UPDATE: 8:15 p.m. ET — Prince Edward Island voters have elected a minority government, with the Progressive Conservatives taking the most seats, followed by the Green Party.
Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) voters were at the polls Tuesday to decide a new provincial government after 12 years of Liberal Party rule, which is led by current premier Wade MacLauchlan.
Polls showed the Green Party, led by dentist Peter Bevan-Baker, inching upward ahead of the vote. However the Progressive Conservatives, led by Dennis King, were leading the pack on election night.
The NDP, led by Joe Byrne, the Progressive Conservatives, led by Dennis King, and numerous independent candidates are also looking to gain seats.
READ MORE: All eyes on the surging Greens as Prince Edward Island goes to the polls
The election will be decided alongside a binding referendum on whether to move from a first-past-the-post (FPTP) system to a mixed-member proportional (MMP) model.
The province’s voters previously approved moving to an MMP model in a 2016 plebiscite but MacLauchlan rejected the results after they only saw a 36-per cent voter turnout.
Here are the candidates in P.E.I.’s provincial ridings:
District 1 — Souris-Elmira
Boyd Leard — Green Party
Tommy Kickham — Liberal
Colin Lavie — PC – ELECTED
District 2 — Georgetown-Pownal
Susan Hartley — Green Party
Kevin Doyle — Liberal
Edith Perry — NDP
Steven Myers — PC – ELECTED
District 3 — Montague-Kilmuir
John Allen Maclean — Green Party
Daphne Griffin — Liberal
Billy Cann — NDP
Cory Deagle — PC – ELECTED
District 4 — Belfast-Murray River
James Sanders — Green Party
Ian MacPherson — Liberal
Darlene Compton — PC – ELECTED
District 5 — Mermaid-Stratford
Michele Beaton — Green Party – ELECTED
Randy Cooper — Liberal
Lawrence Millar — NDP
Mary Ellen McInnis — PC
District 6 — Stratford-Keppoch
Devon Strang — Green Party
David Dunphy — Liberal
Lynne Thiele — NDP
James Aylward — PC – ELECTED
District 7 — Morell-Donagh
Kyle MacDonald — Green Party
Susan Myers — Liberal
Margaret Andrade — NDP
Sidney MacEwen — PC – ELECTED
District 8 — Stanhope-Marshfield
Sarah Donald — Green Party
Wade MacLauchlan — Liberal
Marian White — NDP
Bloyce Thompson — PC – ELECTED
District 9 — Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park
Election postponed following the death of Green Party candidate Josh Underhay.
District 10 — Charlottetown-Winsloe
Amanda Morrison — Green Party
Robert Mitchell — Liberal – ELECTED
Jesse Reddin Cousins — NDP
Mike Gillis — PC
District 11 — Charlottetown-Belvedere
Hannah Bell — Green Party – ELECTED
Roxanne Carter-Thompson — Liberal
Trevor Leclerc — NDP
Ronnie Carragher — PC
District 12 — Charlottetown-Victoria Park
Karla Bernard — Green Party – ELECTED
Richard Brown — Liberal
Joe Byrne — NDP
Tim Keizer — PC
District 13 — Charlottetown-Brighton
Ole Hammarlund — Green Party – ELECTED
Jordan Brown — Liberal
Simone Webster — NDP
Donna Hurry — PC
District 14 — Charlottetown-West Royalty
Gavin Hall — Green Party
Bush Dumville — Independent
Gord McNeilly — Liberal – ELECTED
Janis Newman — NDP
Angus Birt — PC
District 15 — Brackley-Hunter River
Greg Bradley — Green Party
Windsor Wight — Liberal
Lea-Jane Hayward — NDP
Dennis King — PC – ELECTED
District 16 — Cornwall-Meadowbank
Ellen Jones — Green Party
Heath MacDonald — Liberal – ELECTED
Craig Nash — NDP
Elaine Barnes — PC
District 17 — New Haven-Rocky Point
Peter Bevan-Baker — Green Party – ELECTED
Don Wills — Independent
Judy MacNevin — Liberal
Kris Currie — PC
District 18 — Rustico-Emerald
Colin Jeffrey — Green Party
Sandy MacKay — Liberal
Sean Deagle — NDP
Brad Trivers — PC – ELECTED
District 19 — Borden-Kinkora
Matthew MacFarlane — Green Party
Fred McCardle — Independent
Jamie Stride — Liberal
Joan Gauvin — NDP
Jamie Fox — PC – ELECTED
District 20 — Kensington-Malpeque
Matthew J. MacKay — Green Party
Nancy Beth Guptill — Liberal
Carole MacFarlane — NDP
Matthew MacKay — PC – ELECTED
District 21 — Summerside-Wilmot
Lynne Lund — Green Party – ELECTED
Chris Palmer — Liberal
Paulette Halupa — NDP
Tyler Desroches — PC
District 22 — Summerside-South Drive
Steve Howard — Green Party – ELECTED
Tina Mundy — Liberal
Garth Oatway — NDP
Paul Walsh — PC
District 23 — Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke
Trish Altass — Green Party – ELECTED
Paul Biggar — Liberal
“Robin” John Robert Enman — NDP
Hilton A. MacLennan — PC
District 24 — Evangeline-Miscouche
Nick Arsenault — Green Party
Sonny Gallant — Liberal – ELECTED
Grant Gallant — NDP
Jason Woodbury — PC
District 25 — O’Leary-Inverness
Jason Charette — Green Party
Robert Henderson — Liberal – ELECTED
Dr. Herb Dickieson — NDP
Barb Broome — PC
District 26 — Alberton-Bloomfield
James McKenna — Green Party
Pat Murphy — Liberal
Michelle Arsenault — NDP
Ernie Hudson — PC – ELECTED
District 27 — Tignish-Palmer Road
Sean Doyle — Green Party
Hal Perry — Liberal – ELECTED
Dale Ryan — NDP
Melissa Handrahan — PC
And here are the referendum results:
Question: Should Prince Edward Island change its voting system to a mixed-member proportional voting system (threshold for win is 17 districts)?
Yes – 15 districts
No – 12 districts