye 981 | |Peter Robinson 178 | | ||

Philip Brown

Wilfred Arsenault
1312

| |Sonny Gallant 1208 | |Leona Arsenault 69 | | || |Wilfred Arsenault

|- || |Mitch Murphy 2536 | |Janice Sherry 1120 | |George S. Hunter 92 | | ||

Mitch Murphy

Helen MacDonald
1590

| |Gerard Greenan 1497 | |Paulette Halupa 97 | | ||

Helen MacDonald

Gail Shea
1480

| |Neil LeClair 1177 | |Reg Pendergast 20 | | || |Gail Shea

|- || |Eva Rodgerson 1193 | |Sean O'Halloran 872 | |Ed Kilfoil 232 | | ||

Eva Rodgerson

Greg Deighan
1807

| |Duke Cormier 1402 | |Gary Robichaud 257 | | || |Greg Deighan |}

Queens County

|- || |Wilbur MacDonald 1331 | |Sarah Jane Bell 1091 | |Michael Page 110 | | || |Wilbur MacDonald

|- | |Norman MacPhee 1683 || |Carolyn Bertram 1829 | |Miranda Ellis 99 | | ||

Norman MacPhee

David McKenna
2249

| |Eric Ellsworth 1291 | |Jane MacNeil 243 | | ||

Pat Mella

| |Donna Butler 1403 || |Ron MacKinley 2506 | |Marlene Hunt 108 | | || |Ron MacKinley

|- || |Beth MacKenzie 1908 | |Jean Tingley 1608 | |Ken Bingham 184 | | || |Beth MacKenzie

|- || |Jamie Ballem 1858 | |Robert Vessey 1400 | |Gerard Gallant 78 | | ||

Jamie Ballem

Mildred Dover
1628

| |Buck Watts 1253 | |Robert Perry 64 | | ||

Mildred Dover

Wayne Collins
1971

| |Gordon MacKay 1816 | | | | || |Don MacKinnon† |}

Charlottetown

|- | |Bob MacMillan 1278 || |Richard Brown 1420 | |Kevin Roach 86 | | ||

Bob MacMillan

| |George MacDonald 1276 || |Robert Ghiz 1433 | |J'Nan Brown 120 | | ||

Jeff Lantz †

Wes MacAleer
1649

| |Barry Ling 1448 | |Teresa Peters 99 | | || |Wes MacAleer

|- || |Chester Gillan 1562 | |Charlie Cooke 897 | |Nick Boragina 78 | | ||

Chester Gillan

Elmer MacFadyen
1408

| |Robert Mitchell 1347 | |Ronald G. Kelly 75 | | || |Elmer MacFadyen |}

Kings County

|- || |Mike Currie 1652 | |Danny Walker 984 | |Jane Dunphy 64 | | ||

Mike Currie

Jim Bagnall
1431

| |John Van Dyke 792 | |Lorne Cudmore 30 | | ||

Jim Bagnall

Kevin MacAdam
1601

| |Larry McGuire 1050 | | | | ||

Kevin J. MacAdam

Pat Binns
1584

| |Michelle Johnston 625 | |Edith Perry 45 | | ||

Pat Binns

Andy Mooney
1291

| |Philip MacDonald 1047 | | | | || |Andy Mooney |}

References

"Saltwire | Prince Edward Island".

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