2015 Prince Edward Island general election explained

The 2015 Prince Edward Island general election was held May 4, 2015, to elect members of the 65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island.^[2] Under amendments passed by the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in 2008, Prince Edward Island elections are usually held on the first Monday of October in the fourth calendar year, unless it is dissolved earlier by the lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island due to a motion of no confidence, or at the request of the premier. The current government had hinted that an election would be held "before Mother's Day" 2015, and such a dissolution would avoid any conflicts with the next federal election, expected to be held in October 2015.

The governing Liberals were elected to a third consecutive majority government under Premier Wade MacLauchlan, while the Progressive Conservatives made slight gains despite party leader Rob Lantz failing to win election in Charlottetown-Brighton. The Green Party, meanwhile, won its first seat in the legislature, with leader Peter Bevan-Baker elected in Kellys Cross-Cumberland.^[3] The New Democratic Party was shut out.

Results

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18	8	1
Liberal	Progressive Conservative	GP

!rowspan="2" colspan="2" align=left|Party!rowspan="2" align=left|Party leader!rowspan="2"|Candidates!colspan="4" align=center|Seats!colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote|-!2011!Dissol.!2015!Change!#!%!Change|align=left|Wade MacLauchlan|align="right"|27|align="right"|22|align="right"|20|align="right"|18|align="right"| -4|align="right"|33,481|align="right"|40.83%|align="right"|-10.55%|align=left|Rob Lantz|align="right"|27|align="right"|5|align="right"|3|align="right"|8|align="right"| +3|align="right"|30,663|align="right"|37.39%|align="right"|-2.77%|align=left|Peter Bevan-Baker|align="right"|24|align="right"|0|align="right"|0|align="right"|1|align="right"| +1|align="right"|8,857|align="right"|10.81%|align="right"|+6.45%|align=left|Michael Redmond|align="right"|27|align="right"|0|align="right"|0|align="right"|0|align="right"||align="right"|8,997|align="right"|10.97%|align="right"|+7.81%|colspan="2" align="left"|Independent|align="right"||align="right"|0|align="right"|1|align="right"|0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align=left colspan=3|Vacant|align="right"||align="right"|3|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total| style="text-align:right;"|105| style="text-align:right;"|27| style="text-align:right;"|27| style="text-align:right;"|27| style="text-align:right;"|| style="text-align:right;"|81,998| style="text-align:right;"|| style="text-align:right;"||}

Synopsis of results

+ 2015 PEI general election - synopsis of riding results[4]
Riding		Federal Riding	2011		Winning party						Turnout [5]	Votes[6]
					Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Lib	PC	Green	NDP	Total
Alberton-Roseville	26	EGM			Lib			Lib	1,569	53.7%	403	13.8%	85.6%	1,569	1,166	-	188	2,923
Belfast-Murray River	4	CAR			Lib			PC	1,203	45.1%	108	4.0%	85.5%	1,095	1,203	152	216	2,666
Borden-Kinkora	19	MPQ			Lib			PC	1,597	47.1%	443	13.1%	82.7%	1,154	1,597	511	126	3,388
Charlottetown-Brighton[7]	13	CHA			Lib			Lib	1,054	39.0%	22	0.8%	85.6%	1,054	1,032	352	265	2,703
Charlottetown-Lewis Point	14	CHA			Lib			Lib	1,040	34.3%	109	3.6%	79.9%	1,040	821	244	931	3,036
Charlottetown-Parkdale	11	CHA			Lib			Lib	1,166	43.7%	467	17.5%	79.9%	1,166	699	511	292	2,668
Charlottetown-Sherwood	10	CHA			Lib			Lib	1,425	45.8%	394	12.7%	81.8%	1,425	1,031	295	360	3,111
Charlottetown-Victoria Park	12	CHA			Lib			Lib	955	39.4%	289	11.9%	80.7%	955	666	456	348	2,425
Cornwall-Meadowbank	16	MPQ			Lib			Lib	1,444	46.3%	388	12.5%	81.5%	1,444	1,056	377	243	3,120
Evangeline-Miscouche	24	EGM			Lib			Lib	1,419	62.6%	833	25.8%	85.9%	1,419	586	125	138	2,268
Georgetown-St. Peters	2	CAR			PC			PC	1,448	48.0%	278	9.2%	84.8%	1,170	1,448	145	256	3,019
Kellys Cross-Cumberland	17	MPQ			Lib			Grn	2,077	54.8%	1,031	27.2%	85.2%	1,046	609	2,077	58	3,790
Kensington-Malpeque	20	MPQ			Lib			PC	1,984	54.3%	951	26.0%	82.3%	1,033	1,984	374	264	3,655
Montague-Kilmuir	3	CAR			Lib			Lib	1,060	41.8%	275	10.8%	82.5%	1,060	785	106	585	2,536
Morell-Mermaid	7	CAR			PC			PC	1,501	50.0%	387	12.9%	82.8%	1,114	1,501	177	211	3,004
O'Leary-Inverness	25	EGM			Lib			Lib	1,310	48.8%	247	8.9%	81.2%	1,310	1,063	-	311	2,684
Rustico-Emerald	18	MPQ			Lib			PC	1,585	47.2%	433	12.9%	85.7%	1,152	1,585	325	294	3,356
Souris-Elmira	1	CAR			PC			PC	1,179	44.4%	228	8.6%	86.2%	951	1,179	-	528	2,658
Stratford-Kinlock	6	CAR			PC			PC	2,155	50.3%	702	16.4%	81.4%	1,453	2,155	330	350	4,288
Summerside-St. Eleanors	22	EGM			Lib			Lib	1,246	41.2%	148	4.9%	75.6%	1,246	1,098	321	358	3,023
Summerside-Wilmot	21	EGM			Lib			Lib	1,135	39.4%	30	1.0%	74.8%	1,135	1,105	285	353	2,878
Tignish-Palmer Road	27	EGM			PC			Lib	1,486	58.2%	668	26.1%	87.6%	1,486	818	167	81	2,552
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park	8	CHA			Lib			Lib	1,354	45.7%	528	17.9%	76.6%	1,354	826	237	549	2,966
Tyne Valley-Linkletter	23	EGM			Lib			Lib	1,147	43.0%	337	12.7%	77.8%	1,147	810	240	473	2,670
Vernon River-Stratford	5	CAR			Lib			Lib	1,173	41.3%	-	-	83.3%	1,173	1,173	234	258	2,838
West Royalty-Springvale	15	CHA			Lib			Lib	1,389	37.6%	59	1.6%	82.1%	1,389	1,330	462	516	3,697
York-Oyster Bed	9	MPQ			Lib			Lib	1,938	47.7%	600	14.8%	81.1%	1,938	1,338	347	442	4,065

= results as certified in a judicial recount

= open seat

= turnout is above provincial average

= incumbent re-elected in same riding

= incumbent changed allegiance

= other incumbent renominated

= tied for first place - settled by coin toss

Source !!colspan="4"

Party
align="center"	Lib	align="center"	PC	align="center"	Grn	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	12	3		15
	Incumbent returned on coin toss	1			1
	Open seats held	4	1		5
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated		1	1	2
	Open seats gained		3		3
	Incumbent changing affiliation	1			1
Total		18	8	1	27

Results by region

Regional summary of results (2015)

Region	Seats won			Vote share (%)				Change (pp)
	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	PC	align="center"	Grn	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	PC	align="center"	Grn	align="center"	NDP	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	PC	align="center"	Grn	align="center"	NDP	Major swing
Cardigan	2	5	-	38.16	44.95	5.45	11.44	-4.38	-4.73	+2.13	+9.38	→ 6.88
Malpeque	2	3	1	36.33	38.21	18.76	6.69	-16.54	+0.11	+13.95	+2.92	→ 15.25
Charlottetown	7	-	-	40.69	31.08	12.41	15.82	-13.62	-0.08	+5.01	+8.85	→ 11.24
Egmont	7	-	-	49.00	34.97	6.01	10.01	-8.01	-3.92	+3.27	+9.18	→ 8.60
Total	18	8	1	40.83	37.39	10.81	10.98	-10.55	-2.77	+6.45	+7.82	→ 9.19

Timeline

2011

• October 3: The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party under Robert Ghiz is re-elected with a majority government in the 64th Prince Edward Island general election.

2012

• October 13: The New Democratic Party elects Michael Redmond as party leader.^[8]
• November 3: The Green Party elects Peter Bevan-Baker as party leader^[9]
• December 5: Progressive Conservative leader Olive Crane announces her intention to resign as party leader in January 2013 after party members narrowly vote against having a leadership review. Crane further announces that she will stay on as Leader of the Opposition.^[10]

2013

• January 30: Olive Crane resigns as Leader of the Opposition. The Progressive Conservative caucus names Tignish-Palmer Road MLA Hal Perry, a candidate for the interim leadership, as Leader of the Opposition.^{[11] [12]}
• January 31: Olive Crane resigns as Progressive Conservative leader. Georgetown-St. Peters MLA Steven Myers is elected interim PC leader over Leader of the Opposition and Tignish-Palmer Road MLA Hal Perry. Perry initially announces that he will remain Leader of the Opposition, despite Myers' urging that the party leader should hold both positions.^[13]
• February 11: Tignish-Palmer Road MLA Hal Perry steps down as Leader of the Opposition, citing internal divisions within the Progressive Conservative Party.^[14] Interim PC leader and Georgetown-St. Peters MLA Steven Myers is subsequently named Leader of the Opposition.
• October 3: In what is believed to be the first instance of a sitting MLA crossing the floor, Tignish-Palmer Road MLA Hal Perry leaves the Progressive Conservatives to join the Liberals, citing his concerns with the federal Conservative governments changes to employment insurance.^[15]
• October 4: Morell-Mermaid MLA and former Progressive Conservative leader Olive Crane is kicked out of the party. Crane subsequently announces she will sit as an independent.^[16]

2014

• November 13: Robert Ghiz announces he will be resigning as Premier in early 2015 as soon as the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party elects a new leader.^[17]

2015

• February 21: The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party held its leadership election. As the sole candidate nominated, Wade MacLauchlan was acclaimed the new leader and incoming premier.^[18]
• February 23: Robert Ghiz resigns as Premier. Wade MacLauchlan is appointed and sworn in as the new Premier.^[19] Later that day, Ghiz, Wes Sheridan, and Robert Vessey resign as MLAs, triggering potential by-elections in their former seats (Charlottetown-Brighton, Kensington-Malpeque, and York-Oyster Bed, respectively).^[20]
• February 28: At the party's leadership election, Rob Lantz is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island.^[21]
• April 6: After being nominated as the Liberal candidate for York-Oyster Bed, Premier Wade MacLauchlan dropped the writ, calling for an election on May 4, 2015.
• April 10: The Island Party drops out of the campaign, due to not having enough candidates ^[22]
• April 27: Party leaders' first televised debate, held in Summerside.^[23]
• April 30: A second televised debate was held for the party leaders, in Charlottetown.^[24]
• May 4: Election results - The Liberals win a third consecutive majority government, with a reduced number of 18 seats. The Progressive Conservatives remain as the official opposition, with an increase to 8 seats. The Greens make Prince Edward Island political history, winning their first seat.

Opinion polls

width=20%	Polling Firm	width=15%	Last date of polling	width=7%	Link	Liberal	PC	Green	NDP	Island	Other
Corporate Research Associates		HTML	44	35	6	15
Abingdon Research		PDF	43	27	12	18
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	58	26	4	12		0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	50	23	11	15	0	0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	48	28	7	16	0	0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	53	23	3	21	0	0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	53	17	7	22	0	1
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	49	17	7	26	0	1
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	42	23	3	32	0	0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	52	22	5	21	0	1
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	51	16	7	26	0	0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	45	28	5	22	0	0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	42	32	8	18	0	0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	47	26	8	18	1	1
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	50	33	5	11	0	0
Corporate Research Associates		PDF	53	34	4	9	0	0
2011 election			51.38	40.16	4.36	3.16	0.91	0.02

Results

• Candidates' names appear as recorded by Elections PEI
• Party leaders' names are in bold; cabinet ministers' names are in italics.

Cardigan

|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|4. Belfast-Murray River||Charlie McGeoghegan
1,095 - 41.1%|||Darlene Compton
1,203 - 45.1%||Jordan MacPhee
152 - 5.7%||Alan Hicken
216 - 8.1%|| |Charlie McGeoghegan|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|2. Georgetown-St. Peters||Russ Stewart
1,170 - 38.8%|||Steven Myers
1,448 - 48.0%||Heather Gallant
145 - 4.8%||Nathan Bushey
256 - 8.5%|| |Steven Myers|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|3. Montague-Kilmuir|||Allen Roach
1,060 - 41.8%||Andrew Daggett
785 - 31.0%||Jason Furness
106 - 4.2%||Mike Redmond
585 - 23.1%|| |Allen Roach|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|7. Morell-Mermaid||Daniel MacDonald
1,114 - 37.1%|||Sidney MacEwen
1,501 - 50.0%||Meaghan Lister
177 - 5.9%||Edith Perry
211 - 7.0%|| |Olive Crane†|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|1. Souris-Elmira||Tommy Kickham
951 - 35.8%|||Colin LaVie
1,179 - 44.4%|| ||Susan Birt
528 - 19.9%|||Colin LaVie|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|6. Stratford-Kinlock||David Dunphy
1,453 - 33.9%|||James Aylward
2,155 - 50.3%||Samantha Saunders
330 - 7.7%||Chris van Ouwerkerk
350 - 8.2%|||James Aylward|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|5. Vernon River-Stratford*|||Alan McIsaac*
1,173 - 41.3%||Mary Ellen McInnis*
1,173 - 41.3%||Nicholas Graveline
234 - 8.2%||Kathleen Romans
258 - 9.1%|||Alan McIsaac|}

• This riding vote count resulted in a tie between McIsaac and McInnis. As a result, a coin toss was held, which determined McIsaac, the Liberal candidate, as the winner.^[25]

Malpeque

|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|19. Borden-Kinkora||Ramona Roberts
1,154 - 34.1%|||Jamie Fox
1,597 - 47.1%||Ranald MacFarlane
511 - 15.1%||Aleida Tweten
126 - 3.7%|||George Webster†|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|16. Cornwall-Meadowbank|||Heath MacDonald
1,444 - 46.3%||Michael Drake
1,056 - 33.8%||Rosalyn Abbott
377 - 12.1%||Jennifer Coughlin
243 - 7.8%|||Ron MacKinley†|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|17. Kellys Cross-Cumberland||Valerie Docherty
1,046 - 27.6%||Randy Robar
609 - 16.1%|||Peter Bevan-Baker
2,077 - 54.8%||Jesse Cousins
58 - 1.5%|||Valerie Docherty|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|20. Kensington-Malpeque||Paul Montgomery
1,033 - 28.3%|||Matthew MacKay
1,984 - 54.3%||Lynne Lund
374 - 10.2%||Joseph Larkin
264 - 7.2%|||Vacant|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|18. Rustico-Emerald||Bertha Campbell
1,152 - 34.3%|||Brad Trivers
1,585 - 47.2%||Marianne Janowicz
325 - 9.7%||Leah-Jane Hayward
294 - 8.8%|||Carolyn Bertram†|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|9. York-Oyster Bed|||Wade MacLauchlan
1,938 - 47.7%||Jim "Benson" Carragher
1,338 - 32.9%||Thane Bernard
347 - 8.5%||Gordon Gay
442 - 10.9%|||Vacant|}

Charlottetown

|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|13. Charlottetown-Brighton|||Jordan Brown
1,054 - 39.0%||Rob Lantz
1,032 - 38.2%||Derrick Biso
352 - 13.0%||Bob MacLean
265 - 9.8%||Vacant|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|14. Charlottetown-Lewis Point|||Kathleen Casey
1,040 - 34.3%||Dianne Young
821 - 27.0%||Doug Millington
244 - 8.0%||Gord McNeilly
931 - 30.7%|| |Kathleen Casey|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|11. Charlottetown-Parkdale|||Doug Currie
1,166 - 43.7%||Lynn MacLaren
699 - 26.2%||Becka Viau
511 - 19.2%||Andrew Watts
292 - 10.9%|| |Doug Currie|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|10. Charlottetown-Sherwood|||Robert Mitchell
1,425 - 45.8%||Mike Gillis
1,031 - 33.1%||Mitchell Gallant
295 - 9.5%||Karalee McAskill
360 - 11.6%|| |Robert Mitchell|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|12. Charlottetown-Victoria Park|||Richard Brown
955 - 39.4%||Joey Kitson
666 - 27.5%||Darcie Lanthier
456 - 18.8%||Chris Clay
348 - 14.4%|| |Richard Brown|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|8. Tracadie-Hillsborough Park|||Buck Watts
1,354 - 45.7%||Darren Creamer
826 - 27.8%||Isaac Williams
237 - 8.0%||Jason Murray
549 - 18.5%|||Buck Watts|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|15. West Royalty-Springvale|||Bush Dumville
1,389 - 37.6%||Linda Clements
1,330 - 36.0%||Charles Sanderson
462 - 12.5%||Peter Meggs
516 - 14.0%|||Bush Dumville|}

Egmont

|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|26. Alberton-Roseville|||Pat Murphy
1,569 - 53.7%||John Griffin
1,166 - 39.9%|| ||Orville Lewis
188 - 6.4%|| |Pat Murphy|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|24. Evangeline-Miscouche|||Sonny Gallant
1,419 - 62.6%||Debbie Montgomery
586 - 25.8%||Jordan Cameron
125 - 5.5%||Grant Gallant
138 - 6.1%|| |Sonny Gallant|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|25. O'Leary-Inverness|||Robert Henderson
1,310 - 48.8%||Daniel MacDonald
1,063 - 39.6%|| ||Billy Mackendrick
311 - 11.6%|| |Robert Henderson|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|22. Summerside-St. Eleanors|||Tina Mundy
1,246 - 41.2%||Major Stewart
1,098 - 36.3%||Caleb Adams
321 - 10.6%||Olivia Wood
358 - 11.8%|| |Gerard Greenan†|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|21. Summerside-Wilmot|||Janice Sherry
1,135 - 39.4%||Brian Ramsay
1,105 - 38.4%||Donald MacFadzen-Reid
285 - 9.9%||Scott Gaudet
353 - 12.3%|| |Janice Sherry|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|27. Tignish-Palmer Road|||Hal Perry
1,486 - 58.2%||Joseph Profit
818 - 32.1%||Malcolm Pitre
167 - 6.5%||John A'Hearn
81 - 3.2%|| |Hal Perry|-|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|23. Tyne Valley-Linkletter|||Paula Biggar
1,147 - 43.0%||Ryan Williams
810 - 30.3%||Shelagh Young
240 - 9.0%||Jacqueline Tuplin
473 - 17.7%|| |Paula Biggar|}

Further reading

• Don . Desserud . Jeff . Collins . The 2015 Provincial Election in Prince Edward Island . Canadian Political Science Review . 2016 . 10 . 1 . 1911-4125 . 31–57 . 10.24124/c677/20161391 . 2021-05-04 . 2021-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210504043417/https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cpsr/article/viewFile/1391/1229 . live .

External links

• P.E.I. Votes 2015: Tracking the candidates

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saltwire | Prince Edward Island. 2019-04-27. 2019-09-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190917020033/https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/pei-election/voter-turnout-dips-below-80-per-cent-in-2019-pei-election-305149/. live.
2. Web site: PEI election called for May 4, 2015 . April 6, 2015 . July 6, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706202108/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-election-called-for-may-4-1.3012564 . live .
3. News: Liberals win majority in P.E.I. election. CBC News. May 4, 2015. May 4, 2015. March 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160329202808/http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/prince-edward-island-votes/liberals-win-majority-in-p-e-i-election-1.3059660. live.
4. Book: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer for the Provincial General Election - May 4, 2015. Section 4 - Summary of Election Results. . 2015. electionspei.ca. Elections Prince Edward Island. 37, 40–93.
5. including spoilt ballots
6. minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the national popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately
7. also an open seat
8. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-ndp-elect-mike-redmond-as-party-leader-1.1241379 "P.E.I. NDP elect Mike Redmond as party leader"
9. Web site: Bevan-Baker acclaimed as P.E.I. Green Party leader. November 3, 2012. The Guardian. June 13, 2014. Charlottetown. https://web.archive.org/web/20130819085957/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2012-11-03/article-3113547/Bevan-Baker-acclaimed-as-P.E.I.-Green-Party-leader/1. August 19, 2013. dead.
10. News: P.E.I. PC Leader Olive Crane resigns. CBC News. June 13, 2014. December 5, 2012. February 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226225114/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-pc-leader-olive-crane-resigns-1.1170938. live.
11. News: Olive Crane resigns as P.E.I. Opposition leader. CBC News. June 13, 2014. January 30, 2013. September 24, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924183331/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/olive-crane-resigns-as-p-e-i-opposition-leader-1.1351780. live.
12. News: Tories name new P.E.I. Opposition leader. CBC News. June 13, 2014. January 30, 2013. September 24, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924183505/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/tories-name-new-p-e-i-opposition-leader-1.1317543. live.
13. News: MLA Steven Myers named interim PC leader. CBC News. June 13, 2014. January 31, 2014. May 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505232023/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/mla-steven-myers-named-interim-pc-leader-1.1317540. live.
14. News: Perry to step down as Opposition leader. CBC News. June 13, 2014. February 11, 2013. September 24, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145216/http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/pei/story/1.1372979. live.
15. News: Teresa. Wright. Hal Perry crossing floor to join Liberals. The Guardian. June 13, 2014. October 3, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144033/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2013-10-03/article-3416609/Hal-Perry-crossing-floor-to-join-Liberals/1. July 14, 2014. dead.
16. News: Olive Crane kicked out of PC caucus. The Journal Pioneer. June 13, 2014. October 4, 2013. https://archive.today/20131022130013/http://www.journalpioneer.com/News/Local/2013-10-04/article-3418442/Olive-Crane-kicked-out-of-PC-caucus/1. October 22, 2013. dead.
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