CHARLOTTETOWN — Voters in Prince Edward Island delivered a decisive majority to the incumbent Progressive Conservatives on Monday after an election campaign…
The vote in April 2019 had seen P.E.I. become the first province in Canada where the Green Party formed the official Opposition..Despite the Green breakthrough almost four years ago, political observers on the Island said the electorate did not appear to be in a mood for more change when the campaign began on March 6. And there were indications the party was not ready for an electoral contest.
On Monday night, Green volunteers at the Trailside Music Hall in Charlottetown fell silent as the results showed Green incumbents battling for their political lives. As the campaign started last month, King cited the challenges his party faced: two hurricane-force storms — Dorian in 2019 and Fiona last September — and the economic fallout caused by a potato fungus that halted exports of the Island’s most important crop.Article content
As expected, health care was the focus of a televised leaders debate on March 27, during which King was on the defensive. As he did during the previous election campaign, King responded to his opponents’ attacks by remaining optimistic and collegial.
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