2018 New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election

A Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party leadership convention was held on April 7, 2018, as a result of the resignation of Michael Redmond on December 6, 2017, after he placed fourth place in the Charlottetown-Parkdale by-election held on November 27, 2017.

Joe Byrne was elected party leader on the first ballot.

Declared candidates

• Margaret Andrade, former NDP candidate in Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ontario during the 2015 federal election and former municipal councillor in Alberta.
• Joe Byrne, former NDP candidate in Charlottetown during the 2015 federal election
• Susan MacVittie, managing editor of an environmental magazine and former outreach organizer and scheduler for Courtenay-Alberni NDP MP Gord Johns in British Columbia.

Results

• Joe Byrne – 123
• Margaret Andrade –
• Susan MacVittie

Total votes cast – 215

See also

• New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections
• 2022 New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election

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