Fewer women elected to P.E.I. legislature
The P.E.I. legislature will have one woman fewer sitting when it resumes this spring.
4 Liberal and 1 Progressive Conservative female candidates win their seats
The P.E.I. legislature will have fewer women sitting when it resumes this spring, but only by one.
Both the Green Party and the NDP fielded nine women, while seven ran for the Liberals and six for the PCs. There are 27 seats in the legislature.
Of the 31 women running, the following won their seats:
- Paula Biggar – Liberal
- Kathleen Casey – Liberal
- Tina Mundy – Liberal
- Janice Sherry – Liberal
- Darlene Compton – PC
Six women were elected in 2011.
- Carolyn Bertram – Liberal
- Kathleen Casey – Liberal
- Valerie Docherty – Liberal
- Janice Sherry – Liberal
- Paula Biggar – Liberal
- Olive Crane – PC