How did FPTP do in PEI's last election?
PEI's 2021 election was the first time since 1890 that the province elected a minority government.
It was also the first time in PEI history that a significant number of voters turned to a third party besides the old-line parties, the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives.
It was also the first time that the Green Party reached official opposition status in any Canadian legislature.
27 seats
vote p.c. Seats they were due under PR Seats they won
p.c. of total
Conservative 37 10 13 48
Green 31 8 8 30
Liberal 30 8 6 22
NDP 3 1 0 0
so seat counts were in order of popularity, although Conservatives got many more seats than they deserved and the Liberals were due two more seats than they got and the NDP should have got one seat and got none.
votes taken by successful candidate total valid votes
Belfast Cons maj (53 p.c.) 1545 2941
Georgetown Cons minority 1493 3070
Mermaid Green minority (38 p.c.) 1152 3026
Montague Cons minority 1373 2956
Morell Cons maj 58 p.c. 1752 3041
Souris Cons minority 1347 3253
Stratford Cons minority 1270 2988
Borden Cons maj 52 p.c. 1680 3224
Brackley Cons minority 1315 3150
Cornwall Lib minority 1643 3430
Kensington Cons maj 62 p.c. 2008 3655
New Haven Green maj 54 p.c. 1870 3478
Rustico Cons maj 58 p.c. 1920 3336
Stanhope Cons minority 1300 3289
Charlottetown
Belvedere Green minority 1286 3185
Brighton Green minority 1301 3229
Hillsborough Cons minority 1080 2470
Victoria Green minority 1272 2839
West Royalty Lib minority 35 percent 1079 3069
Winslowe Lib minority 1420 2858
Alberton Cons minority 1312 2881
Evangeline Lib minority 1100 2469
O'Leary Lib minority 1102 2688
Summerside South Green minority 1302 2967
Summerside Wilmot Green minority 39 p.c. 1258 3226
Tignish Lib minority 1388 2818
Tyne Green minority 36 p.c. 1101 3091
TOTALS 37,669 83,152
District wins by party
Majority wins Minority wins
Cons 5 8
Green 1 7
Lib 0 6
NDP 0 0
Totals: 6 21
More candidates won with less than half of the vote than won with more than half.
In no party did more win with majority than won with minority.
Wins ranged from Charlottetown-West Royalty's 35 percent (1079 votes) to
Kensington's 62 percent (2008 votes).
Effective votes:
37,669 voters saw their choice elected.
45,483 voters did not see their choice elected.
AND 24,000 did not vote at all.
Turn-out was 78 p.c.
83,000 voted, out of 107,000 eligible voters.
In Charlottetown, Greens elected three, Liberals two and Conservatives one.
If Charlottetown had been a single district electing six, and seats had been distributed proportionally, the result might have been two Greens, two Libs and two Conservatives.
Vote totals in Charlottetown were:
votes seats won
Greens 6591 36 percent 3 50 percent
Libs 6078 33 percent 2 33 percent
Conservatives 4932 27 percent 1 17 percent
NDP 674 4 percent 0
other 202 1 percent 0
Total 18,275
In the region of Cardigan, Conservatives took all but one seat with only 46 percent of the region vote.
Proportionally, the result might have been Conservatives 3, Green 2, Liberals 2.
Totals in the Cardigan region were:
votes vote p.c. seats won
Conservatives 9714 46 percent 6 86 percent
Green 5779 27 percent 1 14 percent
Liberals 5265 25 percent 0
NDP 277 1 percent 0
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