2017 Charlottetown-Parkdale provincial by-election
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The 2017 Charlottetown-Parkdale provincial by-election took place on November 27, 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the district's incumbent MLA Doug Currie on October 19.
Green Party candidate Hannah Bell won the election, becoming the second member of the party to be elected to the Legislative Assembly after Peter Bevan-Baker successfully contested the district of Kellys Cross-Cumberland in the 2015 general election.
District profile
Charlottetown-Parkdale was established ahead of the 2007 provincial election. The Charlottetown district covered the entirety of the neighbourhoods of Belvedere and St. Avard's as well as most of Parkdale.
The district had voted reliably Liberal since its inception, sending Doug Currie to the Legislative Assembly in the 2007 election and re-electing him in 2011 and 2015.
Resignation of Doug Currie
On October 17, 2017, incumbent MLA Doug Currie announced his resignation from the Legislative Assembly effective immediately.[2] In an interview with CBC News, Currie stated "My decision really is about what's in the best for Doug Currie and my two girls — I don't think there's any perfect time to leave public office, but I feel excited about leaving. I feel excited about what I've accomplished."[3] Currie was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2007 election and had served in various ministerial roles under three successive Liberal governments. At the time of his resignation, Currie was Minister of Education, Early Learning and Culture.
Candidates
Bob Doiron won the Liberal nomination, defeating challenger Marcia Carroll at the party's nomination meeting on October 30.[4] Doiron has been a member of the University of Prince Edward Island Security Police Department since 1987 and has represented the ward of Mount Edward on the Charlottetown City Council since 2014.
The Progressive Conservatives nominated Melissa Hilton at a meeting on November 1.[5] Hilton has represented the ward of Stonepark on the Charlottetown City Council since 2005.
Hannah Bell won the Green nomination against Karla Bernard by a vote of 72 to 22 at the party's nomination meeting on October 30. Bell was the party's shadow finance critic and was the executive director of the PEI Business Women's Association.[6]
The New Democratic Party nominated their leader Michael Redmond.[7] Redmond had been leader of the NDP PEI since October 2012.