Green Party of Prince Edward Island
The Green Party of Prince Edward Island is a registered provincial political party and one of the three major parties in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The party was founded by Sharon Labchuk, a political organizer for the federal Green Party of Canada. It is a party in the international green political tradition, espousing environmentalism, grassroots democracy, and social justice.
Green Party of Prince Edward Island | |
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| Active provincial party | |
| Leader | Karla Bernard (interim) |
| President | Vacant |
| Deputy leader | Matt MacFarlane |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Membership (2019) | 471 |
| Ideology | Green politics Green liberalism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Seats in Legislature | 3 / 27 |
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The party was registered in 2005 and first ran candidates in the 2007 general election. In the 2015 election, the party elected its first member of the provincial legislature: leader Peter Bevan-Baker defeated a Liberal incumbent to win the district of Kellys Cross-Cumberland with 54% of the vote. The party won 8 seats in the 2019 election and, as the second largest party in the legislature, formed the Official Opposition for the first time in the history of any Green party in Canada.