>> SO NOTHING WAS COMPROMISED
THERE.
POLICE CAME IN WITH A SNIFFER
DOG ACTUALLY THAT DID A SWEEP
THROUGH THE BUILDING AND AFTER
THAT SAFE FOR VOTERS TO COME
BACK.
>> Louise: THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
RECAP WHAT THE IMPACT OF ALL OF
THIS.
>> Reporter: SO ELECTIONS P.E.I.
INITIALLY SAID THEY WOULD ALLOW
THE STATION TO BE OVER THE
LOCATION TO BE OPEN UNTIL 9:00.
THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN SHIFTED TO
7:30.
SO PEOPLE ARE GIVEN AN EXTRA 30
MINUTES AT THIS LOCATION.
I WILL SAY I JUST SPOKE TO A
RETURNING OFFICER THAT THERE
WERE BEHIND IN TERMS OF VOTER
TURNOUT BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURE
AT THE POLLING LOCATION BUT NOW
AT 75% VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE
DISTRICT.
THE GOAL WILL BE TO GET TO 80
AND WHEN IT COMES TO CALCULATING
THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION IT
NOW MEANS THAT ALL RESULTS FROM
POLLS ISLAND WIDE WILL BE DELAY
ED UNTIL 7:30 AS WELL.
AND AS FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF,
RCMP SAY THAT WHEN THEY DID
THEIR SWEEP THROUGH THEY DIDN'T
FIND ANYTHING DANGEROUS BUT THEY
HAVE YET TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE
OF THE THREAT.
>> Louise: APPRECIATE THAT.
NICOLE WILLIAMS IN STRATFORD
THIS EVENING.
AND BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR
PROGRAMME INENT WE WANT TO SPEAK
ABOUT A TRAGIC LOSS THE DEATH OF
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JOSH UNDER
HAY.
THE CANDIDATE AND HIS YOUNG SON
DIED BY CANOE CANDIDATE.
THE BEGINNING OF MOURNING FOR
MANY WHO KNEW HIM AND LOVED HIM.
NO RESULTS IN DISTRICT 9.
A BYELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE
THERE AND EVERYONE AT CBC EXTEND
S CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY
AND FRIENDS AND ALL OF THOSE
AFFECTED BY THE DEATH OF JOSH
AND SON UNDERHAY.
POLITICAL PANELIST PAUL MCNEAL
AND KERRY CAMPBELL.
I'M GOING TO START BEFORE WE GET
INTO THE RESULTS COMING IN NOW
AT 7:30 AND THE ADVANCE POLLS,
JOSH UNDERHAY AND THAT TRAGEDY.
>> WELL, IT'S ONE OF THOSE
TRAGEDIES IN LIFE THAT IS A GUT
CHECK TO ANYONE WHO HEARS IT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PARTY YOU
ARE AFFILIATED WITH OR IF YOU
ARE AFFILIATED WITH A PARTY IT
IS A TRAGEDY ON EVERY SINGLE
LEVEL AND IT WAS REASSURING TO
SEE THE POLITICAL RESPONSE.
IT WAS MADE IN A SENSE OF HU
MANATEE AND SINCERE FEELINGS
FOR THE FAMILY AND THE OUTPOUR
ING OF SUPPORT WE'VE SEEN
FROM EVERY COMMUNITY.
THE MUSICAL COMMUNITY.
THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY.
WORK WITH JOSH WROTE A VERY
MOVING PIECE ON Facebook SO IT
WAS VERY MUCH AN ISLAND RESPONSE
TO JUST A DEEP TRAGEDY.
>> Louise: WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A
LOT ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN BUT
PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THOSE
OUTSIDE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
LOOKED AT THIS AND SAID ALL
CEASING CAMPAIGNING JUST AFTER
THIS HAPPENED.
>> AND TO THE GREAT CREDIT OF
ISLANDERS AND EYELET POLITICS
AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS AS CONGENIAL
AS WE SAW IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
THE ELBOWS GET OUT MORE THAN
THEY DID THIS TIME.
AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ACROSS
CANADA WERE FOCUSED ON WHAT WAS
FOCUSED HERE WITH THIS TRAGEDY
EVERYONE WAS STRUCK BUT THE FACT
THAT JUST THE DEEP RESPECT THAT
WAS SHONE FOR WHAT HAPPENED FROM
ISLANDERS OF EVERY POLITICAL
STRIPE, EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN AND
THAT WAS BASICALLY HOW THIS
CAMPAIGN ENDED SO YUTO THE
CREDIT OF ALL THE POLITICAL
PARTIES HERE AND HOW EVERYONE
REACTED AND ALLOW THIS TO BE
BORNE BY THE COMMUNITY.
>> AND THE GREEN PARTY LEADER,
OF COURSE, WAS A FRIEND.
FRIENDS WITH JOSH UNDERHAY,
FELLOW MUSICIANS SO REALLY PRO
FOUNDLY HORRIBLE FOR HIM AND
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING PUBLICLY
UNTIL REALLY THE FIRST TIME WE
SAW HIM TODAY WITH VOTING.
>> IF YOU'RE YOU'RE A MEMBER OF
THE GREEN FAMILY WHICH IS ONE OF
THOSE TIGHT FAMILIES NOT ONLY
PARTNERS IN A POLITICAL PARTY
YOU ARE FRIENDS.
AND IT'S GOT TO HURT FOR EVERY
ONE OF THEM.
AND YOU KNOW TONIGHT REGARDLESS
OF THE OUTCOME THERE WILL BE
TEARS AND LAUGHTER AND MORE TEAR
S ON ALL SIDES.
JUST ONE OF THOSE IMMENSE
TRAGEDIES THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS
IN A PUBLIC WAY IT IS COMPOUNDED
>> Louise: AND THE REFERENDUM
VOTE IS GOING AHEAD TONIGHT BUT
NOT A VOTE FOR AN M.L.A. THAT
WILL BE THE BYELECTION.
>> WHO GETS THE GOVERNMENT WILL
GET THE CHANCE TO CALL THAT.
IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THREE MONTHS
BUT WAIT TO FIND OUT WHO WILL
REPRESENT DISTRICT 9.
>> Louise: WE HAVEN'T HEARD WHEN
THAT ELECTION WILL BE BUT
RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 9 CAN AT
LEAST VOTE AT LEAST ON THE
REFERENDUM PART OF THE ELECTION.
IT'S WEIGHING HEAVY I'M SURE AS
THIS ELECTION GOES FORWARD.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE LOCATIONS OF
OUR COVERAGE:   WE ARE LIVE
WITH ALL FOUR PARTIES.
IN THE TOP LEFT YOU'LL SEE CBC
BRIAN BRUCE.
BRIAN HIGGINS AND BRITNEY
SPENCER IS IN HUNTER RIVER WITH
PC RIVER DENNIS KING THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
AND NATALIA AT NDP HEADQUARTERS
IN CHARLOTTETOWN.
WE'LL DO A QUICK CHECK U.N.
TONIGHT BEGINNING WITH THE GREEN
PARTY STEVE BRUCE.
>> Reporter: NO QUESTION AS YOU
SAY THE LAST DAYS HAVE BEEN SO
DIFFICULT FOR THE GREEN PARTY ON
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND GET THE
SENSE TONIGHT THAT JOSH UNDERHAY
AND HIS SON OLIVER FRONT OF MIND
SEEING THE BLACK BICYCLE PINS
WORN IN HONOUR OF JOSH AND HIS
SON.
TALKING TO PARTY OFFICIALS THEY
EXPECT TONIGHT AT THE BREWING
COMPANY TO BE A NIGHT OF
CELEBRATION TO CELEBRATE JOSH
AND HIS SON AND CELEBRATE
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS FOR THIS
GREEN ELECTION.
LOOK AROUND HERE SEEING SO MANY
VIDEO CAMERAS.
SO MUCH ATTENTION FROM THE
NATIONAL MEDIA ON P.E.I. ON THIS
ELECTION BECAUSE OF THE
POTENTIAL AT LEAST FOR THE GREEN
PARTY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT.
BUT YOU TALK TO OFFICIALS AND
WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR
TONIGHT AND REALLY HARD TO GET A
CLEAR ANSWER.
THEY EXPECT TO WIN A FEW MORE
SEATS AND THEY SAY WHATEVER THE
OUTCOME IS TONIGHT THEY EXPECT
TO BE CELEBRATING.
SO EXPECTING A BIG CROWD HERE AT
THE P.E.I. BREWING COMPANY.
AS FOR LEADER PETER BEVAN-BAKER
WATCHING WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE
EARLY PART OF THE NIGHT AS THE
RESULTS COME IN.
ONCE THE RESULT IS OFFICIAL IN
HIS DISTRICT EXPECTED TO MAKE
HIS WAY HERE TO TALK TO SUPPORT
ERS.
HE'LL BE COMING HERE AS THE
INCOMING PREMIER OF PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND, THE LEADER OF THE
OPPOSITION A COALITION
GOVERNMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE HERE TO
SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.
>> Louise: SO MUCH ATTENTION.
THANK YOU, STEVE.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
WE'LL MOVE OVER TO STANHO PLACE
AND WHERE LIBERAL LEADER WADE
MACLAUCHLAN WILL BE WATCHING
TONIGHT AND BRIAN HIGGINS IS
THERE.
BRIAN IN.
>> THAT IS A FACT, LOUISE.
HE WAS IN SCHOOL HERE.
HE WOULD HAVE WRITTEN A LOT OF
TESTS HERE IN SCHOOL OVER THE
YEARS AND BACK HERE TONIGHT IN
HIS OLD SCHOOL TO FACE ONE OF
THE BIGGEST TESTS OF HIS CAREER.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT EARLIER
TODAY, HE WENT ON SOMETHING OF A
LAST-MINUTE CROSS PROVINCE TOUR
DROPPING IN ON THE HEADQUARTERS
OF EACH AND EVERY LIBERAL
DISTRICT CAMPAIGN OFFICE IN THE
PROVINCE.
WE WERE FOLLOWING THAT ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
HE STARTED IN THE MORNING, SUNNY
GALLANT LIBERAL CANDIDATE'S
DISTRICT.
SAW HALPERRY, MAKING HIS WAY
EAST FROM THERE.
ORGANIZERS TELL ME THAT LAST
MINUTE PROVINCE TOUR WAS SUPPOS
ED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE
YESTERDAY.
IT WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE OF
FRIDAY'S TRAGEDY.
NOW LATER THIS EVENING WADE
MACLAUCHLAN WILL BE COMING HERE
TO THIS TWO ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE.
HE AND PARTNER DUNCAN Mac
INTOSH WILL BE WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE OTHER
CLASH WATCHING THE RESULTS COME
IN.
HIS ORGANIZERS TELL ME HE WILL
JOIN US HERE IN THE MEDIA
REASONABLY TO SHARE THOUGHTS
WITH YOU, LOUISE, AND WITH THE
VIEWERS.
AFTER THAT HE'LL MAKE HIS WAY
DOWN TO THE DELTA HOTEL DOWNTOWN
CHARLOTTETOWN TO SPEAK TO
LIBERAL SUPPORTERS THERE.
BUT THE FOCUS OF THE EVENING IS
IN THIS SCHOOLHOUSE WHERE ALL
THE TESTS GET WRITTEN AND WADE
MACLAUCHLAN IS FACING HIS BIG
TEST TONIGHT.
LOUISE?
>> Louise: HIS PAST AND FUTURE
RIGHT THERE AT THAT ROOM.
BRIAN HIGGINS TONIGHT.
NOW WE MOVE ONTO HUNTER RIVER
DISTRICT CHRISTINE IN HARMONY
HOUSE THEATRE WHERE PC LEADER
DENNIS KING IS GATHERED WITH A
FEW FRIENDS TONIGHT AND BRITNEY
SPENCER IS THERE.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
>> Reporter: HI, LOUISE.
THAT'S RIGHT WE ARE HERE AT
HARMONY HOUSE IN THE HEART OF
DENNIS KING'S DISTRICT.
YOU MAY SEE BEHIND ME A FEW
PEOPLE HAVE TRICKLED IN.
DENNIS KING HAS NOT ARRIVED YET
BUT WE ARE TOLD HE IS ON HIS WAY
AND SHOULD ARRIVE SOON.
IT WOULD MAKE SENSE DENNIS KING
WOULD WANT TO BE HERE IN HIS
DISTRICT TO WATCH THE RESULTS.
HE SPENT TIME GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR
TRYING TO SPEAK TO AS MANY VOT
ERS WITHIN HIS OWN DISTRICT.
HE IS PLANNING TO HEAD INTO
CHARLOTTETOWN WHERE HE'LL BE AT
THE ROD TO JOIN SOME OF HIS
FELLOW PC CANDIDATES.
NOW DENNIS KING IS NO STRANGER 
TO POLITICS.
HE'S BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED FOR
MANY YEARS.
HE WAS THE COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR FOR FORMER PC PREMIER
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE IS
RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
AND NOW THAT'S A DYNAMIC THAT
HAS BEEN VERY CENTRAL TO HIS
CAMPAIGN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS THAT HE IS SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS HOW POLITICS WORKS, KNOWS
HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS BUT ALSO
SOMEBODY WHO CAN BRING A FRESH
NEW PERSPECTIVE.
SO WE'LL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON HIS DISTRICT HERE, DISTRICT
15 TO SEE HOW THAT STRATEGY PLAY
S OUT TONIGHT.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU TEEING IT UP
FOR US.
THAT'S BRITNEY SPENCER TONIGHT.
SO FINALLY WE COME BACK AROUND
TO CHARLOTTE TOWN.
AND REALLY JUST A FEW STREETS
FROM OUR CBC STUDIO IS NDP
HEADQUARTERS WHERE OUR NATALIA
IS.
TELL US ABOUT JOE BYRNE AND HIS
PLAN FOR TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: HI, LOUISE.
YES, I'M HERE AT A SMALL HOUSE
IN CHARLOTTE TOWN WHERE IT'S
STARTING TO FILL UP A LITTLE BIT
HERE WITH SUPPORTERS AND
CAMPAIGN ORGANIZERS, VOLUNTEERS
ALL GETTING READY FOR JOE BYRNE
TO ARRIVE.
NOW HE WILL BE ARRIVING HERE A
LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
HE HAS CHOSEN TO WATCH THE
RESULTS COME IN AT HOME WITH HIS
FAMILY AND COME HERE HERE TO
CELEBRATE A HARD-FOUGHT CAMPAIGN
HERE WITH HIS SUPPORTERS.
NOW THAT CAMPAIGN, OF COURSE, AS
I SAID HAS BEEN HARD FOUGHT.
STILL NO STRANGER TO AN ELECTION
NIGHT NERVES.
HE HAS RUN TWICE FEDERALLY FOR
THE NDP SO USED TO THE FEELINGS
GOING THROUGH HIS HEAD RIGHT NOW
BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER
HE COMES HERE, OF COURSE, IS HIS
SUPPORTERS WILL HOPEFULLY
CONGRATULATE HIM.
THE REAL FOCUS OF THIS CAMPAIGN
HAS BEEN HERE IN DISTRICT 12 TO
GET THE NDP LEADER INTO THE
HOUSE.
SUPPORTERS HERE SAY THEY HOPE
THAT HAPPENS TO HAVE HIS VOICE
IN THE HOUSE HERE.
OF COURSE, IF YOU REMEMBER A
ABSOLUTELY STRATEGY TO WHAT THE
GREENS DID FOCUSING ON THE LEAD
ERS DISTRICT AND SEE LATER
ON TONIGHT IF IT WORKS HERE FOR
THE NDP.
>> Louise: JOEBURN CERTAINLY
WANTS TO HAVE A SEAT.
NATALIA REPORTING LIVE IN
CHARLOTTETOWN AT NDP
HEADQUARTERS.
SO TALK NOW MORE ABOUT THE ISSUE
S IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
I HAVE ANOTHER SET OF PEOPLE
JOINING US TONIGHT.
WE ARE LUCKY HERE.
THEY'RE IN OUR LOBBY.
THERE'S THE ACTUAL DESK YOU ARE
SITTING AT.
MATT RAINEY.
PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU WITH US
TONIGHT.
>> IT IS EXCITING TO BE HERE,
LOUISE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING
NIGHT AND THRILLED TO BE WITH
THIS ESTEEMED PANEL HERE.
FORMER LEGISLATIVE REPORTER AND
CBC MORNING PANELIST RICKEY Mc
STEVEN MACLEAN YOU KNOW HIM AND
CATHY I'M GOING TO START WITH
YOU.
WHAT WERE THE KEY ISSUES WHEN
PEOPLE WERE GOING TO CAST THEIR
BALLOT?
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING ABOUT?
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT PEOPLE WERE
THINKING ABOUT.
THERE WAS NO STRAIGHT BALLOT
QUESTION IN THIS ELECTION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
LIBERALS TRIED TO CONVINCE
EVERYBODY WAS THE ISSUE AND THEY
WANTED EVERYONE TO BELIEVE THAT
THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY
AND HOW WELL PRINCE EDWARD
ISLANDERS WERE DOING AND WORKING
KEEP WORKING.
AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WENT
OVER BECAUSE PETER BEVAN-BAKER
WAS ABLE TO SAY I'M NOT SURE IF
EVERY ISLANDER BENEFITED FROM
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY
HERE.
HE POINTED OUT LOOK AT THE COST
OF FOOD AND HOUSING NOT
EVERYBODY IS HAPPY WITH WHAT
THEY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING.
>> AND, OF COURSE WHAT THE
LIBERALS ARE TRYING TO DO IS
CHANGE THE SUBJECT BECAUSE THE
SUBJECT I THINK WOULD BE IS THIS
A REFERENDUM ON THE LIBERAL
PARTY AND THE FACT THEY'VE BEEN
FINANCE IN FOR THREE STRAIGHT
GOES AND ISLANDERS DON'T HAND
OUT A FOURTH ONE OFTEN.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE BEST
MESSAGE YOU CAN GET AND THE BEST
MESSAGE WAS THE ECONOMY BUT A
VERY ASTUTE ATTACK ON THAT.
I USE ATTACK WISELY.
NOT A LOT OF ATTACKS GOING ON
HERE.
VERY ASTUTE IN TRYING TO
PUNCTURE THE BALLOON BY SAYING,
WELL, IT'S GOOD FOR SOME PEOPLE
HERE BUT NOT GOOD FOR YOU.
WHETHER THAT'S HEALTH OR
EDUCATION OR JUST A DESIRE FOR
CHANGE AND FOR ME I ALWAYS
THOUGHT THE BIGGEST ISSUE FLOAT
ING ALONG UNDERNEATH ALL
THIS IS THE IDEA OF CHANGE AND
WHO DOES THAT MEAN?
ARE YOU WILLING TO VOTE FOR A
THIRD PARTY.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE KEY ISSUES YOU
HEARD ABOUT DURING CAMPAIGN,
HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, HOUSING,
THE ECONOMY.
>> THEY WERE ALL THERE, MATT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IF YOU ASKED
THEM THEY WOULD COME UP WITH
THINGS THEY WERE PERHAPS ANNOYED
ABOUT WITH THE LIBERAL
GOVERNMENT AND MAYBE THAT'S ALSO
AT THE ROOT OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING
ON IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
PEOPLE ARE DIGGING UP THE
BAGGAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT'S
TRYING TO BE ELECTED INTO A
FOURTH TERM WHICH IS VERY
UNUSUAL IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
POLITICAL HISTORY.
>> AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
TONE OVERALL IN THIS CAMPAIGN?
>> THIS IS FASCINATING.
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING THE
PREMIER COMES OUT WITH THIS
COMMENT, A PRETTY GOOD PUNCH
THROWN AT PETER BEVAN-BAKER THE
IDEA YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL
PRECISION.
A PROFESSIONAL CANDIDATE BUT NOT
SURE HE'S A PROFESSIONAL
POLITICIAN.
ONLY IN FOR THE ONE GO.
AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
NOT A LOT AFTER THAT.
THAT MEANS ALL THE PARTIES SAT
DOWN AND DECIDED BECAUSE THIS
WOULD BE A CALCULATION THEY
WOULD PLAY NICE A.
FOR THE LIBERALS THEY TOOK A
LOOK AROUND.
WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE THE
BAD GUY.
FOR THE GREENS THAT'S NOT THE
BRAND.
THEIR BRAND IS TO BE THE GOOD
GUYS.
>> AND I THINK DENNIS KING
COMING ON THE SCENE TWO MONTHS
BEFORE THE ELECTION HE DECIDED
TO POSITION HIMSELF AS THE
PERSON THAT WAS GOING TO GET
ALONG WITH EVERYONE AND BE THE
COLLABORATOR.
IT MAY IN FACT BE A VERY
IMPORTANT ROLE FOR HIM LATER IN
THE EVENING.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT
THE RESULTS ARE LIKE.
>> A LOT TO WATCH FOR.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT WHAT WE
MIGHT SEE WHEN THE NUMBERS START
COMING IN?
>> VERY INTERESTING.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF
INFORMATION AT ONCE.
IDEALLY LOOK AT THE ADVANCE POLL
S AND BIG FOR THE REDS AND
THE LIBERALS DELIVERED ON THE
MACHINERY.
NOW WE WON'T KNOW.
A LOT OF STUFF AT ONCE.
>> BACK TO LOUISE IN THE STUDIO.
>> Louise: THANK YOU TO ALL OF
YOU.
WE'LL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES
FROM NOW.
YOU HEARD RICK AND CATHY TALKING
ABOUT THE ISSUES THROUGH THIS
CAMPAIGN.
WE, OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN ASKING
YOU AS WELL ABOUT WHAT'S ON YOUR
MIND DURING THIS ELECTION
CAMPAIGN AND OUR CBC CAMERAS
FROM ONE END OF THE ISLAND TO
THE OTHER AND WHAT SOME OF YOU
HAD TO SAY.
>> ANYTHING TO DO WITH HEALTH
ISSUES SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY.
NOT JUST WITH THE SHORTAGES AND
THE HOSPITALS NOW.
>> THE MAIN ISSUE IS HEALTHCARE
ESPECIALLY MENTAL HEALTH.
>> MORE JOBS.
>> ONE THING UNEMPLOYMENT.
>> PEOPLE CAN CREATE MORE JOBS.
THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG THING ON THE
ISLAND.
>> WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE A
LOT OF LONG-TERM GOOD PAYING JOB
S.
>> PEOPLE STICK TO THEIR WORD.
IF YOU -- IF THIS IS YOUR
PLATFORM STICK TO IT.
>> CLASS SIZES.
AS A TEACHER IT'S A STRUGGLE.
SCULS ARE IMPORTANT TO ME.
MY KIDS ARE 10 AND 12.
>> WE DON'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY
SERVICE IN OUR HOSPITAL FOR SOME
TIME.
>> I WENT THERE NOT LONG AGO AND
THERE FOR 12 HOURS WHICH IS
CRAZY.
>> WE NEED A PHYSIOTHERAPY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW AT
THE HOSPITAL HERE.
>> SOME HAVE A FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCTOR, RIGHT?
>> WE REALLY, REALLY NEED A
DOCTOR AND NURSE PRACTITION
PRACTITIONER.
>> FARMERS LOST A LOT OF CROPS
LAST YEAR AND WHOEVER IS GOING
TO DO THAT, IT WILL MEAN A LOT.
>> I'M 63 AND FOR ME HOUSING,
SENIORS HOUSING IS BIG.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM BUILD
A NURSING HOME FRANK NEWPORT
SENIORS.
>> FINDING A PLACE TO RENT.
>> I'M LIVING IN A MOTEL RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING
AVAILABLE.
>> STUDENT LOANS AND EVERYTHING.
AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU HAVE
TO WAIT TO PAY BACK YOUR LOANS.
>> A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE A
LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
>> WE HAVE A SORRY LACK OF
PROPER MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND WE
NEED IT.
MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS A BIG ONE
FOR ME.
I HAVE DEPRESSION.
>> Reporter: I'M A BIG MENTAL
HEALTH AND HEALTH PERSON.
A GREAT NEED FOR THAT ON THE
ISLAND.
>> PERSONALLY, YES, I BELIEVE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE MOST
PROMINENT ISSUE.
>> I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE MONEY
COMING IN.
OLD AGE PENSION ISN'T VERY MUCH.
>> THE PRICE OF THE APARTMENTS
GROWING HIGHER AND HIGHER.
>> RENTS GOING UP.
NOTHING ELSE GOES UP.
AND IT'S GETTING TOUGH.
>> Louise: A LOOK NOW AT SOME OF
THE KEY RACES IN THE CAMPAIGN
AND THE DISTRICTS WE'LL BE WATCH
ING THROUGH THE NIGHT.
QUITE A FEW OF THEM TO BE HONEST
BUT WE'LL START NOW WITH
DISTRICT 3.
SO PAUL MCNEAL?
>> DISTRICT 3, THE TORIES HAVE
AN EASTERN BLOCK.
THIS WAS FORMALLY HELD BY AL
ROACH MINISTER LONG SERVING
MINISTER.
HE'S SINCE REQUIRED.
DAPHNE GRIFFIN HOLDING THE FLAG
GING BANNER.
CORY DEALEL.
THIS WILL BE A RIDING THAT COULD
GO EARTH WAY DEPENDING IT WAS
NOT AS IMPACTED BY THE
AMALGAMATION DISCUSSION THERE
BUT BOTH THE TORIES AND THE
LIBERALS SEE IT AS A MUST-WIN
FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS TONIGHT.
>> WHAT ABOUT DISTRICT 5, PAUL.
>> MARY WHO LOST A COIN TOSS IN
THE LAST ELECTION, SHE IS
RUNNING AGAINST RANDY COOPER.
THIS RIDING HAS CHANGED
SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE LAST
ELECTION PRIMARILY RURAL, NOW
STRATFORD AND AREA.
RANDY COOPER IS A FORMER STRAT
FORD TOWN COUNCILLOR,
FINANCE CHAIR, EIGHT BALANCED
BUDGETS SO IT IS ANYONE'S GUESS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF
A GREEN VOTE SHOWS UP DOES IT
SHOW UP CONSIDERED A STRONG
LOCAL CANDIDATE.
>> AND MARY ELLEN DOESN'T WANT
ANOTHER COIN TOSS.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS A
COIN TOSS.
>> Louise: MOVE ONTO DISTRICT 12
TONIGHT.
WHAT ARE YOUR INSIGHTS AND WHY
IS THIS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS TO
WATCH?
>> THIS IS A FOUR WAY RACE.
RICHARD BROWN WHO IS LONG
SERVING, WON MULTIPLE ELECTIONS.
LONG LONG TIME CABINET MINISTER.
KNOWINGLY GAVE THE FINGER TO AN
OFFICER.
TIM KEIZER AND KARLA BENARD AND
JOE BYRNE.
ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
PARTY HISTORY ABLE TO DRAW A
SMALL SALARY AND THE PARTY HAS
REASONABLY HIGH EXPECTATIONS
THAT JOE BYRNE MAY SQUEEZE
SOMETHING OUT TONIGHT.
>> DISTRICT 19, JAMIE FOXX IS
THE INCUMBENT THERE.
>> IF THE GREENS, IT MAY BE A
RIDING LIKE DISTRICT 19.
CONSIDERED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
THE CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGY.
MATTHEW MAC FARLAND IS A STRONG
CANDIDATE.
JAMIE STRIDE IS A GOOD LIBERAL
CANDIDATE AND IT COULD BE A
THREE WAY FIGHT.
>> Louise: DISTRICT 21 SUNNYSIDE
WILMONT AND THE INCUMBENT IS
CHRIS PALMER.
>> THE LIBERAL PARTY HAS HIGH
EXPECTATIONS IT PLAY BE LIBERAL
GROUND.
>> A BIG AREA TO WATCH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
CHRIS PALMER IS THE INCUMBENT HE
WON IN A BYELECTION.
DEFEATED LYNN LYNNE LUND.
TYLER DESROTCHES ACTIVE IN
HOCKEY AND HARNESS RACING.
>> Louise: AND TIME VALLEY
SHERBROOKE, THE LIBERAL
INCUMBENT THERE.
>> ALL THREE PARTIES THE MAYBE
PARTIES TONIGHT, THE LIBERALS,
THE TORIES AND THE GREENS.
23 COULD BE ONE TO WATCH.
PAULA BIGGAR MINISTER OF
TRANSCRIPTION.
IN RURAL P.E.I. A PORTFOLIO WITH
A LOT OF STRENGTH AT THE BALLOT
WATCH.
HILTON MacLENNAN CITIZEN OF
THE YEAR, DAIRY FARMER AND TRISH
ALTASS CONSIDERED VERY STRONG
GREEN CANDIDATE IN THAT AREA.
>> Louise: THANK YOU FOR YOUR IN
SIGHT IN THAT.
THE DISTRICTS TO KEEP AN EYE ON
AS WE WALK YOU THROUGH THE
ELECTION.
WE'LL GET OUR PANEL WHAT THEY
WILL BE WATCHING FOR.
WE HEAD BACK OUT TO THE LOBBY
AND CBC.
>> WE WERE WATCHING ALONG
RUNNING THROUGH THE DISTRICTS TO
WATCH.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, RICK, WHAT ARE
THE DISTRICTS YOU ARE WATCHING?
>> I CHECKED OFF THOSE.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS A
CABINET MINISTER AND IF THE RED
WALL IS GOING TO DO HOLD ON THAT
END OF THE PROVINCE IF YOU START
TO SEE THAT WALL STARTING TO
CRUMBLE THAT COULD BE A TELLING
MOMENT.
ANOTHER ONE, OF COURSE, IS AN
OPEN ONE WHICH IS 14 WEST ROYAL
TY THAT.
IS WIDE OPEN, I BELIEVE.
MCNEALY THERE LAST TIME RUNNING
FOR THE NDP NOW RUNNING
FOR THE LIBERALS.
LOST ON THE ADVANCE POLL.
LOOKED LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE IT
UNTIL THE ADVANCEHOLE.
THOSE TWO MIGHT BE INTERESTING.
>> WE HAVE TO WATCH THE LEADERS
RIDINGS.
FOUR LEADERS.
START WITH PETER BEVAN-BAKER
MOST BELIEVE HE WILL WIN THAT
RIDING AGAIN ESPECIALLY WITH THE
POLLING RESULTS.
DENNIS KING AND I HEARD PAUL
MCNEAL IN THE RADIO PANEL
PREDICT THAT RIDING WASN'T
NECESSARILY A BEGIN FOR DENNIS
KING AND I'M SURE THE PARTY HAS
BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE
THEIR NEW LEAD SER ELECTED.
>> THE LAST ELECTION.
>> YEAH, THEY CAN'T HAVE THAT
HAPPEN AGAIN IF THEY CAN AVOID
IT FOR SURE.
AND IN CHARLOTTE TOWN VICTORIA
PARK JOEBURN IN A TIGHT RACE
THERE WITH RICHARD BROWN AND
THAT WAS MENTIONED ALREADY AND
THE PREMIER.
>> HE COULD HAVE A GOOD FIGHT
THERE.
>> HE'S BEEN RUNNING BEHIND HIS
PARTY IN TERMS OF POPULAR VOTE.
HE HAS A VERY GOOD PROGRESSIVE
CONSERVATIVE FIGHTING FOR THAT
RIDING.
A HOLSTEIN BREEDER, WELL KNOWN
AND CAMPAIGNING VERY HARD.
THE PREMIER UNDER SOME PRESSURE
FOR SURE.
>> WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE
ADVANCE POLLING NUMBERS 36% OF
PEOPLE CASTING BALLOTS ALREADY.
WHEN WE GET THE RESULTS COME IN
WE TOUCHED ON THIS ALREADY, RICK
, BUT WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL
STORY LINES THAT COULD HAPPEN
THERE?
>> THE BIGGEST TABUN YOU SORT OF
LOOK AT THE MAP OF THE RIDINGS
AND LOOK FOR COLOURS.
IF ON YOUR RIGHT ON YOUR SCREEN
IN THE EAST IF YOU'RE NOT SEEING
A LOT OF BLUE AND IN THE WEST IF
YOU'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF RED
THAT MEANS THE TWO FORTRESSES,
THE TWO TRADITIONAL PARTIES ARE
STARTING TO CRUMBLE.
IDEALLY THEY WANT TO HOLD INTO
THEIR PARTS AND FIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE.
ONLY SEEING THE GREEN VERSUS THE
POLLS FIGHTING IT OUT IN THE
MIDDLE AND THE LIBERALS AND
CONSERVATIVES HOLDING THEIR OWN
GROUND.
IF THAT CHANGES THEY ARE IN
TROUBLE.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE POLLS
SHOW THE GREENS BUILDING, OF
COURSE.
THEY MIGHT HAVE IT TIED.
THE OTHER THING I'LL BE WATCHING
FOR IS HOW STRONG IS THAT VOTE
FOR THE GREENS IN THE EARLY POLL
S.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THAT.
IT'S BEEN SUCH A RAINY DAY I
CAN'T GET WATER.
[ Laughter ]
IF THE TIDE IS RISING HOW PAST.
>> THE POPULARITY OF PETER
BEVAN-BAKER.
>> COAT TAILS, HOW WIDE IS IT,
HOW LONG IS IT.
HOW MANY CAN JUMP ON AND RIDE ON
IT.
IS IT LIKE JACK LAYTON.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO THE PERSON
IS.
>> PEOPLE KNOW THE CANDIDATES
BUT COUNTYING ON THE COAT TAILS.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY I LISTENED
TO THE PETER BEVAN-BAKER SAY IT
IS GOING TO BE AN HISTORIC
EVENING.
MAY NOT BE THE ONE THE GREEN
PARTY REALLY WANTS BUT IT ISN'T
GOING TO BE NOTHING HERE TONIGHT
>> MANY POTENTIAL STORY LINES WE
ARE WATCHING THEM ALL AND BACK
TO LOUISE IN THE STUDIO.
>> Louise: WATCHING THE SAME
STORY LINES, MATT, AND A LOT TO
WATCH FOR TONIGHT.
31 MINUTES UNTIL WE START TO GET
RESULTS COMING IN.
FINAL THOUGHTS TO MY PANEL HERE
BEFORE WE GET TO THE TOP OF THE
CLOCK AND INVITE A NATIONAL
AUDIENCE.
>> I'LL BE WATCHING TO SEE ABOUT
THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VOTE.
ON PAPER THE TORIES MAY HAVE THE
BEST SHOT GOING IN.
BUT IF THE GREENS VOTE TURNS OUT
TO BE EFFICIENT THINK MAY MAKE
INROADS AND THE LIBERALS NEED TO
HOLD WHAT THEY HAVE.
>> Louise: YOUR THOUGHTS BEFORE
WE HIT THE TOP.
>> ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE
VOTE AS CATHY ON THE PANEL WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE RISING TIDE,
THINKING BACK TO 2007, THERE WAS
A GUARDIAN, THE POLL, THE STORY
THE TITLE WAS "RED TIDE RISING"
THE HEADLINE AND WE SAW ALL KIND
S OF UPSETS THE LIBERALS
KNOCKING OFF INCUMBENT PC
CABINET MINISTERS.
PC IS KIND OF DECIMATED.
IF IT'S A CHANGE ELECTION WE
COULD SEE THINGS LIKE THAT BUT
IN A THREE-PARTY RACE.
SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER SEEN IN
ISLAND POLITICS BEFORE.
[ Please Stand By ] POLLING 
LOCATION.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT IT IS THE 
DISTRICT'S ONLY POLLING 
LOCATION, SO RCMP HAD TO BE 
CALLED.
THE BUILDING WAS SHUT DOWN FOR 
ABOUT TWO HOURS WHILE POLICE 
INVESTIGATED THE BUILDING.
ELECTIONS PEI SAYS IT WAS ABLE 
TO LOCK UP AND SECURE ALL 
BALLOTS THAT HAD BEEN CAST UP TO
THAT POINT, SO NOTHING HAD BEEN 
COMPROMISED, BUT POLICE HAD TO 
BRING IN A SNIFFER DOG TO DO A 
SWEEP OF THE BUILDING, AND AFTER
THAT IT WAS DEEMED SAFE FOR 
VOTERS TO COME BACK TO CAST 
THEIR BALLOTS.
>> Louise: AND, NICOLE, RECAP 
FOR US WHAT THIS IMPACT IS ON 
THE VOTE AND THE RESULTS COMING 
OUT TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
SO ELECTIONS PEI SAID THEY WERE 
ORIGINALLY GOING TO KEEP THIS 
LOCATION OPEN UNTIL NINE 
O'CLOCK.
THAT'S BEEN CHANGED TO 7:30, SO 
VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT ONLY 
HAVE JUST UNDER 30 MINUTES TO 
GET THEIR BALLOT IN.
I WILL SAY THAT I JUST SPOKE TO 
A RETURNING OFFICER WHO SAID ON 
LAST CHECK THAT THEY WERE BEHIND
IN TERMS OF VOTER TURNOUT, ABOUT
ARE NOW AT UP TO 75% VOTER 
TURNOUT IN THIS DISTRICT.
THE GOAL IS TO GET UP TO 80 
PERCENT, SO IT SEEMS THAT 
THEY'RE ALL CAUGHT UP ON ON 
TRACK TO REACH THEIR GOAL WITHIN
THE NEXT HALF HAD AN HOUR.
IN TERMS OF FINDING OUT THE 
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION, ALL 
POLLS ISLAND-WIDE WILL NOW BE 
COUNTED AT 7:30, SO UNTIL THIS 
LOCATION IS CLOSED, WE WON'T 
FIND OUT ANY OF THE RESULTS 
UNTIL THEN NOW.
IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY OF THIS 
BUILDING, POLICE SAY THEY DIDN'T
FIND ANYTHING DANGEROUS WHEN 
THEY DID THEIR VERSACE BUT THEY 
ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE 
ORIGIN OF THE THREAT.
>> Louise: ALL RIGHT, NICOLE, 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SO JUST 
UNDER AFTER AN HOUR TO GET THE 
VOTE OUT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, IN 
STRAIGHTFORWARD ANDREW KINSMAN.
>>> WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE A 
MOMENT TO SPEAK ABOUT A TRAGIC 
LOSS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS 
CAMPAIGN, AND THAT IS THE DEATH 
OF GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JANUARY
HEY.
HE WAS THE DISTRICT 9 CANDIDATE,
AND HE AND HIS YOUNG SON CDIED 
FOLLOWING A CANOE ACCIDENT OF 
THE SO IT MEANT THE END OF 
CAMPAIGNING BY ALL POLITICAL 
PARTIES AND THE GINNING OF 
MOURNING FOR MANY WHO KNEW THEM 
AND LOVED THEM.
THERE WILL BE NO RESULTS TONIGHT
FROM DISTRICT 9.
THERE WILL BE A BY-ELECTION AT 
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS.
THOSE IN DISTRICT 9 CAN VOTE ON 
THE REFERENDUM THIS EVENING.
NOW, LET'S GET TO INTRODUCING 
YOU TO OUR CAST OF CHARACTERS 
FOR OUR ELECTION TONIGHT 
PROGRAM.
I'M JOINED LIVE ON OUR SET BY 
TWO FACES WHO BE FAMILIAR TO OUR
ISLAND AUDIENCE, OUR POLITICAL 
PANELIST PALL McNEIL.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND PEI'S
POLITICAL RORPTER KERRY 
CAMPBELL.
>> THRILLED TO BE HERE, LOUISE.
>> Louise: THIS HAS BEEN AN 
ELECTION CAMPAIGN LINE KNOWN OR 
THE MARKED BY DIFFERENT THINGS.
TRAGEDY, TONIGHT A THREAT AT A 
POLLING STATION.
WHAT ARE WE IN FOR THIS EVENING?
COULD BE A LONG NIGHT.
>> WELL, IT COULD BE A LONG 
NIGHT.
WE REAL DON'T KNOW, AND THAT'S 
THE ONE VARIABLE.
I MEAN N OUR ISLAND'S HISTORY 
WE'VE PLAYED THIS GAME OF BINGrd
PING-PONG BETWEEN LIBERALS AND 
TORIES, AND ISLANDERS ARE PRETTY
ADEPT AN FIGURING OUT WHEN THEY 
WERE ARRANGERY NEWSPAPER AT 
LB14S TO CHANGE TO THE TORIES.
BUT THE GREEN PARTY AFTER 
ELECTING AN SINGLE MLA HAS TWO 
IN THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE, 
HAS THROWN A MONKEY WRENCH INTO 
THE OLD-SCHOOL WAY OF THINKING.
THEY'RE LEADING THE POLLS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY 
CAN MAKE INROADS TON A 
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RIDINGS, 
AND THAT'S CAUSED NOT STUDIES 
TRESS, SOME DISTRESS IN LIBERAL 
AND TORILAND, BUT CERTAINLY FOR 
PEOPLE LIKE KERRY AND I, A LOT 
OF FUN TO WATCH.
>> Louise: SPEAKING OF THE 
POLLS, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HAS 
ATTRACTED NATIONAL ATTENTION, 
THOSE POLLING NUMBERS AND THE 
FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY THE 
FIRST GREEN GOVERNMENT ON PEI.
BUT POPULARITY ON THE POLLS 
DOESN'T ALWAYS TRANSLATE INTO 
NUMBER OF SEATS.
RIGHT, KERR SNE 
>> WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE,S 
THE TALK IS, THE GREEN PARTY 
DOESN'T HAVE THE GET OUT THE 
VOTE APPARATUS THAT THE MORE 
ESTABLISHED PARTIES HAVE, SO HOW
CAN THEY COMPETE ON THAT LEVEL?
BUT, REALLY, THERE IS IT NO 
OUTCOME POSSIBLE TONIGHT WHICH 
IS -- 
DOES NOT REPRESENT SOME SORT OF 
HISTORIC MILESTONE, AT LEAST FOR
PEI.
MAYBE FOR THE REST OF THE 
COUNTRY.
IF WE GET A FOURTH-TERM LIBERAL 
GOVERNMENT, ISLAND VOTERS HAVE 
BEEN VERY STINGY AWARDING THOSE 
IN THE PAST SO THERE'S A 
MILESTONE.
IF THE P.C.S GET INTO SOME KIND 
OF GOVERNMENT AFTER 12 YEARS IN 
THE POLITICAL WILDERNESSISH 
THERE'S ANOTHERPHILE MILESTONE 
FOR ISLAND POLITICS.
IF THE GREEN PARTY FORMS SOME 
KIND OF GOVERNMENT, THERE'S A 
CANADIAN OR MAYBE A WORLD 
MILESTONE THERE, AND ALSO WE'VE 
NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT ON PEI ELECTED.
SO YOU KNOW, WITH THIS 
THREE-PARTY RACE, A STRONG 
POSSIBILITY WE COULD SEE THAT, 
JUST -- 
ALL THE EXCITING POSSIBILITIES 
THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE ON 
PEI.
GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> Louise: I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU 
GUYS.
THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE WITH 
ME TONIGHT TO HELP US NAVIGATE 
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
PAUL, YOU'RE A POLITICAL JUNKIE 
-- 
>> SAD.
>> Louise: NO, IT'S NOT.
RIVETING TO SEE, AND YOU'VE SEEN
AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN LIKE THIS 
BEFORE?
>> NOTHING.
AND I THINK THAT THE RISE OF THE
GREENS IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE 
TO PUBLIC FRUSTRATION WITH 12 
YEARS OF LIBERAL ADMINISTRATION.
AND 12 YEARS OF WATCHING THE 
TORIES SORT OF FLOUNDER FROM ONE
CRISIS TO ANOTHER IN OPPOSITION.
NOW, THE TORIES SEEM TO BE DOING
A PRETTY DECENT JOB OF TRYING TO
RIGHT THE SHIP ON A PRETTY SHORT
TIMELINE, BUT THE GREENS HAVE 
SORT OF CAUGHT THE IMAGINATION 
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT THE GREENS 
THAT YOU WOULD CENTROTYPICALLY 
THINK.
IT'S NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENT.
THEY'RE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE, 
THEY'RE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY 
ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS.
BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPOOF 
GREEN UNDER PETER BEVAN-BAKER.
>> Louise: SO MUCH TO WATCH FOR.
LET'S GET A LOOK NOW AT SOME OF 
THE LOCATIONS FOR OUR COVERAGE 
TONIGHT.
WE'RE LIVE WITH ALL FOUR PARTY 
LEADERS THIS EVENING, AND SO 
JUST IN A MOMENT THERE YOU'LL 
SEE IN THE TOP LEFT OF YOUR 
SCREEN THAT IS CBC'S STEVE 
BRUCE.
HE IS WITH THE GREEN PARTY 
TONIGHT IN CHARLOTTETOWN.
BRIAN HIGGINS WITH LIBERAL 
LEADER WOUDE RAUCH IN STANDOW 
BRITTNEY HUNTER IS IN -- 
BRITTANY SPENCER IN HUNTER 
RIVER, AND NATALIA GOODWIN IN 
CHARLOTTETOWN.
THERE'S ANOTHER VOTE. 
THE VOTE FOR CANDIDATE IS NOT 
THE ONLY ONE GOING ON ON PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND.
THERE'S ALSO THE REFERENDUM TO 
DECIDE THE FUTURE OF OUR VOTING 
SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM ON OFFER IS A VERSION
OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION 
CALLED MIXED MEMBER 
PROPORTIONAL.
NOW, AT THE VERY START OF THE 
CAMPAIGN WE CREATED A VIDEO TO 
HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT, AND 
UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT 
FROM OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
THAT WAY YOU COULD BE MORE 
INFORMED SO PEOPLE -- 
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE 
REFERENDUM VOTE WE'RE GOING TO 
SHOW YOU THAT VIDEO AGAIN.
IT IS DONE BUT OUR OWN KERRY 
CAMPBELL.
HAVE A LOOK.
>> IN THE UPCOMING PROVINCIAL 
ELECTION, ISLANDERS WILL ALSO BE
VOTING IN A REFERENDUM.
IT ASKS, SHOULD PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND CHANGE ITS VOTING SYSTEM 
TO A MIXED MEMBER PROPORTIONAL 
VOTING SYSTEM?
CANADA HAS LONG USED THE "FIRST 
PAST THE POST" SYSTEM.
WE KNOW IS WELL, BECAUSE WE USE 
IT IN OUR PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL
ELECTIONS.
IN THIS SYSTEM, THE ISLAND HAS 
27 DISTRICTS, AND THE CANDIDATE 
WITH THE MOST VOTES IN EACH 
DISTRICT WINS THE SEAT.
CANDIDATES RUN FOR A POLITICAL 
PARTY OR AS INDEPENDENCE, AND 
THE PARTY WITH THE "NATIONAL 
POST" CANDIDATES ELECTED FORMS 
CARVES.
THINGS WORK DIFFERENTLY UNDER 
THE PROPOSED MIXED MEMBER 
PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM.
UNDER MMP, TWO VOTING SYSTEMS 
ARE MIXED, AS THE NAME "MIXED 
MEMBER PROPORTIONAL" SUGGESTS.
IN THIS SYSTEM, VOTERS CHOOSE 
CANDIDATES IN 18 LARGER 
DISTRICTS AND 9 CANDIDATES TO 
REPRESENT THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE.
THIS MEANS ISLANDERS WOULD MAKE 
TWO CHOICES ON A MIXED MEMBER 
BALLOT INSTEAD OF ONE.
THE FIRST VOTE WOULD BE FOR A 
DISTRICT CANDIDATE USING THE 
"FIRST PAST THE POST" MODEL.
THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST 
VOTES WILL REPRESENT THE 
DISTRICT.
THEN VOTERS MOVE TO THE SECOND 
PART OF THEIR BALLOT.
IN THIS SECTION, VOTERS CHOOSE 
ONE PERSON AND ONLY ONE FROM 
CANDIDATE LISTS SUPPLIED BY THE 
PARTIES.
A VOTE ON THIS PART OF THE 
BALLOT DETERMINES THE OVERALL 
POPULAR VOTE.
THE NINE ISLAND-WIDE SEATS ARE 
THEN DISTRIBUTED, TAKING INTO 
ACCOUNT HOW MANY SEATS PARTIES 
GOT IN THE DISTRICT VOTE.
THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THE 27 SEATS
IN THE HOUSE REFLECT THE OVERALL
POPULAR VOTE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO CHOICES 
ISLANDERS WILL HAVE ON ELECTORAL
REFORM.
>> Louise: SO THAT QUESTION 
AGAIN, SHOULD PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND CHANGE ITS VOTING SYSTEM 
TO A MIXED MEMBER PROPORTIONAL 
VOTING SYSTEM?
YOU'VE BEEN ASKED FOR A YES OR A
NO ANSWER, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE CRITERIA FOR THIS VOTE. 
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT MIGHT 
SOUND.
IT'S NOT JUST 50 PLUS 1, AND, 
KERRY, YOU'VE BECOME OUR 
RESIDENT EXPERT.
>> I GOT WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT FOR
THAT VIDEO.
I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF HOURS OVER
THE YEARS FIGURING OUT AND 
EXPLAINING DIFFERENT ELECTORAL 
MODELS ON PEI.
BUT THAT WAS JUST MY VOICE.
THERE WAS A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE
THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER.
I'LL EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT HERE.
HAD IT THE THIRD VOTE ON 
ELECTORAL REFORM ON PEI IN THE 
LAST YEARS.
A THREE-GAME HOCKEY SERIES, TIED
RIGHT NOW AT A GAME APIECE.
A LAST VOTE A PLEBISCITE IN 
2016, CHOSE AMONG FIVE DIFFERENT
MODELS INCLUDE THING FIRST 
"FIRST PAST THE POST", MIFRKSED 
MEMBER PROPORTIONAL.
MMM WON THAT VOTE, AND THAT SET 
US UP FOR QUA THE PREMIER'S 
CALLED BINNED REFERENDUM.
WHAT HE PUT IN PLAIT THRACE, TWO
THRESHOLDINGS WHICH HI SAID 
WHOOW MAKE THE RESULTS BINDING 
THIS CAN'T BE BINDING ON THE 
FUTURE GOVERNMENT.
>> Louise: I SAID BINDING-ISH.
GEES THAT'S WHAT THE 
COMMISSIONER SAID.
ALL THE LEADERS SAID THEY WILL 
HONOUR THE VOTE.
FLU, IT NEEDS TO GET 50% PLUS 1 
OF THE OVER-SAUL VOTE A STRAIGHT
MAJORITY, BUT THEN A SECOND 
THRESHOLD THAT HAS TO WIN IN 17 
OF PEI'S 27 DISTRICTS.
HAS TO GET THAT MAJORITY VOTE IN
THOSE DISTRICTS AS WELL.
AND NOW, SO WE WENT TO ALL THE 
PARTY LEADERS AND ASKED THEM 
FIRST OF ALL, IF THEY WOULD 
HONOUR THE VOTE THIS TIME, 
BECAUSE THAT BECAME AN ISSUE IN 
2016.
THEY ALL SAID YES.
ALSO, THOUGH, THREE OF THE FOUR 
PARTY LEADERS SAID THEY WOULD 
HONOUR THE DUAL TLERKDS, EVEN 
THOUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, THREE OF 
THOSE LEADERS, THE GREERNTION 
THE NDP, THE PCs ALL SAY THEY 
SUPPORT MIXED MEMBER 
PROPORTIONAL, THIS IS SEEN THAT 
SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT MORE 
DIFFICULT FOR MIXED MEMBER TO 
WIN FER THIS CASE, BUT THE PC, 
LIBERAL, AND GREEN LEADERS ALL 
SAID THEY WOULD OBSERVE THOSE 
TWO THRESHOLDINGS.
ONE NDP LEADER JOE BYRNE WHO 
SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A 
MAJORITIED VOTE IN VAMP OF 
CHANGING THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM, 
THEN THE NEW LEGISLATIVE 
ASSEMBLY THAT COMES IN HAS TO 
HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING 
THAT.
>> Louise: RIGHT.
OF COURSE WE HAD A REFERENDUM 
COMMISSIONER.
HE HELD INFORMATION SESSIONS 
AROUND THE PROVINCE TO SORT OF 
EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THIS, BECAUSE 
THERE WAS, CAN HEY, AND JUST 
QUICKLY BEFORE WE MOVE ON, A LOT
OF CONFUSION AROUND WHAT MMP 
ACTUALLY WAS.
>> THERE MIGHT STILL BE 
CONFUSION.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT ON 
FACEBOOK, FRIENDS AND 
ACQUAINTANCES.
JUST HOW IT WORKS.
KIND OF CRAMMING BEFORE THE 
VOTE.
IDON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER -- 
IF WE KEEP HAVING THE VOTES, WHO
KNOW, MAYBE THE SERIES ENDS 
TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET TO 
WHERE EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE
UNDERSTANDING IT.
>> Louise: THERE'S MATH 
INVOLVED.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET STUCK 
ON THE MATH.
>> Louise: THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE
HOPING AT HOME TONIGHT IF YOU'RE
WATCH, THEY WERE REALLY HOPING 
YOU WEREN'T GOING TO FOCUS IN ON
MOTH MATH AND FOCUS ON WHAT THIS
MEANS.
WE'LL GET TOWER PANEL TO WEIGH 
IN.
THE LOBBY AND THE CAPE BRETON'S 
MATT RAINNIE.
MATTED.
>> THANKS, LOUISE, HERE WITH 
KARAT LARGE AND RICK LIEN.
THIS REFERENDUM, ONE OF THE 
REASONS WHY, YES AND NO SIDES, 
HOW DO THEY DO COMMUNICATING 
THEIR MESSAGE, GETTING THE WORD 
OUT?
>> IT WAS A STRUGGLE.
KERRY'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THEY 
ARE RELATIVELY LIMITED AMOUNT OF
TIME, AND PEOPLE REALLY PAYING 
ATTENTION AS THE ELECTION GOT 
CALLED, THINGS STARTING TO BUILD
UP.
THAT STRUGGLE.
IT HAS A COMPLICATED SOUND ABOUT
IT, SO PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A 
BIT CONFUSED, AND I THINK THERE 
WAS SOMETHING ELSE AT PLAY HERE.
IF THE POLLS ARE RIGHT AND THE 
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE 
THINK, MAYBE IT'S OKAY NOW TO 
VOTE FOR A THIRD PARTY, THAT 
MIGHT BE A SENSE OF, THAT MIGHT 
BE ENOUGH CHANGE FOR ONE 
ELECTION, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, 
WE'LL JUST SORT OF GO WITH WHAT 
WE KNOW ON THE OTHER ONE, AND 
WE'LL THINK ABOUT THAT FOR 
ANOTHER DAY.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, CATHY?
>> I HAVE THE OPPOSITE VIEW.
IT SEEMS IF YOU'RE WILLING TO 
VOTE FOR THE GREEN PARTY, YOU 
MIGHT ALSO BE READY FOR CHANGE 
IN THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
AND I DID HEAR PEOPLE SAY I'M 
GOING TO VOTE GREEN, AND I'M 
GOING TO VOTE YES.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S GOING 
TO BE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY 
MAKE A CHANGE, BECAUSE THE 
THRESHOLD IS PRETTY HIGH, LET'S 
FACE IT, AND THAT CAME OUT OF 
THE LEGISLATURE, I BELIEVE, THAT
CAME UP WITH THE LEGISLATION 
UNDER WHICH THIS REFERENDUM IS 
BEING HELD.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO FAIR TO 
REITERATE WHAT KERRY SAID, WHICH
IS THAT THE THREE OF THE FOUR 
PARTY LEADERS CAME OUT IN FAVOUR
OF THIS SYSTEM.
>> WHETHER THEIR PARTIES, AT 
LEAST IN THE CASE OF THE 
CONSERVATIVES, WHETHER THE 
PARTY'S IN FAVOUR OF IT -- 
>> IT DOESN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW.
IT'S -- 
THEY MAKE IT SOUND NOT 
REVOLUTIONARY TO GO FOR THIS 
SYSTEM.
>> BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT CONFUSION
FACTOR?
>> WELL, I THINK WHERE YOU MIGHT
SEE EITHER CONFUSION OR YOU 
MIGHT SEE A SENSE OF URBAN 
VERSUS RURAL, THIS MAY BE 
SOMETHING WHERE IN THE URBAN 
AREAS WHERE GREENS ARE EXPECTED 
TO DO WELL, THEY MIGHT ALSO DO 
WELL IN THE REFERENDUM.
WHERE IN THE OUTLYING AREAS, IN 
THE NON-RURAL, IN THE RURAL 
AREAS, YOU MIGHT SEE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE A BIT MORE TRADITIONAL, A 
BIT MORE CAUTIOUS, AND BECAUSE 
YOU HAVE TO WIN, I THINK, IT'S 
17 STRICTS OUT OF 27 TO MAKE 
THIS THING HAPPEN, THAT COULD, 
YOU KNOW, THE CRUCIAL MOMENT IN 
THIS WHOLE EXERCISE.
>> AND I THINK THERE WAS A 
CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO CONVINCE 
HEWER PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD 
HAVE LESS INFLUENCE IN A NEW 
SYSTEM, THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY 
THE PARTY LISTS WOULD BE DRAWN 
UP THAT IT WOULD BE LIKELY THAT 
URBAN PEOPLE WOULD BE CHOSEN FOR
THAT LIST, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE 
PEOPLE, THEY WOULD BE VOTING 
MORE FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY KNEW, 
AND WHO'S TO SAY?
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY 
REALLY KNOW, BUT I THINK THERE 
WAS A CONCERTED EVERETT ON A 
PART OF THE NO CAMPAIGN TO 
UNDERTAKE SURE PEOPLE IN RURAL 
PEI THOUGHT THAT IT WAS NOT GOOD
FOR THEM.
>> AND WE'RE HEARING FROM KERR E
PEOPLE TRYING TO ASK QUESTIONS 
OVER FACEBOOK, TRYING TO GET 
THEIR SENSE OF THIS.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING FROM 
PEOPLE, RICK?
>> THERE IS IT A SENSE OF I KNOW
THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE, BUT
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT 
THE MATH IS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND 
WHAT THE SYSTEM IS.
>> PEOPLE ARE HIGHLY INFORMED ON
THIS, TOO.
BACK AND FORTH.
>> AND WE SAW THAT A COUPLE OF 
YEARS AGO IN THE FIRST VOTE.
WHERE VERY MOTIVATED VOTERS 
SHOWED SXUP SAID THAT WE WANT 
THE CHANGE, SO I THINK THAT THAT
PART OF THE VOTE'S A GIVEN.
I THINK CAN THEY BRING IN ENOUGH
OF THE VOTE FROM OTHER AREAS, IN
PEOPLE THAT ARE EITHER JUST 
UNSURE OR WILLING TO BE 
CONVINCED, AND THAT'S GOING TO 
BE A BIT OF A SELL.
>> AND BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN AN 
EXCITING THREE-WAY RACE, DOES 
THIS AT ALL FALL BEHIND, CATHY?
DO YOU THINK IT'S BEEN A BIG 
ENOUGH PART OF THE DISCUSSION?
I THINK IT DID SORT OF GET LOST 
IN THE SHUFFLE FOR MUCH OF THE 
ACTUAL CAMPAIGN, BUT, MATT, 
REMEMBER, THIS IS IT THE THIRD 
TIME WE'VE ALL BEEN ASKED IN PEI
WHAT WE WANT TO DO ABOUT THIS.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A NEW TOPIC.
IT'S BEEN HERE.
WE'VE VOTED ON IT TWICE BEFORE 
IN VARIOUS FORMS.
I THINK THE CAMPAIGN THAT WAS 
TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE 
THIS IS SOME UNUSUAL IDEA THAT 
THEY'RE ONLY HEARING FOR THE 
FIRST TIME PROBABLY DIDN'T GO 
OVER WE VERY WELL WITH PEOPLE, 
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW "VOTE NO",
THAT DIDN'T GO OVER WELL WITH 
THE PUBLIC EITHER AT THE FORUMS.
>> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
THAT'S A TERRIFIC POINT OF THE 
1V1 MY STUDENTS SORT OF FIRED 
THIS OFF TO ME FROM THE 
FOURNELISM PROGRAM, AND IT 
TURNED INTO A METHAMPHETAMINE, 
THAT SAID DON'T LITHOLET A SIGN 
CALL YOU STUPID.
THE IDEA IS IF YOU'RE NOT SMART 
234U6 TO UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T 
VOTE OR VOTE NO.
SO THERE MIGHT BE AN AGE ELEMENT
THAT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT, WHERE 
YOUNGER VOTERS ARE WILLING TO 
LOOK FOR THE CHANGE.
>> ONE OF THE MANY THINGS WE'RE 
WATCHING.
BACK TO THE STUDIO AND LOUISE.
>> Louise: THANKS, GUYS.
WE MENTIONED THIS COULD BE AN 
HISTORICIC ELECTION NIGHT.
ON PEI WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD MANY 
ELECTION NIGHTS WITH FIRSTS IN 
THEM.
TO LOOK BACK ABOUT AT SOME OF 
THEM.
ALL THE WAY BACK TWO AND A HALF 
DECADES.
TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LAIN NOW
WITH OUR NANCY RUSSELL.
>> Reporter: IN 1993, CATHERINE 
CALLBECK BAKE THE FIRST AND ONLY
FEMALE PREMIER 6 PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND. THE LIBERALS TOOK EVERY 
SEAT BUT ONE, WINNING IN 31 OF 
32 DISTRICTS.
P.C. LEADER PAT MEDICALA WAS THE
ONLY MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITION.
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL NIGHT FOR 
THE LIBERAL PARTY ON PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> Reporter: 1996 MARKED ANOTHER
FIRST.
THE END OF MULTI-MEMBER 
CONSTITUENCIES.
INSTEAD, SINGLE MEMBERS WERE NOW
ELECTED IN 27 DISTRICTS.
ARE THE LIBERALS HAD BEEN IN 
POWER FOR TEN YEARS, AND LOST TO
THE PCs UNDER NEW LEADER PAT 
BINN.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, A PARTY 
OTHER THAN THE LIBERALS OR THE 
TORIES WON A SEAT.
NDP LEADER HERB DICKIESON WAS 
CERTAINTY TO THE LEGISLATURE.
>> IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL THING 
TO HAPPEN, AND I'M ONLY ONE COG 
IN THE WHEEL HERE.
>> Reporter: IN APRIL 2000, 
BINNS AND THE P.C.s WERE BACK 
IN, IN A LANDSLIDE, TAKING 26 
ARE 27 SEATS.
THE LIBERALS UNDER ROOKIE LEADER
WANE CREW ONLY WON ONE 
DISTRICTED, THAT OF RON 
McKINLEY.
THE NDP INCREASED HIS POPULAR 
VOTE, BUT DICKSON LOST HIS SEAT.
IN 2003 ELECTION MADE HISTORY 
FOR ITS WEATHER.
HURRICANE WAN HIT.
TWO THIRDS OF THE PROVINCE 
DIDN'T HAVE POWER MUCH THE 
DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERABLE.
BUT THIS IS PEI.
AND PEOPLE STILL WENT OUT TO THE
POLLS.
VOTER TURNOUT WAS 83%.
BI IN, NS FORM AD THIRD 
CONSECUTIVE MAJORITY GOVERNMENT,
A FIRST FOR THE PARTY.
AND THE NEW LIBERAL LEADER WON 
HIS SEAT, ROBERT GIZZ, FOLLOWING
IN THE FOOT STEPPES OF HIS 
FATHER.
>> YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE EXCITING
TILES, AND MY SISTER THERE, USED
TO BE AWFULLY YOUNG.
>> Reporter: GIZZ BECAME PREMIER
IN 2007, A BIG VICTORY, 23 OF 27
SEATS MUCH THE GREEN PARTY CAME 
ONTO THE POLITICAL SCENE FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND TOOK MORE THAN 3%
OF THE VOTE.
BEATING OUT THE NDP FOR THIRD 
PLACE.
[ Applause ]
>> Reporter: IN 2011,MENT 
LIBERALS WON A SECOND MAJORITY 
GOVERNMENT WITH 22 SEATS.
THE PROGRESSIVE QUARTERBACKS 
REMAINED THE OFFICIAL 
OPPOSITION, BUT THE GREERKS AND 
NDP BOTH INCREASED THEIR VOTE.
FOUR YEARS AGO IN 2015, THE 
LIBERALS WON A THIRD CONSECUTIVE
MAJORITY.
THIS TIME UNDER WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN.
THE PCs TOOK EIGHT SEATS, BUT 
LEADER ROB LANCE LOST IN HIS OWN
DISTRICT.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> Reporter: THE GREEN PARTY 
MADE HISTORY, TAKING ITS FIRST 
SEAT IN THE LEGISLATURE WITH 
LEADER PETER BEVAN-BAKER.
>> Louise: SO LET'S CHECK IN 
WITH OUR REPORTERS WHO YOU SAW 
EARLIER THIS EVENING.
WE'LL HEAR FROM ALL OF THEM 
BEGINNING WITH THE GREEN PARTY 
TONIGHT.
STEPHEN BRUCE IS AT THE BREWING 
COMPANY GREATER THAN 
HEADQUARTERS THIS EVENING.
>> Reporter: YEAH, LOUISE, A LOT
OF PEOPLE REALLY STARTING TO 
NYLE THE PEI BREWING COMPANY 
HERE NOW.
A LOT OF NERVOUS ENERGY AS FOLKS
WAIT FOR THESE RESULTS TO START 
COMING IN, AND REAL' SCENE HERE 
THAT THE GREEN PARTY OF PEI IS 
JUST NOT USED TO SEEING.
THERE'S TO SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, 
SO MANY VIDEO CAMERAS, SO MANY 
JOURNALISTS FROM ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY.
YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW THE 
NATIONAL MEDIA HAS REALLY 
LATCHED-TO PEI ELECTION BECAUSE 
OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THE GREENS 
TO FORM GOVERNMENT.
SO A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS FROM 
THE NATIONAL MEDIA.
THEN YOU TALK, TOO, TO THE GREEN
PARTY OFFICIALS THEMSELVES, AND 
THEY SAY THEIR EXPECTATIONS, 
THEY HOPE TO GET A FEW MORE 
SEATS FOR SURE, AND ANYTHING 
BEYOND THAT, WELL, WE'LL JUST 
HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
THEY SAY WAFER THE RESULT IS 
HERE TONIGHT, IS GOING TO BE A 
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION FOR THE 
GREEN PARTY.
THEY'VE GOT A BAND LINED UP HERE
READY TO GO.
BUT AS I SAY, IT'S A 
DISCONTINUES RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE SITTING HERE 
NERVOUSLY JUST WAITING TO SEE 
HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT.
>> Louise: LIKE SO MANY OTHER 
PEOPLE TONIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH, STEVE.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN AFTER THE 
POLLS CLOSE AND WE START TO GET 
SOME RESULTS.
THE OLD STAND HOPE SCHOOL, 
SUSTAIN HOPE PLACE, AND WHERE 
LIBERAL LEADER WADE MacLAUCHLAN 
ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL, AND 
WHERE HE IS WATCHING.
AND BRIAN HIGGINS IS THERE LIVE.
SGLOVRT>> Reporter: YEAH, 
LOUISE, DOING THAT FOUR-SHOT OF 
ALL THE REPORT E A SUDDEN ROUND 
OF APPLAUSE THAT I COULD HEAR, 
AND THAT'S BECAUSE PREMIER WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN STEPPED INTO THE 
BUILDING JUST AT THAT TIME.
HE IS IN THE STAND HOPE CENTRE 
HERE, MEETING SUPPORTERS.
PARTY WORKERS ARE HERE.
THEY'RE USING THE CHALK ON THE 
OLD SCHOOL CHALKBOARD TO START 
TALLYING THE VOTES, AND 
DEFINITELY THE TEMPO AND THE 
MOOD HAS DEFINITELY TAKE A STEP 
UPWARDS NOW THAT THE CANDIDATE 
OF DISTRICT 8, WOUDE LOUCHE, IS 
IN THE BUILDING RINGS BARKS TO 
YOU, LOUISE.
>> Louise: HE'S IN THE BUILDING,
THANKS, BRAIN HIKING FOR US IN 
STAND HOPE.
AND DISTRICT 15, AND HAR ANY 
HOUSE THEATRE.
THAT IS WHERE PQ LEADER DENNIS 
KING IS GATHERED WITH A FEW 
FRIENDS AND SOME FAMILY MEMBERS 
THIS EVENING, AND OUR BRITTANY 
SPENCER IS THERE AS WELL.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU, BRITTNEY.
>> Reporter: HI, LOUISE.
WHAT WE TAUGHTS THEBE WAS GOING 
TO BE A SOMEWHAT SMALL GATHERING
OF FAMILIES 235E78 AND FRIENDS, 
IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A 
REAL VIEWING PARTY THERE ARE 
HAVE BEEN PEOPLE FILING THROUGH 
THE DOOR, LOTS OF SUPPORT E AND 
DEN KIPPING IS HERE.
HE ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER WE LAST
SPOKE, AND HE'S SORT OF BEEN 
MAKE ROUNDS AROUND THE ROOM 
GREETING EVERYBODY, AND 
EVERYBODY SEEMS VERY EXCITED TO 
SEE HIM.
THERE'S LOTSES OF BLUE T-SHIRTS,
BLUE HATS, AND THE ENERGY IN 
HERE, IT SEEMS THAT SERVE REALLY
EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 
SEEING THOSE RESULTS ROLL IN.
I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF HISS 
CAMPAIGN MANAGERS, AND I'M 
HOPING TO SPEAK WITH THEM A 
LITTLE LATER ON.
>> Louise: THAT'S GREAT.
I GUESS THEY'RE HOPING ALL THOSE
BLUE T-SHIRTS AND HATS 
TRANSLATES INTO A BLUE DISTRICT 
TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, BRITTNEY.
AND BACK AROUND TO CHARLOTTETOWN
THIS EVENING, REAL' FEW STREETS 
FROM OUR STUDIO HERE AT CBC 
NEWS.
NDP HEADQUARTERS.
OUR NATALIA GOODWIN IS THERE 
TONIGHT.
SO NATALIA, A LITTLE BIT MORE 
QUIET THERE.
TELL US WHAT'S UP THERE AS NDP 
HEADQUARTERS.
>> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT MORE QUIET
HERE RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING VERY 
PILOT SO CAN I DO THIS HIT WITH 
YOU, LOUISE, BUT THEY'RE 
ACTUALLY QUITE JOVIAL AND 
EXCITED TO SEE THESE RESULTS 
START AS TO COME IN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF 
VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS 
ROLLING IN HERE THROUGHOUT THE 
NIGHT.
THEY ARE HOPEFUL.
WE JUST SAW THE PIECE ABOUT 
HISTORY HERE ON THE ISLAND, AND 
THEY'RE HOPING TO HISTORY AGAIN 
HERE AT THE NDP HEADQUARTERS, OF
COURSE.
THE LAST TIME HE HAD A SEAT IN 
THE LEGISLATURE BEING BACK IN 
19966 WITH HERB DICKIESON, WHO 
IS ALSO RUN INNING THIS ELECTION
AGAIN SO THEY'RE HOPEFUL IN HIS 
DISTRICT.
THEY'RE ALSO VERY HOPEFUL HERE 
IN DISTRICT 12 WHERE THE LEADER,
JOE BYRNE S RUNNING AGAIN.
THIS HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF THE 
CAMPAIGN, TO GET THEIR LEADER IN
THE HOUSE.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MANY SIGNS 
AROUND THE CHARLOTTETOWN AREA 
SAYING JUST THAT, PUT THE LEADER
IN THE HOUSE.
SO THAT'S SORT OF BEEN A MANTRA 
FOR THIS CAMPAIGN.
HE IS NOT ARRIVED HERE YET.
HE HAS CHOSE TONNE WATCH MOST OF
THE RESULTS WITH HIM FAMILY AT 
HOME, AND THEN HE WILL COME HERE
AND BE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS 
AND CHEERS, I'M SURE, AS SOON AS
HE RIVEs, LOUISE.
>> Louise: WORKING VERY HARD TO 
WORK THE DISTRICT AND THE DOORS.
THANKS, NATALIA.
THAT'S NATALIA GOODWIN REPORTING
FOR US IN CHARLOTTETOWN.
INCHING CLOSER TO 7:30, AND HOPE
TO GET RESULTS QUICKLY THAT 
EVER.
JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY.
BEFORE THAT, A LOOK BEHIND THE 
SCENES AT CBC ON PEI.
BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
PEOPLE WORKING A LOT OF VERY 
LONG HOURS TO PUT TONIGHT'S 
PROGRAM FOR YOU TOGETHER AT 
HOME, AND THERE'S A LOT OF 
EQUIPMENT IN THE BUILDING THAT 
ISN'T USUALLY HERE AS WELL.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> 4, 3, 2, 1.
MY NAME IS TRACE I LIGHTFOOT.
I AM NORMALLY THE PRODUCER OF 
COMPASS ON CBC, AND FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS I'VE BEEN THE 
PRODUCER FOR THE CAPE BRETON'S 
ELECTION NIGHT PROGRAM.
>> APPRECIATE THAT GOOD.
SHE WILL BE REPORTING LIVE.
>> WELCOME EVERYONE IN OUR 
STATION HAS BEEN WORK IN SOME 
FORM OR OTHER ON THE ELECTION 
SHOW.
>> I'LL KEEP YOU POST ED AS TO 
WHEN WE'RE COMING TO YOU.
>> PERFECT, THANKS, MAN.
>> IT'S BEEN MY JOB STRAIGHT 
THROUGH A NUMBER OF WEEKS TO 
WORK ON THE DEBATE AND THE 
ELECTION NIGHT PROGRAM.
A BOAT LODE OF WORK GOES INTO 
THIS EVERY FOUR JIESHENGS READY 
FOR IT WHEN IT COMES.
>> MY NAME A BOB WE'RES, AND 
SENIOR PRODUCER FOR ELECTIONS 
FOR CBC NEWS ACROSS THE 
ELECTION.
ONE OF MY MAIN JOBS IS TO 
ORGANIZE THE DECISION DESK AND 
MAKE THE CALL ON THE ELECTION 
FOR ANY CONSTITUENCY OR DISTRICT
THAT WE'RE IN.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF PEOPLE, 
DECISION DESK EDITOR, LOOKING AT
ALL THE REVIEWED, THE POLLING 
NUMBER 
>> RIDING HISTORIES, ALL THE 
CANDIDATES, AND THEN THEY'RE 
LOOKING AT THE FIRST RESULTS.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS 
THEY'RING ABOUT TO FLUORIC IS 
POPULAR VOTE.
IF BEHAVE A SINGLE PARTY WITH A 
BIG LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE, 
LIKE 40% OR SO, THEN WE'RE GOING
TO BE FAIRLY DAUNT THAT PARTY IS
ON ITS WAY TO FORMING A 
GOVERNMENT.
HOWEVER, IF THE POPULAR VOTE IS 
SPLIT THREE WAYS OR FAR BELOW 
40% AND NOBODY'S AT THAT TARGET,
THEN WE'RE GOING TO START 
LOOKING FOR A MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT POSSIBILITIES, AND 
ONCE WE'RE INTO THAT IT'S WHO 
HAS THE MOST SEATS, AND IT COULD
COME RIGHT DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL 
DISTRICTS OR EVEN ONE VITTED 
DISTRICT TONIGHT.
>> MY NAME IS DUNKON PLAYER, THE
OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
IT'S A BIG SET-UP.
ADDITIONAL CAMERAS IN OUR STUDIO
HERE BECAUSE WHERE HE HAVE A 
BIGGER SET-UP IN THERE.
USUALLY ONE HOST, AND NOW THREE 
PEOPLE ON SET.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ANALYST SET, SO 
THAT REQUIRES ITS CAMERAS.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL TRANSMISSION 
VEHICLES HERE.
WE'VE GOT TWO SAT YOU TRUCKINGS 
HERE THAT HELPS US UPLINK OUR 
SIGNALS.
TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES, A LOFT
COORDINATION, AND A LOT OF 
TEAMWORK IN ORDER TO PULL THIS 
OFF.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY LITTLE BITS
AND PIECE ON THE NIGHT OF THAT 
YOU NEED TO THINK OF JUST OFF 
THE TIP-OFF YOUR HEAD AND BE RAD
READY FOR ANY SCENARIO THAT 
HAPPENS, BUT YOU CAN'Trd CAN'T 
PLAN FOR EVERYTHING, SO YOU NEED
PLAN B, PLAN C, AND IN OUR CASE 
POSSIBLY A PLAN D DEPEND ON WHAT
THISES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF 
THE NIGHT.
>> Louise: SO ONE OF THE PIECES 
OF EQUIPMENT IS THIS CAMERA YOU 
SEE, WELL, YOU DON'T SEE IT, BUT
THE ONE THAT'S MOVING RIGHT NOW.
GAULED THE GI (b) I LOSH IT, I 
WISHW WISH IT COULD STAY BEHIND,
YOU GO BASE WAY AFTER THIS 
ELECTION, AND SPEAK OF WHICH, 
JUST 2 SXHINTS 30 SECONDS JUST 
ABOUT TILL WE START TO HOPEFULLY
GET SOME RESULTS COMING IN.
SO PAUL, FINAL THOUGHTS BEFORE 
WHICH HIT THAT?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING 
ABOUT WHETHER HISTORY CAN BE 
MADE.
ISLANDERS NEVER SHIED AWAY.
JOE GIVZZ WAS FIRST PREMIER OF 
NON-EUROPEAN DESCENT, CATH 
COLORADO THE FIRST FEMALE 
ELECTED IN A PROVINCIAL ELECTION
IN THE COUNTRY, WADE MacLAUCHLAN
THE FIRST GAY MALE PREMIER IN 
THE COUNTRY, AND PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER THE GREAT, GREAT 
GRANDSON OF CONFEDERATION GEORGE
BROWN WHO FOUNDED "THE GLOBE 
& MAIL" NEWSPAPER.
>> Louise: HISTORY ALL OVER THE 
PLACE.
KERRY, YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW 
UNPRECEDENTED THIS CAMPAIGN WAS.
AND IT RALLY WAS.
I WANT OTHROW IT, KIND OF 
HO-HURRICANES, M SOMETIMES, A 
BIT TOO MUCH CIVILITY.
THERE'S WORSE THINGS THAT CAN 
HAPPEN.
I'M NOT COMPLAINING.
WE'LL TAKE THIS OVER SOME OTHER 
PROBLEMS YOU COULD HAVE.
THAT SAID, KIND OF SETTING THE 
STAGE TORE WHAT I THINK IS GOING
TO BE A VERY EXCITING EVENING OF
GETTING THESE RESULTS N I WOULD 
SAY PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDERS 
PROBABLY BUCKLE UP FOR THIS, 
MAYBE THE REST OF CANADA YOU 
MIGHT WANT TO BUCKLE UP, TOO, 
BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO 
START TO SEE SOME RACES AND WAYS
WE'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF THE 
THREE-WAY RACES MIGHT PLAY OUT, 
AND THIS LAST 30 MINUTES, THE 
DELAY TO GET THE RESULTS, FOR SO
MANY ISLANDERS, THIS IS THE 
LONGE 0 MINUTES EVER, BECAUSE 
THEY'VE BEEN WAITING SO MUCH 
MORE THIS.
IT'S FELT REALLY LONG SITTING 
HERE.
I'M READY.
>> Louise: AND THE EVENING IS 
REALLY JUST GINNING.
SO AS YOU SAY, THE GOOD STUFF IS
GOING TO START NOW.
SO AS YOU, KERRY SAID, BUCKLE 
UP.
THE POLLS ARE CLOSING.
RESULTS ARE ABOUT TO COME IN.
HALF AN HOUR LATER THAN 
ORIGINALLY EXPECTED, BUT OUR 
ELECTION NIGHT PROGRAM IS SET TO
BEGIN.
THE NUMBERS COULD BE FAST AND 
FURIOUS.
SO AS KERRY SAID, BUCKLE UP, GET
READY.
PEI VOTES 2019 COMING UP IN A 
MATTER OF SECONDS RIGHT HERE ON 
CBC.
>> IT HAS BEEN A RACE UNLIKE ANY
OTHER IN OUR HISTORY.
A PEI ELECTION THAT IS MAKING 
NATIONAL HEADLINES FOR ITS 
POTENTIAL OUTCOMES AND FOR A 
TRIAGE ACCIDENT.
THIS PROVINCE COULD SEE A 
THREE-WAY RACE FOR THE VERY 
FIRST TIME.
BUT IN RECENT DAY, A 
HEARTBREAKING TURN OF EVENTS.
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JOSH 
UNDERHAY AND HIS YOUNG SON 
KILLED IN A CANOEING ACCIDENT.
ALL PARTIES SUSPENDED 
CAMPAIGNING AND PAID THEIR 
RESPECTS.
NOW ON ELECTION DAY, THE FOCUS 
SHIFTS BACK TOE THE VOTE ITSELF.
WILL THE LIBERALS HOLD ONTO 
POWER AND A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE 
TERM?
>> THE RECORD OF POCKETS ECONOMY
FROM TIP TO TIP THROUGHOUT OUR 
PROVINCE IS STRONG.
>> Reporter: CAN THE PCs AND 
THEIR NEW LEADER MAKE A FRESH 
START?
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS
ABOUT PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND BEING
THE BEST ISLAND THAT WE COULD 
BE.
>> Reporter: DO THE GREENS HAVE 
ENOUGH SUPPORT TO FORM A 
GOVERNMENT?
>> THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT 
CURRENTLY BETWEEN THE HEALTH OF 
OUR ECONOMY AND THE HEALTH OF 
ISLANDERS.
>> Reporter: AND IS THERE ROOM 
FOR THE N.D.P.?
>> WE WILL TRANSFORM OR PROVINCE
AND/OR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: AFTER FOUR WEEKS 
AND MANY EMOTIONS, THE BALLOTS 
HAVE BEEN CAST.
THE COUNTING HAS BEGUN.
THE RESULTS, THE ANALYSIS, THE 
REACTION.
ALL LIVE TONIGHT ON CBC.
>> Louise: THIS IS ELECTION 
NIGHT ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
WE ARE LIVE FROM CHARLOTTETOWN 
ON A NIGHT THAT IS UNUSUAL FOR A
NUMBER OF REASONS.
FIRST AMONG THEM, RESULTS 
DELAYED BY HALF AN HOUR.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM 
HALF AN HOUR AGO, BUS BECAUSE OF
A THREAT A ONE OF THE POLLING 
STATIONS THEY ARE ABOUT TO COME 
IN NOW.
SO WE ARE EXPECTING THOSE 
RESULTS VERY SOON.
I HAVE TWO GUESTS HELPING ME 
WITH OUR ELECTION COVERAGE ON 
OUR MAIN SET TONIGHT.
A FAMILIAR FACE TO COMPASS 
VIEWERS FROM POLITICAL PANEL IS 
PAUL McNEIL.
HE'LL BE HELPING GUIDE OUR 
COVERAGE, AND ALSO CBC PEI 
LEGISLATIVE REPORTER KERRY 
CAMPBELL.
BEFORE WITH YOU TALK TO PAUL AND
KERRY, LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT 
YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR SCOMBRINE 
HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS 
INFORMATION TO YOU.
WE CALL TO THE MINI BOARD.
YOU SEE IT THERE, THE NUMBER OF 
LEADING OR ELECTED CANDIDATE IN 
EACH DISTRICT ON PEI.
YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE NUMBER OF 
DISTRICTS NEEDED FOR A MAJORITY 
HERE.
THAT IS 14.
SO 26 DISTRICTS, RESULTS WILL 
COME UP ON THE SCREEN BELOW.
YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS FROM 
THE DISTRICTS CYCLE THROUGH, SO 
IF WE HAVEN'T TALK ABOUT YOUR 
AREA YOU'LL SEE IT ONS THAT MINI
BOARD ONCE EVERY 2 MINUTES, AND,
BOY, OH, BOY, FAST AND FURIOUS, 
AND YES, INDEED, STARTING TO GET
SOME NUMBERS COMING IN TONIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE 
INITIAL RESULTS THAT ARE ALREADY
COMING IN.
O'LEARY-INVERNESS, AND A LEAD OF
29 VOTES FOR ROBERT HENDERSON 
TONIGHT.
THESE ARE EARLY RESULTS AS WE 
SAID.
DELAYED BY HALF AN HOUR.
PAUL, THINGS STARTING UP.
>> HAVE HERB DICKIESON MAKING A 
COMEBACK.
LOST IN 2000, EARNED THE SAME 
NUMBER OF VOTES AS IN 1969, AND 
HE IS THE SECOND RIDING AT THAT 
THE NDP HAVE REALLY TARGETED.
>> Louise: WHAT ABOUT YOU, 
KERRY?
EARLY THOUGHTSES HERE?
>> THAT'S A GOOD OPENING FOR 
DR. HERB DICKIESON.
23 YEARS AFTER HE BECAME THE 
FIRST NDP ELECTED, TRYING TO 
BECOME THE SECOND NDP ELECTED IN
ISLAND HISTORY.
YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE, LOOKS
LIKE ONE TO WATCH ALREADY.
>> Louise: SO THIS WOULD BE A 
LIBERAL STRONGHOLD 
>> THIS WOULD BE -- 
>> Louise: THE INCOME BERT 
ROBERTED HENDERSON.
,IN YOU'RE LIBERALS A 29-VOTE 
LEAD AFTER THE ADVANCE POLL.
>> Louise: ONCE AGAIN F JUST 
JOINING U THE POLLING ARE YOU 
WILLING TO SAY ARE STARTED TO 
COME IN.
26 DISTRICTS WILL HAVE THOSE 
RESULTS.
THAT MINI BOARD ACROSS THE LOWER
PART OF YOUR SCREEN, THOSE ARE 
THE LEADING AND ELECTED SO, SO 
FIRST WORLD WAR WE'RE JUST 
GETTING ONE, AND THAT IS THE 
LEADING IN THAT ONE DISTRICT 
O'LEARY - INVERNESS, ROBERT 
HENDERSON.
ROB HENDERSON THE INCUMFWHENT 
THAT AREA.
AND CHECK WITH WITH A CBC 
ELECTION NIGHT PAM, IN LOBBY 
WITH CBC RADIO'S MATTED RAYNE, 
AND A FEW GUESS, AND CHECK IN 
WITH MATT AND REALLY, REALLY 
EARLY RESULTS HERE.
MATT.
>> THANKS, LOSE, WITH CATHY 
LARGE AND RICK MacLEAN, WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS AND REACTION?
>> WEST PRINCE IS AN AREA AS THE
TO WATCH, AND LB14S LOOK LIKE 
THEY GOT THEIR VOTE OUT, AND 
HERB DICKIESON IS IN SECOND 
PLACE, AND ONLY A COUPLE OF 
DOZEN VOTES BETWEEN THE TWO OF 
THEM, SO THAT'S ONE THAT WILL BE
ON VERY CLOSELY.
PROBABLY A LOT OF THE VOTE IN 
THE DISTRICT, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE 
THERE ARE ONLY, THINK I'VE SAID,
3200 VOTES IN THE WHOLE 
DISTRICT.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT OVER 
1,000 IN.
>> MY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS, 
WOW.
LIKE, WOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS, AND
YOU GO, THOSE ARE BIG NUMBERS.
THEY CAME OUT RIGHT WAY, AND BIG
NUMBERS FOR HERB DICKIESON, 
WHICH PUTS HIM RIGHT INTO THE 
MIX FOR IN.
I WOULD THINK RIGHT NOW IF 
YOU'RE THE NDP JUST DOWN THE 
STREET A LITTLE WAY, THIS WAS A 
VERY GOOD NIGHT, AND YOU'RE 
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THE 
LIBERAL MACHINE GOT ITS VOTE 
OUT.
>> YOU WERE SAYING EARLIERIER,S 
RICK, THE IMPORTANCE OF WESTERN 
PEI FOR THE LIBERALS.
>> YES.
THE BIG RED WALL OUT THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE TO HOLD ONTO WHAT YOU 
HAVE IN AN ELECTION LIKE THIS, 
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE 
UNDER THREAT IN THE RIDING THAT,
RIGHTFULLY, I WOULD HOPE THEY 
WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD ONTO, SO 
IF THIS IS A PRECURSOR FOR WHAT 
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE REST OF 
THE NIGHT PORTION THE ROMAN 
CATHOLICS IT'S A KESH THE NOW WE
CAN'T WAY TO SEE WHAT'S 
HAPPENING ON THE OTHER END WITH 
THE CONSERVATION.
>> THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE BIG
RED WALL, NOT NECESSARILY THAT 
FOREVER, AND THIS RIDING VOTED 
FOR THE NDP ONCE BEFORE.
YOU GO TO TIGNISH-PALMER ROAD, 
GAIL SHAY TERRITORY SO IT'S ALL 
UP IN THE AIR NOW, AND WE'LL 
FIND OUT THE REAL STORY.
>> EARLY GOING.
ONE DISTRICT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
GO BACK TO THE CONSTITUTED JOE 
AND LOUISE.
>> Louise: SO MAYBE NOT AS FAST 
AND FURIOUS AS WE THOUGHT, BUT 
AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING TO 
TALK ABOUT IN THE EARLY MOMENTS 
OF THE THE ELECTION THAT HAS 
BEEN SO FULL OF EXCITEMENT.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACT 
THAT, RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, THESE 
ARE VERY EARLY MARTS BUTT 
LIBERAL IN THE LEAD IN THAT ONE 
SCREECHED, DISTRICT, BUT THE NDP
BEHIND, HERB DICKIESON.
>> I MEAN, WHAT THESE RESULTS 
SHOW IS WE HAVE FOUR PARTIES ALL
RACING TOWARDS HISTORY.
IT'S THE LIBERALS TRYING TO WIN 
A FOURTH GOVERNMENT.
TORIES TRYING TO RECAP BEFORE A 
TIME AFTER 12 YEARS LARNLGLY 
DYSFUNCTIONAL YEARS IN 
OPPOSITION.
THE GREENS TRYING SO HAVE AN 
HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH, AND THE 
NDPSUING FOR RELEVANCE ON THE 
PROGRESS YOU'VE VOICE ON THE 
LRCHD WING OF THE ISLAND 
ELECTORATE.
HERB TIC'S NUMBERS ARE POSITIVE.
>> Louise: VERY POSITIVE.
>> AND A COUPLE THINGS TO KNOW 
AS WE EVENTUALLY GET, ADVANCE 
TURNOUT 36%.
SOME DISTRICTS ADVANCE TURNOUT 
UP TO 44%.
A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS WHERE IT 
GOT THAT HIGH, SO THE ADVANCE 
POLL IS GOING TO TELL US A WHOLE
LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT 
DISTRICT IS GOING.
ANOTHER THING, I THINK, WE MIGHT
SEEN, THEN, ALL JUST TALKING 
ABOUT THIS ONE POLL THAT WE GOT 
HERE.
>> Louise: A LOT OF ATTENTION ON
O'LEARY - INVERNESS.
>> ROB ENJOYING ATTENTION.
>> AND HERB DICKIESON AS WELL.
2013 WAS A WEARSHED MOMENT, I 
THOUGHT FOR PEI POLITICS.
THE GREENS AND NDP BOTH HIT 11% 
OF THE POPULAR VOTE.
MIGHT NOT SOUND LOBBYING A LOT 
IN THE REST OF CANADA BUT FOR 
SO-CALLED THIRD PARTIES ON PEI 
THAT WAS A BIG MOMENT.
PETER BEVAN-BAKER WINNING HIS 
SEAT, AND ANOTHER SEAT.
>> Louise: WE HAVE, PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER WITH A LEAD, A 
STRONG LEAD RIGHT NOW WITH 339 
VOTES.
SO THIS WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING.
NEW HAVEN-ROCKY POINT THSHS IS 
HIS DISTRICT.
HE IS THE GREEN PARTY LEADER, 
AND AT THIS POINT HAS A 
COMFORTABLE LEAD IN THIS 
DISTRICT.
>> WELL, GIVEN THE GREEN PARTY'S
POSITION IN THE POLLS, IF PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER FELL -- 
>> Louise: AND THESE ARE ADVANCE
POLLS.
>> THAT WOULD BE A HUGE THING F 
PETER BEVAN-BAKER WINS 
RE-ELECTION AND NOTHING ELSE 
CHANGES WE'VE CREATED HISTORY 
BECAUSE NEVER HAD A THIRD PARTY 
CANDIDATE WIN RE-ELECTION IN 
PEI.
SO THERE WE GO.
>> Louise: WELL ON HIS WAY TO 
RE-ELECTION, AND FOR THE VIEWERS
AT HOME, THE CBC DECISION DESK 
WILL BE TAKING THIS INFORMATION 
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND WILL 
BRING PROJECTIONS AS THOSE "COME
FROM AWAY" OUT SO PROBABLYING 
ELECTED CANDIDATE, AND 
PROJECTING AT SOME POINT, 
HOPEFULLY A WINNER OR A LOSER 
HERE, SOME SORT OF PROJECTION 
THROUGH THE NIGHT, BUT ALL THIS 
INFORMATION COMES, OF COURSE, 
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 
DIFFERENT NUMBERS, AND ONE OF 
THOSE NUMBERS IS THE POPULAR 
VOTE, AND MANY OF STANDING 
COMMITTEES RACES, YOU KNOW, WE 
WERE CALLING TO BE MAYBE TOO 
CLOSE TO CALL AT SOME POINT.
SOME OF THEM WILL BE QUITE 
TIGHT.
WE SAW A COIN TOSS IN THE LAST 
ELECTION.
KERRY, TELL ME ABOUT THAT COIN 
TOSS, PEOPLE AT HOME MIGHT BE 
INTERESTED SO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
>> PEI MAKING NATIONAL NEWS WITH
STORIES THAT SEEM A LITTLE BIT 
GOOFY TO US STABILITY.
THE COIN TOSS, ONE OF OF, IN THE
ISLANDISH THE PEI ELECTIONS ACT,
AND STILL THERE, SO YOU SEATTLE 
TIE ON PEI.
SEEMS UNLIKELY BUT HAPPENED IN 
2015.
>> Louise: IN A DISTRICT.
>> YOU SETTLE A TIE VOTE WITH A 
COIN TOSS THAT.
A RATHER DATED HOLDOVER FROM 
TIMES GONE BY, AND IT WAS A 
CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER AND I 
THINK THE FOLLOW-UP CHIEF 
ELECTORAL OFFICER BOTH SAID, PEI
LEGISLATURE, PLEASE CHANGE THAT 
IN YOUR LEGISLATION.
HAVE A BY-ELECTION INSTEAD.
IT NEVER HAPPENED.
SO, GOODNESS, I HOPE WE DON'T 
HAVE A TIE TONIGHT, BECAUSE 
WE'RE GOING TO BE FLIPPING 
ANOTHER COIN.
>> ISLAND ELECTION HAVE BEEN 
KNOWN TO FLIP BETWEEN 5,000 HU 
12K3 1,000 VOTES IN TOEMGTS.
WITH TWO PARTIES F YOU THROW IN 
A THIRD PARTY YOU NARROW THAT 
NUMBER CONSIDERABLY, SO COULD 
WELL BE IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS 
TONIGHT THAT ARE VERY CLOSE HAD 
FINAL VOTES.
>> Louise: THAT COIN TOSS WAS IN
DISTRICT 5 IN THE LAST ELECTION.
>> ', AND ALAN McISAAC WON THAT,
AND STEPPED DOWN, AND YOU MARY 
ELLEN McINNIS IS IN IT, AND THE 
CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER SAID HE 
STILL HAD THAT SPECIAL COIN.
SO PASSED DOWN FROM HIS 
PREDECESSOR.
>> Louise: IF YOU'RE WATCHING 
THIS NOW, I KNOW PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER WILL BE HEAD FOG 
GREEN HEADQUARTER IN 
CHARLOTTETOWN, BUT IF YOU'RE 
PETER BEVAN-BAKER, LOOKING AT 
WHAT'S HAPPENING, THERE'S THE 
HEADQUARTERS.
IF HIS LIKE THEY'RE LISTENING TO
ME, THIS IS THE PEI BREWING 
COMPANY IN CHARLOTTETOWN.
PETER BEVAN-BAKER NOT THERE YET,
WATCHING SOME RULES FROM HOME, 
AND THEN HE'LL MAKE HIS WAY 
THERE, AND OUR REPORTER STEVE 
BRUCE WILL BE THERE LATER 
TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU'RE PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER AND LOOKING AT THOSE
NUMBERS SO FAR, WHAT'S GOING 
THROUGH YOUR MIND?
>> IT'S HARD TO GAUGE, BECAUSE 
HIS OWN RIDE, HE SHOULD BE 
AHEAD.
THE GREEN NUMBER IN WEST PRINCE,
IN INVERSENESS, IS PRETTY SMALL.
THE VOTE SEEMS TO BE GOING FOR 
THE NDP AND I THINK THAT WILL BE
THE ONE OF THE TALES OF THE TAPE
TONIGHT IS WHAT ARE THE GREEN 
VOTES IN THE ADVANCE POLLS?
BECAUSE THE LIBERALS AND THE 
TORIES BOTH WANT YOU TO WALK 
INTO A POLL AND VOTE FOR THEIR 
LOCAL CANNED DAY. IN MANY CASES 
OR DISTRICTS ACROSS THE 
PROVINCE, THE GREEN PARTY IS 
HOPING TO RIDE ON THE COATTAILS 
OF PETER BEVAN-BAKER, WHO IS BY 
A LONG SHOT THE MOST POPULAR 
LEADER ON PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND.>> Louise: IF KEEPING 
TRACK OF THE HOLLIES POLLS, EVEN
PERSONAL LEADERSHIP, BETWEEN WAD
LOUCHE, DWINDLING, HIS PERSONAL 
NUMBERS WITHIN THOSE POLLING 
SDMRKS THEN PETER BEVAN-BAKER 
COMING OCCUPANT AHEAD OF THAT, 
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDERING, 
CAN HE CARRY THE PARTY 
SHRINED-WIDE.
>> AND A STORY I STARTED TO 
EXPLAIN, AND THEN WE GOT PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER'S RESULT THERE, BUT 
THE 2015 ELECTION THE NDP AND 
GREENS BROKE THROUGH 10% OF THE 
POPULAR VOTE, KIND OF A CEILING 
FOR THEM.
SDOUNT SOUND LIKE MUCH, YOU BUT 
THE GREENS ELECTRIC THE THAT I 
LEADER, AND THIS THEN WON A 
BY-ELECTION, THAT SHOWED 
ISLANDERS, YOU CAN VOTE FOR 
ANOTHER PARTY AND THEY CAN GET 
ELECTED.
HERE WE GO.
MORE RESULTS.
WE HAVE PCs LEADING IN TWO 
DISTRICTS NOW, SO BUT THAT YOU 
COULD VOTE PHOR ONE OF THE 
NON-TWO TRADITIONAL PARTIES WITH
A CHANCE OF GETTING SOMEONE 
ELECTED.
>> Louise: GETTING THAT READY 
FOR YOU, KERRY.
DISTRICTS I 3 AND 26, SO MON KIA
FOR PQ, AND 26,AL BETTON.
>> AND LEADING THE GREEN.
WHICH YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT 
HAPPENS WHEN VOTE THE SPLIT.
JOHN ALLEN MacLEAN, WORKS AT 
COPPER BOTTOM BREWING.
>> Louise: NO LONGENER ADVANCED 
POLLING NUMBERS.
>> AND THE OTHER, I DON'T KNOW 
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT UP, 
THE OTHER RIDING -- 
>> Louise: RURAL 26.
>> WEST PRINCE, THE HEART OF THE
LIBERAL WALL.
 AT-BERYLON-BLOOMFIELD.
ERN ANY-HUDSON IS A FORMER 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE P.C., 
CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE P.C. 
PARTY AND ALSO WASHED FOR GAIL 
SHAY.
A TIGHT RACE.
>> Louise: WHAT HAPPENS NEAR HU 
ANSERIWE'RE OWN IN THE LEAD BY 
14 VOTES.
KERRYS, YOU WANT TO WEIGH?
?
>> THERE THREE-WAY RACING SO SHE
WHAT HAPPENS IN WESTERN PEI.
NOT JUST BECAUSE REFERRING TO IT
AS THE RED WALL, LIBERAL STRONG 
40E8D, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IN THE 
LAST CABINET HOW MANY SEEDS FROM
SUMMERSIDE WESTS, EVERY ONE BY 
ONE CONTAINED A LIBERAL CABINET 
MINISTER IN THE LAST GOVERNMENT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD SOME
COMMENTS FROM SOME VOTERS OUT 
WEST THAT THEY FELT THAT THAT 
REALLY BENEFITED THEM IN TERMS 
OF WHEN THEY WERE FIGHTING TO 
KEEP THEIR SCHOOLS OPEN, BUT 
THEY WERE KIND OF TRYING TO TEST
THE WINDS, THINK I, TO SEE JUST 
WAY THIS ELECTION WAS GOING TO 
GO.
THEY LIKE HAVING PEOPLE ON -- 
IN CABINET ON THE GOVERNMENT 
SIDE.
THEY WANT TO SAY THERE, YOU 
KNOW, WHERE DO THEY THINK THAT 
THAT WAS GOING TO GO, AND DID 
THEY PUT THEIR VOTES THERE?
>> HISTORICALLY THE CANDIDATE 
WHO WINS THE ADVANCE POLLS, 90% 
OF THE TIME THEY WIN THE RACE.
>> Louise: WE HAVE ANOTHER PC 
WINNING IN, SO FAR LEAD INNING 
DISTRICT 4, BELFAST - MURRAY 
RIVER.
THIS IS THE INCUMBURNT WITH A 
COMFORTABLE LEAD THERE OF 348 
VOTES, DARLENE COMPTON, THE PC 
INCUMBENT.
>> CAR LEAN COMPTON IS VERY WELL
LIKED AND COMPETENT.
AND WON FOR THE LEADERSHIPS THAT
SAW JAMES AYLWARD WIN, AND 
CLEARLY THAT'S A VERY BIG LEAD, 
SO I WOULD PROBABLY, THE TORIES 
ARE VERY HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
>> Louise: A LOOK AT STACKED 27,
TIGNISH - PALMER ROAD.
HAL PERRY IS THE INCUMBENT, IN A
LEAD WITH 241 VOTES OVER PC 
CAN'T CANDIDATE SO A RATE BEAN 
PC AND LIBERAL.
>> HAL PERRY WON FOR THE PC, AND
WON FOR THE LIBERALS.
TRYING TO REPEAT HERE FOR THE 
LIBERALS.
EVERY NEW YEAR'S AVENUE HALL 
DOES OWN OPERATION RED NOSE, 
GIVES PEOPLE A DRIVE HOME ON NEW
YEAR'S EVE, SO VERY WELL LIKED 
IN THINKS HI DISTRIBUTION.
I JOKED WITH HALL, MAYBE THIS 
TIME TRY RUNNING THE GROANS.
DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD WORK.
>> Louise: GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE
LEADING HERE BY 42 VOTES.
THIS IS THE INCUMBENT LIBERAL 
TINA MUNDY.
>> SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTER 
DELIVERED A LOT OF EXPANDED 
PERHAPS, MANY OF WHICH WOULD 
BENEFIT HER CONSTITUENCY IN THE 
WEST ENDS OF SUMMERSIDE.
STEVE HOWARD IS AN ENTREPRENEUR,
WORKS IN THE SOLAR POWER 
ENVIRONMENT, BUT THE GREENS, 
THEY THOUGHT IF THEY WERE GOING 
TO MAKE INROADS, SUMMERSIDE AND 
AREA WOULD BE FERTILE GROUND 
FERRIN THE ADVANCE POLL FOR 
STEVE HOWARD SAID IT VERY WELL 
COULD BE.
>> Louise: GOING TO GO TO PC 
HEADQUARTERS NOW.
HARMONY HOUSE, HUNTERER RIVER, 
MY COLLEAGUE BRITTANY SPENCER IS
THERE, WHERE DENNIS KING IS 
WATCHING RESULTS COME IN, AND 
BRITTNEY, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A 
GUEST FROM HARMONY HOUSE IN 
HUNTER RIVER.
>> Reporter: OH.
>> Louise: I'M NOT SURE IF 
BRITTNEY CAN HEAR ME.
>> Reporter: SORRY ABOUT THAT, 
LOUIS, HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE 
HEAR.
YOU MARKET-ANN WALSH, A CAMPAIGN
MANAGER FOR DENNIS KING'S 
DISTRICT, DISTRICT 15, OAS 
UNIVERSITY SEEING INITIAL 
RESULTS WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS 
AND MEALSING 
>> WE'RE FEELING PRETTY GOOD.
LIKE THE RESULTS SO FAR.
WE'RE FEELING VERY PROUD OF THE 
CAMPAIGN THAT WE'VE RUN FROM THE
START OF OUR LEADERSHIP 
CONVENTION IN FEBRUARY.
DENNIS WON A DECISIVE VICTORY.
THE OTHER THREE CONTESTANTS GOOD
BEHIND HIM, AND EVERY RALLIED 
FROM THERE.
WE WENT TIP TO TIP TO THE ISLAND
AND HAD SOLUTIONS WORKSHOPS.
WE TOOK IDEAS FROM THE PEOPLE, 
AND WE BROUGHT THEM BACK AND WE 
FORMED OUR PLATFORM BASED ON 
THOSE IDEAS SO WE FOLLOWED 
DENNIS' LEAD OF THE IT DOESN'T 
MATTER WHERE A GOOD IDEA COMES 
FROM, IT'S TO BE GIVEN VALUE, 
AND WE FEEL THAT RESONATED 
ACROSS THE ISLAND SO FEELING 
GOOD ABOUT THE EVENING SO FAR.
>> Reporter: GREAT.
DENNIS WON THE LEADERSHIP IN 
FEBRUARY, AND HE'S BEEN BUILDING
HIS CAMPAIGN SINCE.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE WATCHING 
HIM TRANSITION INTO THIS 
LEADERSHIP ROLE?
>> BEEN AMAZING.
HE HAS REALLY HAD AN ABILITY TO 
CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.
OUR PARTY GOOD BEHIND HIM RIGHT 
WAY, AND THEN EVERYWHERE HE WENT
THE MOMENTUM JUST GREW, AND WE 
JUST REALLY FOLLOWED HIS LEAD, 
AND THE TEAM KEPT GETTING BIGGER
AND STRONGER AND IT WAS JUST 
VERY POSITIVE.
THE TONE WAS ALSO SET BY DEN I 
WHICH WAS TO TAKE A POSITIVE 
APPROACH TO THE CAMPAIGN AND GO 
FROM THERE, AND IT CONNECTED 
WITH PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: AND NOW STILL 
WAITING ON RESULTS HERE IN 
DISTRICT 15.
ANY IDEA WHAT COULD HAPPEN HERE 
TODAY?
>> WELL, WE ARE HOPING THAT HE'S
GOING TO WIN DISTRICT 15, AND 
WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S GOING TO 
BE THE ONE OF MANY WINS ACROSS 
THE ISLAND FOR US TONIGHT SO WE 
ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE 
EVENING.
>> Reporter: THANKS SO MUCH, 
MARGARET, AND BACK TO YOU, LOSE.
>> Louise: THANKS VERY MUCH, 
BRITTNEY.
NO RESULTS FROM ANY 
CHARLOTTETOWN DISTRICT THAT WE 
CAN SHOW YOU, BUT WE'LL SHOW YOU
VOTE SHARE.
SO THIS IS TRYING IT GAUGE THE 
POPULAR VOTE AND WHERE THAT 
STANDS.
SO THAT THRESHOLD OF 40.8% IS 
THE THRESHOLD THAT WOULD FINOT A
MAJORITY GOVERNMENT SO SHE IS 
THIS POINT IT'S LOOKING 
MINORITY, BUT FAR TOO EARLY TO 
SAY HERE TONIGHT.
BUT THE PCs LEADING THAT VOTE OF
THE SHAH IRDER VOTE SHARE, 
PARDON ME, WITH 36.4%.
IS THIS A SURPRISE?
>> WELL, IT IS, BUT YOU HAVE TO 
LOOK AT IT IN CONTEXT OF WHAT 
RIDINGS HAVE REPORTED.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF
-- 
WE HAVE NOTHING OUT OF 
CHARLOTTETOWN.
YOU KNOW, THE TORIES WILL 
BENEFIT WHEN THEY GET MORE FROM 
THE EAST MUCH THE LIBERALS MAY 
BENEFIT IF THEY GET MORE TO THE 
WEST.
>> Louise: WHAT STORY IS THIS 
TELLING SO FOR FAR YOU, TER 
KERRY, EARLY ON, AND NOTHING 
FROM THE CHARLOTTETOWN 
DISTRICTS.
>> LIKE PAUL SAID, PLUCK A 
RANDOM SAMPLE OF PARTICULARLY 
ISLAND DISTRICTS.
HARD TO RAPE READ TOO MUCH.
IF YOU TOOK THIS AT FACE VALUE, 
IT'S NOT AN INVERSION OF THE 
POLL, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS POLLS 
THAT WE HAVE SEEN HAD THE GREENS
IN FRONT.
I THINK MORE RECENTLY FOLLOWED 
BY THE PCs WITH THE LIBERALS 
TRAILING HIND, SO YOU KNOW, 
WE'LL SEE AS WE GET MORE 
DISTRICTS IN HOW THIS MIGHT 
CHANGE.
>> Louise: A LOT OF GROWTH AND 
ROOM TO GROW FOR THE LIBERALS 
AND GREENS AS CHARLOTTETOWN 
RESULTS START TO ROLL IN.
STEVE BRUCE TONIGHT AT GREEN 
PARTY HEADQUARTERS, AND HE HAS A
GUEST WITH HIM TONIGHT.
HEY, STEVE.
>> Reporter: HEY THERE, LOUISE, 
YOU HEARD TWO BIG CHEERS, THE 
FIRST AS EARLY RESULTS CAME IN 
FOR PETER BEVAN-BAKER, AND THEN 
FOR GREEN PARTIED'S STEVE 
HOWARD.
CYNTHIA KING WITH MERISH THE 
CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR FOR THE 
GREENS.
YOUR SENSE OF EARLY RESULTS?
HOW DO YOU SNRAEKT 
>> WELL, EARLY RESULTS ARE JUST 
THAT.
THEY'RE EARLY RESULTS MUCH IT'S 
ENCOURAGING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS
CLIMBING IN SOME DISTRICTS, AND,
OF COURSE, WE ARE EXTREMELY 
HAPPY ABOUT SEEING PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER'S NUMBER SO IS GOOD,
AND WE SEE SUMMERSIDE TAKING 
HOLD ADS OF AS WELL.
ROOM IS JUST FILLED WITH A BUZZ,
AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED 
ABOUT THESE EARLY RESULTS.
>> Reporter: YOU'VE SEEN ALL THE
ATTENTION THAT THE GREEN PARTY 
ON PEI HAS GOTTEN OVER THE LAST 
FEW WEEKS WITH THE POLLS THAT 
HAVE COME OUT, SO MUCH ATTENTION
FROM THE NATIONAL MEDIA.
HAS THAT PUT A PRESSURE ON THE 
PARTY TO DO WELL TONIGHT, TO 
FORM GOVERNMENT?
>> YOU KNOW, YES.
WE DID GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT 
COMMUNICATIONS WITH PEOPLE FROM 
ALL OVER THE PLACE, INCLUDING 
CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, AND 
OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
WHEN WE WERE ASKED IF WE FELT 
THAT PRESSURE, OUR ANSWER WAS 
ALWAYS, WELL, NOT UNTIL NOW.
BUT WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T, YOU 
KNOW, DELIVER THE CAMPAIGN WITH 
THAT WEIGHT ON OUR SHOURLTSDS.
WE WERE VERY FOCUSSED ON THE 
PROVINCE AND DOING OUR BEST FOR 
EACH DISTRICT HERE ON PEI.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT ARE THE 
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PARTY 
TONIGHT?
WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TOUGH 
CALL, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN 
YOU'VE GOT TWO SEATS AND YOU'RE 
LOOKING TO GET MORE, THE 
EXPECTATIONS ARE VERY BROAD.
THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF POLLS AND 
LOTS OF MUCH CHARTER ABOUT WHAT 
THE EXPECTATIONS MIGHT BE.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR DEFINITELY A 
FEW MORE SEATS, AND IT'S NOT 
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CALL 
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT.
LOUISE, THAT'S CYNTHIA KING, THE
CAMPAIGN KOE MANAGER FOR THE 
GREEN PARTY.
>> Louise: THANKS VERY MUCH, 
STEVE.
PC4, LIBERALS 3, GREEN 2.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME 
OF THE SPECIFIC RESULTS NOW 
DISTRICT BY DISTRICT AS WE'RE 
GETTING THEM IN.
SO RESTEM, STARTING THERE, 
DISTRICT 18, BRAD, THE INCUMBENT
WITH A LEAD OF 439 VOTES, SO A 
STRONG SHOWING THERE.
>> BRADLEY TRIVERS IS A STRONG 
CONSTITUENCY MAN, CAME SECOND TO
JAMES AYLWARD, WORKS HARD.
>> Louise: BELFAST - MURRAY 
RIVER, PC DARLENE COMPTON, 
INCUMBENT 348.
MOVING ON, DISTRICT 27, PARDON 
ME, TIGNISH - PALMER ROAD, HAL 
PERRY IS THE INCUMBENT WITH A 
LEAD OF 241.
THAT IS IT A STRONG LIBERAL, 
SORT OF THAT WALL THAT WE TALK 
ABOUT, THAT IS IN THERE.
KERRY.
>> ACTUALLY INTERESTING, YOU 
KNOW, A LOT OF TALK WHEN HALL 
SWITCHED FROM RUNNING FOR THE PQ
TO LIBERAL, ACCEPTED AS A 
LIBERAL CANDIDATE?
REPEAT THAT WAVE?
ACTUALLY IN THAT LAST ELECTION 
AS A LIBERAL HE INCREASED MARGIN
A AS PQ WON BY 33 VOTES MUCH AS 
A LIBERAL ONCE BY 667.
SO THE SWITCH COLOURS DIDN'T 
HURT HIM ANY.
>> Louise: MONTAGUE - KILMUIR, 
ALLEN ROACH WAS THE LIBERAL.
NOT SIPHONINGING RE-ELECTION SO 
THIS WAS ANYONE'S DISTRICT TO 
WIN OR LOSE, AND A PC LEAD OF 17
VOTES.
PAUL, I KNOW YOU WANT TO WEIGH 
IN ON MONTAGUE - KILMUIR.
>> WELL, IT'S ONE POLL, AND 
THAT'S ONLY ONE OF NINE, BUT IT 
IS A THREE-WAY RACE IN MONTAGUE 
- KILMUIR.
>> Louise: THE GREEN RIGHT 
BEHIND.
DISTRICT 26, RESPECT 
ALBERTON-BLOOMFIELD.
PAT MURPHY, ERNIE HUDSON IN THE 
LEAD WITH 14 VOTES, AND I THINK 
WE'LL SEE TWIT AUTO FEW WHERE 
IT'S GOING TO MAYBE FLIP BACK 
AND FORTH WITH NORRAW LEAD.
STILL NO RESULTS YET FROM 
CHARLOTTETOWN, SO OBVIOUSLY 
WAITING FOR THOSE TO SEE HOW 
MUCH OF INROADS THAT THE 
LIBERALS AND THE GREENS CAN 
MAYBE MAKE IN THOSE SDRIGTS.
DISTRICTED 7, MARINAL, WOUDE 
LOUCHE IN LEAD BY 7 VOTESES.
SO ANOTHERAW LEAD.
>> THE TORIES PULL A FULL-OUT 
OFFENSIVE TO TRY TO BEAT WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN, EVEN RUNNING 
ADVERTISEMENTS ON COMPASS, WHICH
IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF.
SO THAT THE PREMIER MUST BE 
REASONABLY BLISSED WITH THE 
ADVANCE POLL THAT HE'S RECEIVED.
THOMPSON IS CLEARLY A STRONG 
CANDIDATE.
>> Louise: THIS COULD BE A 
FIGHT.
>> DEFINITELY.
ANY TYPE OF YOU SEE THE ADVANCE 
POLL THIS CLOSE, THERE'S A HUGE 
CHUNK OF VOTES, BUT ALL THE 
LIBERALS HAVE IS THIS 11-VOTE 
LEAD SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 
WATCHING THIS ONE AS EVERY POLL 
REPORTS IN.
>> Louise: DISTRICT 24 OF 
EVANGELINE - MISCOUCHE.
SON GALL LEADING WITH 133 VOTES.
>> GREENS HAVE HIGH EXPECTATION 
FOR NICK ARREST.
THE SCRUFSH DIRECTOR MUCH THE 
EVANGELINE SCHOOL BOARD.
SONNY GALLANT IS A VOTE MACHINE.
THE LARGEST VOTE GETTER.
THE LARGEST PRIEURITY ON THE 
ISLAND IN 2015.
>> Louise: DISTRICT 10, ROBERT 
MITCHELL, BEHIND NOW, BUT VERY 
NARROW WIN OR LEAD FOR AMANDA 
MORRISON OF THE GREEN PARTY.
>> ONE POLL, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE 
ADVANCE.
RAPT MITCHELL IS CONSIDERED AS 
SAFE A SEAT AS YOU HAVE FOR THE 
SET.
SO THIS IS ANY INDICATION OF HIS
NIGHT, IT WILL NOT BE GOOD.
>> Louise: THIS IS THE FIRST 
DISTRICT REPORTING FROM 
CHARLOTTETOWN TONIGHT SO SHE IS 
A NARROW LEAD THERE FOR THE 
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE IN 
DISTRICT 10.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAD OUT TO OUR 
PANEL IN THE LOBBY NOW, MATT 
RAINNIE, AND WHAT ARE YOUR 
PANELISTS SAYING ABOUT WHAT 
THEY'RE SEEING SO FAR?
>> WATCHING AS YOU ARE, THE 
NUMBERS COMING IN, GOING UP, 
WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU, CATHY?
>> LOOKING AT THE TOTAL VOTE, 
BECAUSE I WANT TO GET THE 
OVERALL PICTURE, AND IT'S NOT 
TELLING US THE STORY WE WERE 
EXPECTING TO SEE TONIGHT, NOT 
YET ANYWAY, THE GREENS ARE 
BEHIND BOTH THE LIBERALS AND THE
PCs IN TERMS OF TOTAL VOTE, AND 
YOU KNOW, THE PERCENTAGES ARE 
QUITE, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUITE 
WIDE, 34% FOR THE LIBERALS, 36% 
FOR THE PCs, AND ONLY 24, 25% 
FOR THE GREENS.
SO IT'S EARLY GOING, YOU ABOUT 
WE MAY NOT HAVE THE WHOLE STORY 
THAT WE WERE THINKING WAS GOING 
TO HAPPEN TONIGHT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, RICK?
>> STARING AT THE BOARD, BECAUSE
IT KEEPS CHANGING.
ONE OF THE WINGS FOR ONES I 
THOUGHT INTEREST IS GONE THE ONE
THAT JUST WENT BY, TINA MUNDY, 
CABINET MINISTER HERE UNDER 
SERIOUS THREAT.
IF YOU'RE A LIBERAL, IDEALLY 
THOSE COULD BE THE PEOPLE WHO 
CAN SORT OF BRING IT HOME FOR 
YOU.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AND SEE THAT 
TINA MUNDY MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE, 
AND THE OTHER THING IS IT IS 
THAT WE'RE SEEING VERY LARGE, 
LARGE FIRST REPORTS HERE, AND 
SHES -- 
THE LARGE NUMBERS USUALLY AMOEBA
THOSE ARE THE ADVANCE POLLS.
WHEN YOU SEE NUMBER THAT IS BIG,
THAT MEANS THAT THE MACHINERY 
REALLY DID ITS JOB FOR THE 
LIBERALS AND THE CONSERVATIVES, 
BUT WE'VE GENERALLY FELT THAT 
THE GREENS DON'T HAVE A MACHINE,
SO WE'RE NOT USED TO BIG NUMBERS
FOR THEM.
>> EVE HEARD THE LIBERAL PARTY 
IS THE NEW DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS 
THE GROUND GAME, THE MECHANISMS 
TO GET THEIR VOTERS OUT AND SO 
FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT 
PEOPLE GET THERE.
SO IT MAY JUST BE THAT THAT'S 
WHAT WE'RE SEE, THE LIBERAL 
PARTY WITH ITS GOOD MECHANICS 
HAS MANAGED TO GET EVERYBODY OUT
TO THE ADVANCE POLLS.
>> ALL RIGHT, BACK TO LOUISE IN 
THE STUDIO.
>> Louise: ABOUT 12,000 VOTES IN
THE SYSTEM AT THIS POINT FROM 
ACROSS THE ISLAND.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT VOTE 
CHANGE.
THIS IS A COMPARISON FOR THE 
PARTIES IN TERMS OF VOTE SHARE 
OR POPULAR VOTE COMPARED TO THE 
LAST ELECTION.
SO THE PCs ARE HOLDING PRETTY 
TERM WITH THEIR VOTE CHANGE, 
THEIR VOTE, SHARE OF VOTE. 
.
LIBERALS ARE DOWN.
THEY'RE LOSING STEAM AS FAR AS 
THEIR CHANGES OF VOTE SHARE.
THE GREEN, LESS THAN WE HAD 
THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE AT THIS 
POINT, BUT NONE OF THEM NEARING 
THAT 40.8% OF POPULAR VOTE FOR A
MAJORITY.
>> WELL, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE THE 
GREEN, THERE'S -- 
YOU DON'T PANIC YET.
YOU'RE UP 13.3%, AND WE HAVEN'T 
HAD A WHOLE LOT OF NUMBERS OUT 
OF CHARLOTTETOWN OR THE 
SUMMERSIDE AREA.
>> Louise: RIGHT.
>> SO WHEN WE SEE THOSE START 
TRICKLING IN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER
IDEA.
>> REQUEST AND WHEN YOU SEE THE 
BIG NUMBERS WHEN JUST ONE POLL 
REPORTING 9 ADVANCE POLL.
I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE DOES 
NOTTING 11 BY-ELECTION THE 
GREENS WON, SECOND SEAT IN THE 
HOUSE.
WE WERE AT LIBERAL HEADQUARTERS,
THE ADVANCE POLL NUMBER CAME UP.
THE PCs HAD WON THE VONS ADVANCE
POLL,S LIBERAL WAS IN SECOND 
PLACE, AND THE GREEN CANDIDATE, 
HANNAH BELL, CAME IN THIRD.
HANNAH BELL WON EVERY OTHER POLL
IN THAT RACE EXCEPT ONE, SO AS 
RICK WAS SUGGEST, SOMETIMES THE 
ADVANCED POLL SHOWS YOU 
SOMETIMES THE MACHINE THAT GOT 
OUT THE ADVANCE VOTE MUCH THE 
MACHINERY ALSO GETS OUT THE VOTE
ON ELECTION DAY, BUT IT MIGHT 
GIVE MORE OF AN EDGE ON ADVANCE 
POLLING DAYS TO GET PEOPLE OUT.
YOU MAY LOOK TO SEE, YOU KNOW, 
THE PARTIES LIKE THE GREENS THAT
DON'T HAVE THE SAME GROUND GAME 
MAYBE TRY TO MAKE UP SOME OF THE
DISTANCE ON THE ELECTION DAY 
POLLS.
>> Louise: TRYING TO KEEP AN EYE
ON THE NUMBERS.
THERE ARE TIGHT RACES, AND ONE 
IS DISTRICT 7.
LIBERAL LEADER WOUDE LOUCHE'S 
DISTRICT, AND THAT IS WHERE 
BRIAN HIGGINS IS TONIGHT WITH A 
GUEST.
HEY, BRIAN.
>> HI, LOUISE.
YES, I'M JOINED BY KATIE MORALO.
KATIE IS ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF
THE PROVINCIAL LIBERAL CAMPAIGN.
SHE'S IN THE BUILDING TONIGHT 
WHERE THE LIBERALS HAVE GATHERED
TO WATCH.
YOU TOLD ME YOU'RE PACING THE 
FLOOR.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> IT IS A TIGHT RACE TONIGHT, 
AND WE'RE OPTIMISTIC AND 
CONFIDENTS, BUT I THINK IT WILL 
BE A RACE TO THE FINISH.
>> Reporter: RIGHT THIS FIRST 
POLL WE'VE SEEN SO FAR SHOWING 
ON THE 11-VOTE LEAD.
WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT 
HOW MUCH TIME IS SPENT IN THE 
DISTRICT, HOW MUCH TIME IS SPENT
IN THE PROVINCE.
HOW DID YOU STRATEGIZE THAT?
>> I THINK WITH THE PREMIER, 
WHAT REALLY ENERGIZES HIM IS 
BEING IN HIS DISTRICT AND 
SPEAKING WITH ISLANDERS AND WITH
HIS NEIGHBOURS AND WHATNOT.
SO FOR HIM, HE DID SPEND A LOT 
OF TIME IN HIS DISTRICT.
HE WAS ABLE TO COVER THE ENTIRE 
DISTRICT EARLY LAST WEEK, WHICH 
IS QUITE GOOD.
AND HAS SPENT THE TIME SINCE 
DOING FOLLOW-UP CALLS AND 
WHATNOT.
SO I MEAN, HE'S A REALLY HARD 
WORKER.
HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME BOTH IN 
THE DISTRICT AND ALL OVER PEI.
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
WE'LL BE WATCHING THE PROGRESS 
THROUGH THE EVENING.
BACK TO YOU, LOUISE.
BUT THIS IS KATIE MORELLO ONE OF
THE CO-CHAIRLINGS OF THE LIBERAL
CAMPAIGN.
>> Louise: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 
BRIAN.
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AT THE 
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, 5, 53 AT 
THIS POINT.
IT'S TOO EARLY TO PROJECT WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE 
REFERENDUM, BUT WE CAN SHOW YOU 
WHERE THINGS ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
THE CBC DECISION DESK LOOKING AT
SOME OF THESE EARLY RESULTS.
SO, SO FAR NOT MEETING EITHER OF
THE THRESHOLDS FOR THE YES SIDE 
TO WIN.
LOOKING AT 42.5, AND JUST IN 
THREE OF THE DISTRICTS SO FAR.
KERRY S THAT A SURPRISE TO YOU?
I KNOW IT'S STILL EARLY IN THE 
EVENING.
>> PARTLY DEPEND, TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT WHICH OF THESE 
DISTRICTS ARE REPORTING.
AGAIN FACING A LAG IN 
CHARLOTTETOWN WHERE WE EXPECT TO
SEE MORE SUPPORT?
BUT IF WE'VE GOT 14 OUT OF 27 
DISTRICTS REPORT INNING SOME 
CAPACITY, AND ONLY THREE OF 
THOSE ARE SUPPORTING THE CHANGE,
THEN THAT DOESN'T LEAVE A LOT OF
LEEWAY THERE.
BASICALLY THE NO SIDE HAS TO WIN
11 DISTRICTS AND THEN THIS STOP,
SO RIGHT NOW THE NO SIDE IS 
LEADING IN 11 OF THOSE 
DISTRICTS.
>> Louise: THIS WOULD BE 
DISAPPOINTING PARTICULARLY 
MANAGER FOR THE GREEN PARTY, WHO
WAS IN STRONG FAVOUR OF PMMP IN 
THIS REFERENDUM.
[ Please Stand By ] COMFORTABLE.
IN BELFAST-MURRAY RIVER.
MONTAGUE-KILMUIR WITH A LEAD FOR
DEAGLE.
THIS IS UP FOR ANYBODY.
FOLLOWED BY THE LIBERAL 
CANDIDATE IN SECOND THERE.
AND DISTRICT 26 THIS WAS PAT 
MURPHY'S DISTRICT.
THIS IS A RACE A VERY TIGHT RACE
BETWEEN LIBERAL INCUMBENT AND 
HUDSON, THE PC CANDIDATE, THREE 
POLLS OF TEN, FIVE, THAT IS AS 
CLOSE AS IT GETS.
>> Louise: THIS COULD BE ONE OF 
THOSE TOO CLOSE TO CALL 
DISTRICT, WE WILL SEE QUITE A 
FEW OF THOSE, CAREY. 
>> A COIN TOSS.
>> Louise: THAT'S THE NAME OF 
THE GAME WITH HOW MANY OF THESE 
DISTRICTS WILL BE TOO CLOSE TO 
CALL AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE 
SEEING.
WE ARE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER 
DISTRICT, KENSINGTON-MALPEQUE, 
FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW McKAY AND 
MATTHEW J McKAY.
DISTRICT 2.
GEORGETOWN POWNAL.
THAT'S A -- YOU KNOW, IT'S A 
GOOD LEAD FOR STEVEN MYERS.
HE IS THE INCUMBENT THERE.
HE IS EXPECTED TO WIN.
THAT'S A STRONG SHOWING FOR THE 
GREENS IN A RURAL PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND RIDING THAT STRETCHES 
FROM GEORGETOWN TO STRATFORD.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE PARTY OF
OPPOSITION IN THIS RIDING. 
>> LOOKING DOWN THE LIST ON MY 
SCREEN, THE GREENS IS IN SECOND 
IN SEVEN DISTRICTS THIS SEEMS TO
BE A STORY THAT MAY BE 
DEVELOPING.
WE WILL LOOK AT 21.
SUMMERSIDE-WILMOT.
THIS IS CHRIS PALMER IS THE 
INCUMBENT AND LYNN LUND LEADING.
PALMER SAID LAST WEEK ON COMPASS
HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS 
COMPETITIVE FOR A CLOSE RACE.
AGAIN, LYNN LUND IS A STRONG 
GREEN CANDIDATE.
THEY HAD HIGH EXPECTATION THAT 
IS THE VICE LEADER OF THE PARTY 
CAN WIN AN ELECTION.
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT 
BECAUSE WE ARE CBC DECISION DESK
OUR FIRST PROJECTED ELECTION OF 
BRAD TRIVERS AHEAD WE ARE SEEING
CHEERING AS YOU CAN SEE THAT IS 
PC HEADQUARTERS IN HUNTER 
RIVERER IF THE FIRST PROJECTED 
ELECT OF THE NIGHT AND IN AN IS 
BRAD TRIVERS.
HAPPY PEOPLE THERE THERE MAY BE 
MORE CHEERING.
HE HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE MLA IN 
HIS FIRST TERM IN OPPOSITION, 
WELL LIKED AND HE IS WHAT I 
THINK OF YOU HEAR ABOUT RED 
TORIES, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF
GREEN TORY CAUCUS IN THE PEI 
LEGISLATURE.
HE IS A KEY MEMBER OF THAT.
HE HAS A LOT OF SOLAR PANELS ON 
HIS HOME.
NOT A SURPRISE TO SEE HIM PUT A 
LOCK ON HIS RIDING FOR THE PCs.
WE HAVE 20,000 VOTES IN THE 
SYSTEM.
STILL NOT WHERE WE COULD BE FOR 
A MAJORITY AT 40.8.
BUT THE PCs COMING OUT STRONG IN
VOTE SHARE.
>> THE PC VOTE IS STRONGER THAN 
IN ANY POLL THAT WAS PUBLISHED.
THAT THE LIBERAL VOTE IS DOWN BY
IT HAS NOT DROPPED DOWN TO THE 
BASEMENT AND THE GREEN VOTE HAS 
NOT REACHED THE EXPECTATION.
IF YOU'RE ANALYZE 20,000 VOTES, 
JUST, YOU WILL SAY A LOT OF 
PEOPLE HAD BALLOT BOX HESITANCY.
>> THAT'S WHAT THE ENTIRE TORY 
CAMPAIGN WAS BUILT ON.
IT WAS NOT ABOUT POLICY IT WAS 
THE SOFT SAFE LANDING PLACE IN 
CASE YOU'RE WORRIED.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT IS 
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK THE TORIES HAD ONE 
ADVANTAGE EVEN AS THEY WERE 
TRAILING IN THE POLLS THEY DID 
HAVE 8 STRONG INCUMBENTS IN THE 
RACE TO THE GREEN'S 2.
AND WILL IS THE RESULT, DENNIS 
KING AHEAD THERE.
THE GREEN LIST BESIDES THE TO 
INCUMBENTS VERY FEW OF THOSE 
CANDIDATES HAVE RUN BEFORE.
THAT'S THE OTHER ADVANTAGE THE 
TORIES HAD.
THEY HAD MANIER CANDIDATES WHO 
HAVE NEVER WON BUT HAVE RUN IN 
PRIOR ELECTIONS, SO AN ADVANTAGE
THERE THAT'S GOING HELP THEM 
WITH VOTES. 
>> Louise: WE WILL LOOK AT OTHER
DISTRICTS TO GET A BETTER SENSE 
OF HOW THINGS ARE PLAYING OUT.
WE HAVE SEEN KENSINGTON-MALPEQUE
MATTHEW MACKAY IN THE HEAT, AND 
J MACKAY, THE GREEN CANDIDATE IN
SECOND THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT 
THE LEAD OF 81 VOTES.
DISTRICT 19 BORDEN-KINKORA, THIS
IS JAMIE FOX.
HE IS THE INCUMBENT THERE AND 
HAS THE LEAD OF 108.
>> IF YOU'RE JAMIE FOX YOU'RE 
HAPPY WITH THESE RESULTS WE 
TALKED ABOUT THE RIDING EARLIER.
THE GREEN VOTE IS NOT NEARLY AS 
STRONG.
TWO, IT HAPPY APPEARS TO BE A 
TWO-CANDIDATE RACE. 
>> Louise: LET'S GO TO ONE TO 
WATCH, 15, BRACKLEY-HUNTER 
RIVER, WE WERE JUST THERE WITH 
OUR LIVE CAMERA BUT THIS IS 
DENNIS KING'S DISTRICT.
HE IS IN THE LEAD.
HE IS VERY WELL KNOWN, A HIGH 
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, DENNIS KING 
WAS RUNNING THE SOCIAL MEDIA AD 
THAT EMPHASIZED IN HIS SPEECH 
AWAY WAS COMMIT TO THE RESIDENTS
OF DISTRICT 15.
YOU DON'T CREATE THAT AD UNLESS 
THERE IS QUESTION WHETHER YOU 
ARE.
DENNIS KING AT LEAST THIS THE 
ADVANCE POLL WAS EFFECTIVE ON 
THE DOORSTEP BECAUSE THAT'S NOT 
AN INSIGNIFICANT LEAD. 
>> WE SAW HIM SPEND A LOT OF 
TIME CAMPAIGNING IN THAT 
DISTRICT.
I ACTUAL CONSIDERING THINK HE 
MIGHT BE GET BENEFIT HERE 
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HIS 
PREDECESSOR CAME UP JUST SHORT 
WINNING HIS DISTRICT IN THE 2015
ELECTION HONESTLY I THINK IF YOU
HAD RUN THAT CAMPAIGN OVER WITH 
THAT DISTRICT 13 FOR ROB LANCE, 
I THINK HE WOULD HAVE WON THAT 
BECAUSE I THINK ENOUGH PEOPLE 
WOULD HAVE SAID I DIDN'T REALIZE
THE PC LEADER WAS GOING TO LOSE,
DENNIS KING MAY HAVE BENEFITTED 
FROM THAT.
WE WILL GO TO THE DENNIS KING 
HEADQUARTERS.
THERE MUST BE CHEERS EARLIER 
GOING ON THERE.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
PLENTY OF CHEERS ESPECIALLY 
AFTER THOSE LAST NUMBERS.
I'M HERE WITH THE CHAIR OF THE 
PC CAMPAIGN.
SHAUN, TELL ME AS YOU SAW THE 
LAST NUMBERS ROLL ON THE SCREEN,
WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS RIGHT 
NOW?
>> PRETTY DARN EXCITING.
LOOKING GOOD.
>> Reporter: IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
THE ENERGY IN THIS ROOM IS 
BUILDING AND BUILDING AS THESE 
NUMBERS ROLL IN.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT THE STRATEGY.
WERE THERE DISTRICTS YOU WERE 
FOCUSSING ON WITH THAT CAMPAIGN?
>> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, 
DISTRICT 8, 11, 12, 14, 21, 26, 
YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHAT HAS THE STAGE 
BEEN FOR THE PCs. 
>> STRATEGY HAS BEEN TOTALLY 
POSITIVE.
DENNIS SET THE TONE WITH 
POSITIVE CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE 
PEOPLE, AND WE STUCK TO THE 
PLAN.
I GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE I BELIEVE
IN DENNIS AND BELIEVED IN THAT 
APPROACH. 
>> Reporter: YOU BELIEVE IN 
DENNIS, WHAT QUALITY DOES HE 
HAVE THAT YOU BELIEVE WOULD MAKE
HIM AN EXCELLENT PREMIER FOR OUR
PROVINCE?
>> DENNIS IS A VERY BRIGHT 
INDIVIDUAL.
HE HAS GOT AN INTERESTING 
PERSPECTIVE.
HE BELIEVES IN LISTENING AND 
WORKING TOGETHER.
AS LONG AS I HAVE KNOWN HIM HE 
IS A GREAT AND FUN GUY TO BE 
AROUND, AND VERY PERCEPTIVE ON 
WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO MAKE THIS A
BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO CHAT WITH ME.
WE WILL STAY HERE AND WATCH THE 
RESULTS AND CHECK BACK IN WITH 
YOU.
>> Louise: WE WILL LOOK AT VOTE 
SHARE AND YOU WILL SEE FOR THE 
FIRST TIME THAT THE PCs HAVE 
CROSSED PATHS THAT MAJORITY 
THRESHOLD.
41.2%.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF POLLS TO
COUNT.
THERE IS A LOT OF VOTES TO COME 
IN.
A NARROW PATH TO 14.
BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS 
TIME.
YOU NEED THAT 14 FOR A MAJORITY 
GOVERNMENT HERE ON PEI.
WE WILL SHOW YOU AS WELL WE CAN 
TELL YOU THE PROJECTION DESK, 
THE DECISION DESK HAS PROJECTED 
AN ELECT FOR MATTHEW MACKAY IN 
KENSINGTON-MALPEQUE.
A COMFORTABLE WIN FOR MATTHEW 
MACKAY.
ON THIS NOTE WE WILL HEAD TOUT 
TO THE LOBBY WHERE MATT IS 
STANDING BY WITH HIS GUEST. 
>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
CHEERING FOR A BLUE TEAM IN A 
CERTAIN HOCKEY GAME BUT WHAT DO 
YOU THINK ABOUT THESE NUMBERS. 
>> THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF THE 
GROUP IS THE SHARE OF THE VOTE.
WHEN YOU HIT THAT MAGIC NUMBER, 
40.8% AND THEY ARE THERE.
THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN OF 
COURSE IS THAT THE GREEN VOTE IS
NOT WHERE WE WERE EXPECTING 
BASED ON THE POLLS. 
>> NOT YET, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
THIS IS THE FIRST PAST THE POST 
SYSTEM.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VOTES 
MAY NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY BUT
IT'S AMAZING FOR A LEADER WHO 
CAME IN TWO MONTHS AGO. 
>> WHO WAS AT THIS TABLE FOUR 
YEARS AGO. 
>> TO BE PRODUCING RESULTS LIKE 
THAT.
AND I WILL EAT CROW.
ON THE RADIO PANEL I TOOK PART 
IN I WAS VERY LEERY HE WOULD BE 
ABLE TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING IN 
THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT THEY RECRUITED GREAT 
CANDIDATES AND SOME OF THOSE 
CANDIDATES ARE DOING WELL HERE 
TONIGHT.
>> WE HAVE SEEN BRAD AND MATTHEW
MACKAY AND CORY DEAGLE IS 
ANNOUNCED IN MONTAGUE.
WHAT IS THIS SAYING?
>> THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF 
BUSINESS ON THE EASTERN END OF 
THE PEI WHICH IS LARGELY BLUE.
THEY JUST ADDED MONTAGUE.
YOU WANT TO START AT HOME.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 
PROVINCE THEY ARE SHOWING FIGHT 
IN THE RED WALL WHICH MEANS THEY
CAN PICK UP SOMETHING THERE.
THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
AT HOME AND MAKING THINGS 
DIFFICULT FOR THE OTHER SIDE 
ELSEWHERE. 
>> ANY OTHER BIG STORIES 
TONIGHT?
>> A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE 
HAPPENING THAT IS JUST TOO EARLY
TO BE REALLY SURE.
THE GREENS ARE LEADING IN 
CHARLOTTETOWN-BELVEDERE WHICH I 
THINK IS, YOU KNOW, AN 
INTERESTING RIDING JUST BECAUSE 
IT'S SO TIGHT.
AND IF THEY CAN MAINTAIN THAT, 
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN IN THE REST OF THE 
CHARLOTTETOWN RIDINGS.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MUCH OF 
THEM.
>> Louise: WE WILL BEGIN IF 
BREAKING NEWS IN THIS CBC 
DECISION DESK PETER BEVAN-BAKER 
REELECTED IN NEW HAVEN-ROCKY 
POINT.
NOT A SURPRISE HERE, BUT I'M 
SURE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF 
THIS PART WE CAN PROJECT HE IS 
REELECTED THERE.
IT'S HARD TO CREATE HISTORY 
WITHOUT A LEADER IN THE 
LEGISLATURE.
HE IS BACK.
>> HE IS BACK, AND THERE IS NO 
SURPRISE.
BUT YOU NEED YOUR LEADER IN THE 
HOUSE.
>> IN THE LEAD UP TO THE 2015 
ELECTION WHEN HE LOOKED LIKE HE 
WAS GOING TO BE ELECTED A LOT OF
PEOPLE SAID IT COULDN'T HAPPEN.
I THINK PAUL WAS ONE OF THEM. 
>> I PROBABLY WAS.
I'M RARELY RIGHT. 
>> HE ENDED UP WITH ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST MARGINS OF VICTORY IN 
2015.
NO SURPRISE HERE WITH HIS PARTY 
DOING AS WELL.
THERE HE IS ELECTED.
A LOT OF DISTRICT THAT IS ARE 
TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
WE WILL LOOK AT SIX OF THE 
CLOSEST RACES HAPPENING HOW ON 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THESE, LOOK AT 
THAT, THE CHARLOTTE VICTORIA 
PARK, THAT IS AN EXTREMELY CLOSE
RACE.
THAT COULD FLIP AT ANY SECOND.
THERE IS A TIGHT RACE IN WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN'S DISTRICT, THE 
LIBERAL LEADER 
STANHOPE-MARSHFIELD, HE WILL BE 
WATCHING INTENTLY.
ANYTHING ELSE STANDING OUT FOR 
YOU.
>> JUST THAT ON THIS BOARD YOU 
SEE THE LIBERALS ARE LEADING THE
FIVE OUT OF THEIR SEVEN SEATS 
ARE FIVER OF THE SIX CLOSEST 
RACES.
THESE ARE SEAT THAT IS COULD  
FLIP TO THE GREENS AND THE ONE 
TO THE NDP, THAT LIBERAL NUMBER 
IS A PRECARIOUS ONE AT THE 
BOTTOM OF THE ONE, LEADING IN 7.
>> Louise: IT'S A SOFT NUMBER. 
>> YOU CAN SEE WHY THE LIBERALS 
PUT A FOCUS ON CHARLOTTETOWN 
AREA RIDINGS THROUGHOUT THE 
ELECTION.
IF THEY CAN HOLD THE 
CHARLOTTETOWN AREAS THEY HAVE IF
THEY LOSE THE ELECTION IT'S A 
STRONG OPPOSITION. 
IF IT'S SWITCHED, THE PCs COULD 
BE MAJORITY GOVERNMENTS AND THE 
GREENS COULD BE OPPOSITION.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER PC WIN IN 
MONTAGUE-KILMUIR.
THIS WAS THE FORMER LIBERAL -- 
THIS WAS HIS DISTRICT.
CORY DEAGLE WORKED FOR THE PC 
OFFICE.
GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY, VERY 
ACTIVE IN THE MINOR HOCKEY AND 
YOUTH SPORTS EVEN STILL, AND 
JUST A SOLID WIN FOR CORY.
WE WILL LOOK AT 
STRATFORD-KEPPOCH.
THE LIBERALS HAD EXPECTATIONS OR
HOPES THAT DAVID DUNPHY WOULD 
PULL THIS OFF THE JAMES AYLWARD 
IS POPULAR IN HIS RIDING.
THAT SHOWS WITH THAT LEAD.
HE WON THIS DISTRICT LAST TWO 
TIMES.
LAST TIME AGAINST DUNPHY WHERE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS 
GOING TO BE CLOSE, IT WASN'T 
CLOSE AT ALL.
WE ARE GOING TO SOURIS-ELMIRA 
 
LAVIE.
HE WAS EXPECT TO TAKE THIS 
RIDING BACK. 
>> HE WON BY 235 OR SO.
BOYD LEARD IS A STRONG GREEN.
HE KNEW ALL OF THE FISHERMEN AND
FARMERS WITH THREE POLLS OF TEN 
IT'S NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT LEAD 
IT'S NOT A RUNAWAY.
WE LOVE TO KNOW WHERE THE PC 
LEADER DENNIS KING IS THINKING 
WE GOT THE NEXT BEST THING I 
SUPPOSE.
WE GO TO BRITTANY SPENCER LIVE 
AND THAT'S DENNIS KING'S SON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, I'M HERE WITH 
JACOB, JACOB, HOW ARE YOU 
FEELING TONIGHT?
HOW DOES IT FEEL BEING HERE WITH
YOUR DAD. 
>> IT'S SUPER EXCITING.
THE BLOOD IS RUSHING WE ARE ALL 
HERE AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED 
AND IT'S A POSITIVE DAY FOR THE 
FAMILY. 
>> AS HIS SON, YOU WOULD KNOW 
BEST, WHAT QUALITIES DOES YOUR 
DAD HAVE THAT YOU THINK WILL 
MAKE HIM A GOOD LEADER FOR THE 
PARTY.
HE IS A GREAT FATHER AND A KIND 
MAN.
HE CARES ABOUT PEOPLE MORE THAN 
ANYBODY I HAVE MET AND HE IS A 
ROLE MODEL.
I'M JUST SO PROUD TO BE HERE 
RIGHT NOW.
>> AND HOW IS THE REST OF THE 
FAMILY FEELING?
>> HOW IS THE FAMILY FEELING 
TONIGHT.
THEY SEEM TO BE OFF THEIR ROCKER
THEY ARE EXCITED AND THEY ARE 
GOING HARD.
YOU CAN TELL RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE FAMILY.
THEY ARE SUPER SUPPORTIVE AND 
THEY'VE BEEN RIGHT FROM THE 
START.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY.
>> Reporter: THANKS SO MUCH, 
JACOB.
WE WILL GO BACK TO YOU, LOUISE.
WE ARE WAIT IING FOR SIX 
DISTRICTS TO COME.
SO TIGHT.
NO PROJECTION IT'S LEANING 
TOWARDS A PC GOVERNMENT, NO CALL
WHETHER THAT IS A MAJORITY OR A 
MINORITY, TWO OF THE SIX 
DISTRICTS WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM
ARE IN CHARLOTTETOWN.
SO THIS IS -- THIS IS TURNING 
INTO A VERY INTERESTING NIGHT TO
SAY THE LEAST.
THE PCs ARE GOING TO BE -- AS 
YOU HEARD, WATCHING THIS WITH A 
LOT OF JOY RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS IS A GREAT RESULT THUS 
FAR FOR THE PC PARTY UNDER 
DENNIS KING.
IT'S NOT A BAD RESULT FOR PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER.
THEY ARE LEADING DISTRICT 12.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO A 
HONEST NIGHT BEFORE WE GET THE 
FINAL RESULTS IN 26.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT IS 
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW SO FAR IN 
THE PCs ARE JUST MADE BIG 
INROADS TONED. 
>> THE PCS ARE DOING WELL.
WITH DENNIS KING COMING ON AS 
LEADER, THIS IS A FANTASTIC 
START.
YOU JUST -- YOU CONTINUE THIS 
AND YOU HAVE DONE YOUR JOB.
WHAT I'M THINKING, THOUGH, JUST 
REMARKABLE, THE 10-7-6 THAT'S 
NEW IN ISLAND POLITICS THAT WILL
BE SEATS DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY 
BETWEEN THREE PARTIES LIKE THAT.
THIS IS NEW FOR A THIRD PARTY TO
BE UP THERE WITH MORE THAN ONE 
SEAT.
>> THE TORY STRATEGY WAS TO WIN 
THE EAST AND THE PERIPHERY OF 
CHARLOTTETOWN AND BUILD IN EXTRA
RILINGS AND THAT'S WORKING.
AND CLOSE RACES HERE WE HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS AS THE CBC 
DECISION DESK CAN REELECT HANNAH
BELL IN DISTRICT 11.
WITH THE LEAD OF 244 VOTES.
RONNIE, HE IS WELL KNOWN BUT 
COULDN'T GET TO WHERE SHE WAS.
SHE GAVE THE GREEN PARTY THE 
SECOND SEAT AND TONIGHT 
REELECTED.
AND BELL IS BENEFITTING FROM THE
ADVANTAGE OF INCUMBENCY.
THIS WAS A THREE-WAY RACE.
THIS DISTRICT SHIFTED IN THE 
RELINEMENT. 
>> SHIFTED CONSIDERABLY.
IT'S A TRADITION TORY VOTE WENT 
INTO THE DISTRICT THAT HANNAH 
BELL WON.
THIS IS A GREAT PERSONAL WIN FOR
BELL AND THE GREEN PARTY.
SHE WAS A CHAMPION SPEAKING UP 
FOR POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS 
TRYING TO HOLD GOVERNMENT TO 
ACCOUNT OVER SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, 
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR THE GREENS 
BECAUSE IT MEANS THE TWO SEATS 
THAT THEY HAVE THEY HAVE HELD.
THEY LOOK TO BUILD FROM THAT.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
HOW IT UNFOLDS.
IN THE END, AS YOU SAY, THE 
GREENS ARE LOOKING AT THIS SIX 
AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME AND 
SAYING THIS IS A WIN FOR US 
REGARDLESS.
IF IT STOPS NOW THEY HAVE 
THAT -- DESPITE WHAT THE POLLS 
SUGGESTED AND I KNOW A LOT OF 
THE NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION WAS
ON THAT POLL AND WHETHER WE 
WOULD SEE A GREEN PARTY ON THE 
ISLAND.
THE PCs ARE FEELING COMFORTABLE 
AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME. 
>> THE PCs ARE IMPACTED BY THE 
GREEN SORT OF SURGE, FOR A LACK 
AFTER BETTER WORDFUL THEY'VE 
BEEN IN OPPOSITION FOR 12 YEARS 
THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO 
WIN A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT LAST 
TIME.
IT'S EARLY BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
A POSSIBILITY OF A MAJORITY 
GOVERNMENT IS VERY STRONG RIGHT 
NOW, COULD TURN VERY EASILY.
BUT THE GREENS IF YOU TACK TO 
THEM, BEFORE ONE OF THOSE POLLS 
CAME OUT THAT PUT THEM AT 40%.
I THINK IF THEY WERE BEING 
HONEST THEY COULD SAY IF THEY 
WON 6 OREGON  -- 6 OR 7 SEATS 
THAT IS A VICTORY FOR THEM.
>> THIS IS THE LAST ELECTION 
COMPARED WHAT IS HAPPENING 
TONIGHT.
PCs HAVE DROPPED BELOW THAT 48% 
MARK BUT ON THE PLUS SIDE 
COMPARED TO THE LAST ELECTION, 
THE LIBERAL VOTE SHARE HAS GONE 
DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, THE GREEN UP
16.7.
WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THESE
NUMBERS?
>> WHAT I TAKE HE AWAY FROM THE 
PC CAMPAIGN BUILT LESS ON POLICY
BUT AN IMAGE OF A LEADER WHO 
COULD BE THE SAFE LANDING SPOT 
IS WORKING AND A LOT OF 
ISLANDERS MAY HAVE SUPPORTED THE
GREEN AT SOME LEVEL BUT WHEN IT 
CAME TIME TO MARKING THE X, THE 
BENEFICIARY IS DENNIS KING.
PCs MAY HAVE DRIFT TO THE GREENS
BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF 
LONG TIME PCs AND LIBERALS 
SAYING I'M WITH THE GREENSER 
MAYBE THEY WON SOME OF THEM BACK
FROM WITH DENNIS KING.
>> Louise: LET'S SEE OUR LOBBY 
PANEL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE VOTE 
CHANGE NUMBERSER LOUISE, KATHY 
WHAT DID DOES IT SAY TO YOU?
>> I THINK THE POINT PAUL JUST 
MADE ABOUT THE FACT THAT DENNIS 
KING'S CAMPAIGN IS WORKING 
PROBABLY IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT
WE ARE SEEING.
IT'S A VERY SOFT APPROACH TO THE
PUBLIC.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT YOU, PEOPLE.
WE WANT YOU TO COME INTO OUR BIG
TEN. 
>> MAYBE IT WAS A SAFE LANDING 
LACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED 
CHANGE.
IT'S INTERESTING HE WANTED TO DO
POLITICS DIFFERENTLY AND DO IT 
THE SAFE WAY THEY HAVE WHICH IS 
ON THE TRADITIONAL LINE.
THEY ARE IN THE 39% RANGE 
UNDERNEATH WHAT YOU WOULD NEED 
TO GET THAT MAJORITY VOTE.
IF SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE WHO WERE 
TALKING ABOUT CHANGE AND WE 
TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER THIS 
IDEA OF DEBATING, IS IT SAFE TO 
VOTE FOR THE GREEN OR TAKE 
SOMETHING TRADITIONAL.
AT THE LAST MINUTE HE MAY BE 
ABLE TO DRAW THAT TRADITIONAL 
VOTE.
WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS THAT 
THE LIBERALS ARE HANGING ON AT 
THIS POINTISH BUT AGAIN PRETTY 
TIGHT RACES TOO SOON TO CALL OR 
REELECT ANYONE, HAL PERRY 
HANGING ON IN TIGNISH-PALMER 
ROAD WITH A LEAD OF 241 VOTES 
AND DISTRICT 24, GALLANT -- A 
NARROW LEAD FOR MITCHELL IN 
CHARLOTTETOWN-WINSLOE WITH THE 
GREENS CLOSE BEHIND HIM IN THE 
NIGHT.
DISTRICT 25 THE ONLY OTHER NDP 
WHO HELD A SEAT IN 1996, AND HE 
BEHIND ROBERT HENDERSON 
O'LEARY-INVERNESS.
WE WILL LOOK AT DISTRICT 8 THAT 
IS WADE MacLAUCHLAN'S DISTRICT, 
THE LIBERAL LEADER, HOLD BARELY 
HOLD ON WITH 20 VOTES.
>> I MEAN IT'S JUST THE MOST 
FASCINATING LEADER BOARD I HAVE 
SEEN ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
YOU HAVE THREE PARTIES WHO ARE 
REASONABLY EQUAL, THE TORY VOTE 
IS AN EFFICIENT VOTE, THE GREEN 
VOTE NOT AS EFFICIENT BUT THEY 
ARE LEADING IN EIGHT RIGHT NOW.
AND THE LIBERAL PARTY IS PAYING 
THE PRICE FOR BEING IN POWER FOR
12 YEARS.
WE SAW THE LIBERAL DOUBLE DOWN 
ON WADE MacLAUCHLAN, NOT A 
POPULAR LEADER, TRAILING WELL 
BEHIND PETER BEVAN-BAKER.
WE SAW WADE MacLAUCHLAN'S FACE 
ON THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS AND HE WAS
FRONT AND CENTRE DELIVERING THE 
MEDIA ADDRESSES AS THEY WERE 
UNVEILING THEIR PLATFORM, I HAD 
KIND OF EXPECTED MAYBE THE 
SPOTLIGHT WOULD MOVE AROUND 
MORE.
THEY DOUBLED DOWN WITH THE 
LEADER, AND WE WILL SEE WHERE IT
GETS THEM.
WE WILL GET TO THE DISTRICTS 
THAT HAS JUST FLIPPED OF HERE IS
A LOOK AT CHARLOTTETOWN TONIGHT.
WE WILL LOOK AT DISTRICTS 14 AND
5.
CHARLOTTETOWN WEST ROYALTY WITH 
A LEAD OF 68 FOR THE GREEN 
PARTY.
GAVIN HALL.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOUR-WAY 
RACE BETWEEN THE GREEN, 
LIBERALS, PC AND BUSH DUNVILLE 
AS AN INDEPENDENT.
MICHELLE LEADING IN STRATFORD, 
MERMAID-STRATFORD THAT JUST 
FLIPPED.
IT'S 45 IT'S NOT AN 
INSIGNIFICANT VOTE LEAD.
THE COIN TOSS SO PEOPLE 
REMEMBERED LOSING THIS LAST EX 
WILL WITH A COIN TOSS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WE HEARD 
FROM A LONG TIME THAT THE GREENS
POWER BASE WAS IN CHARLOTTETOWN 
AND AS WE ARE STARTING TO SEE 
MORE OF THE RESULTS COME IN IT'S
WORKING OUT BETTER FOR THE GREEN
PARTY.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THEM ALSO 
MAKING GAINS IN SUMMERSIDE.
THAT IS WHAT WE EXPECTED TO SEE.
>> Louise: WE WILL LOOK AT TOO 
CLOSE TOO CALL AND THEY ARE 
LIBERALS-GREEN CONTESTS HERE.
YOU'RE LOOKING STILL AT DISTRICT
8.
STANHOPE-MARSHFIELD, THAT'S THE 
LIBERAL LEADER THERE.
THESE COULD GO EITHER WAY BUT 
YOU SEE THERE IT'S BETWEEN IT'S 
LIBERAL-GREEN.
FOR STANHOPE-MARSHFIELD WHERE 
YOU HAVE THE PC CANDIDATE IN 
SECOND.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE 
LIBERALS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO 
WHAT THEY HAVE AND IT'S A 
DIFFICULT NIGHT FOR THEM.
AND THE GREENS SORT OF RISELE UP
AND IF THEY ARE NOT LEADING A 
LOT OF THE RIDINGS THEY ARE A 
STRONG SECOND IN A LOT OF 
RIDINGS.
IT'S JUST A FASCINATING 
THREE-WAY RACE WE ARE SEEING IN 
PEI.
WE SOUGHT THE LIBERALS ESTABLISH
THE CHARLOTTETOWN AREA AS THEIR 
ELECTION BATTLE GROUND, MOST OF 
THE CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE 
HERE, WADE MacLAUCHLAN 
SURROUNDED BY CANDIDATES FROM 
THE CAPITAL REGION.
THIS IS WHERE THEY WERE TRYING 
TO WIN BACK SUPPORT.
>> Louise: IT'S TOO CLOSE TO 
CALL FOR ANY OFFICIAL 
PROJECTION.
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS IF YOU'RE
DENNIS KING AND YOU'RE LOOKING 
AT THESE NUMBERS YOU SHOULD BE 
FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN 
YOU RAN. 
>> YOU SHOULD BE FEELING REALLY 
GOOD.
WE'RE AT THE 14 MARK BETWEEN THE
GREENS AND THE LIBERALS.
IF THE NUMBERS WILL HOLD THEY 
WILL BE IN THE MINORITY SWISS.
THAT IN ITSELF COULD BE AN 
INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE THE BY-ELECTION WE CAN'T
FORGET ABOUT WE HAVE BREAKING 
NEWS AND THAT IS THE CBC 
DECISION DESK DETECTING DENNIS 
KING IN BRACKLEY-HUNTER RIVER 
DISTRICT 15.
THIS WOULD BE A HUGE I'M SURE WE
WILL GO LIVE TO PC HEADQUARTERS 
WHERE THERE WILL BE JUBILATION 
THERE.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED
HERE.
THERE IS DENNIS KING GETTING 
HUGS THERE.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PC 
LEADER WANTED TONIGHT.
TO WIN HIS SEAT WITHOUT A DOUBT 
AND NOT HAVE A REPEAT OF 2015 
WHEN THE THEN LEADER LOST HIS 
SEAT AND TRIED TO GOVERN AND 
IT'S TOO HARD TO DO WHEN YOU 
DON'T HAVE A PLACE IN THE 
LEGISLATURE.
THIS IS HUGE PERSONAL WIN FOR 
DENNIS KING.
HE SAID THE LEADER NEEDS TO BE 
IN THE HOUSE.
HE SAID I'M GOING TO DO IT MY 
WAY, AND THIS IS DENNIS KING 
BEING REWALMARTED.
AND HE PLAYED NICE.
VERY NICE DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID ALMOST TOO 
NICE, THE DEBATE SLAPPING AND 
NODDING FOR EVERYBODY.
THIS SEEM TO HAVE WORKED FOR 
HIM, PLAYING THE NICE GUY AND 
CRITICISMS FOR NOT HAVING A 
REALLY STRONG PROFILE OR A CLEAR
MANDATE BUT IT'S WORKED FOR HIM 
TONIGHT. 
>> WHAT I WONDERED ABOUT, 
CATCHING THE DEBATE, AND HIS 
RESPONSE WAS I JUST LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT A GREAT JOB 
GOVERNMENT HAS DONE ATTRACTING 
NEW COME, TO THE PROVINCE.
IS THIS THE SAME PARTY OF STEVEN
MYERS FOR THE LAST HOW MUCH 
YEARS HAMMERING AWAY AT THE 
GOVERNMENT FOR THE NOMINEE 
PROGRAM, QUITE AN ABOUT FACE FOR
THIS PARTY.
IT'S WORKING OUT HERE ON 
ELECTION NIGHT. 
>> THERE WERE SO FEW PUNCHES 
TAKEN DURING THAT DEBATE THAT 
COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN BUT -- 
>> I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING 
DENNIS KING TAKE THE LIBERALS TO
TASK ON ANYTHING.
I REMEMBER A FEW OCCASIONS I 
WANT TO SAY I WANT TO GIVE THE 
GOVERNMENT CREDIT FOR THE GOOD 
WORK THEY DONE.
I QUESTIONED THE STRATEGY AT THE
TIME. 
>> Louise: THE NICE GUY. 
>> IT'S THE ELECTION OF THE NICE
GUY.
YOU CAN'T HOLD ON TO THAT 
FOREVER.
YOU WILL HAVE TO STAND UP IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND BOTH SIDES WILL 
HAVE TO DEKE IS OUT A LITTLE 
BIT.
POLICY, THEY CAN'T BE -- 
>> Louise: THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS 
ARE HOPING FOR.
>> HEY.
IS THIS THE ELECTION WHERE NICE 
GUYS FINISH FIRST. 
>> Louise: THIS COULD ALSO BE 
HISTORY.
LET'S LOOK AT THE REFERENDUM.
STILL NOWHERE NEAR WHERE WE 
SHOULD BE FOR THE YES SIDE TO 
WIN.
YOU CAN GET THEM GETTING TO 50%.
WHETHER THEY CAN GET TO 17.
THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHICH RIDING 
ENCAMPUS THE 13.
IT COULD BE VIEWED A NO MAN'S 
LAND.
WE COULD END UP IN A SITUATION 
WHERE A MAJORITY OF ISLANDERS 
MIGHT SUPPORT THIS BUT IT MIGHT 
NOT GO THROUGH.
IT'S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> Louise: YOU WOULD HAVE TO 
MEET THAT 60% OF THE 27 
DISTRICTS AND WE ARE NOT CLOSE.
WE ARE AT 13.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE 
REFORM REFERENDUM AND WHAT IS 
HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE 
PROVINCE TONIGHT.
AND THE YES SIDE AND THE NO SIDE
WERE CAMPAIGNING AND THE 
REFERENDUM COMMISSIONER IS -- 
WHAT ARE YOU POINTING. 
>> WE HAVE A GREEN. 
>> Louise: WE HAVE A GREEN 
ADDED. 
>> BUCKLE UP. 
>> Louise: THIS IS WHY AT THIS 
POINT IN THE NIGHT IT'S 
DIFFICULT FOR THE DECISION DESK 
TO MAKE A CALL, THE LEAN IS 
TOWARD AS PROGRESSIVE 
CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT BUT 
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY 
VARIABLES AND TIGHT RACES WE 
WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE 
DISTRICTS WHERE PCs ARE LEADING 
THIS EVENING.
STARTING IN BELFAST-MURRAY 
RIVER, ELECTED FOR DARLENE 
COMPTON.
A REELECTION THERE.
MOVING TON TO 
ALBERTON-BLOOMFIELD, THIS IS PAT
MURPHY IS THE INCUMBENT BUT 
ERNIE HUDSON MAINTAINING THE 
LEAD.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO 
SOURIS-ELMIRA.
COLIN LA VIE IS ELECTED THERE.
AND IN FRONT OF DAVID DUNPMY.
MATTHEW MacFARLAND THE GREEN 
CANDIDATE THERE.
WE ARE GOING TO THAT SOMETIME IT
TAKE AS WHILE FOR THE NUMBERS.
MAYBE SINCE WE ARE ON JAMIE 
FOX -- THERE WE GO.
PARDON ME.
WE HAVE GOT TRISH IN TYNE 
VALLEY-LINKLETTER WITH A LEAD OF
30.
>> THE MINISTER OF 
TRANSPORTATION IN THIRD.
WITH 9 GREENSISH MAKING IN ROWS 
IN A WERE LIBERAL DISTRICTS 
BEFORE TONIGHT.
WE WILL SEE HOW THINGS, IT'S 
TIGHT RAILSES AND WE THOUGHT 
THIS MIGHT HAPPEN.
THE PCs HAVE A LOT OF BIRD 
NOTICE HAND.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF THESE SEATS 
DECLARED ELECTED.
11-9-6 IS QUITE THE NUMBERS TO 
SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS ENDS UP, 
TONIGHT, THIS IS A HUGE CHANGE 
FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
>> THIS IS.
IF THESE NUMBERS WERE TO HOLD 
THIS IS AN HISTORIC NIGHT BY ANY
STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION AS 
THE GREENS AS OPPOSITION AND THE
LIBERALS, THE GOVERNING PARTY OF
PEI AS THE THIRD PARTY.
IF THAT HOLDS I HOPE WHO IS IN 
GOVERNMENT IS NOT AS -- TO THE 
THIRD PARTIES AS THE LIBERALS 
HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS AT SOME
POINT.
VERY HAVE EXTENDED THE BENEFITS 
TO THE GREENS BUT IT'S GOING TO 
BE FASCINATING.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR BY-ELECTION 
IN DISTRICT 9.
THAT COULD REALLY BE PIVOTAL. 
>> IF THE GREEN AND THE LIBERAL 
NUMBERS WERE TO HOLD FOR 15.
IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T SWING IS 
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
IT WILL ADD TO THE TOTALS.
IN THE PCs CAN BUMP IT UP TO 13.
THE PCs CAN LOOK AND PICK UP A 
SEAT SO GET INTO JUST BARELY 
MAJORITY STATUS, THE 14 SEATS 
NEEDED FOR A MAJORITY.
AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE NOT 
THERE BUT SOME OF THESE 
DISTRICTS WE HAVE A LOT OF 
COUNTING LEFT.
>> Louise: WE WILL LOOK AT THE 
SDRITS WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IN 
A WHILE, DISTRICT  8.
WADE MacLAUCHLAN HANGING ON THE 
LEAD.
INCHING UP A FEW EVERY POLL.
HANGING ON.
HE IS HANGING ON TO A SEAT IN 
DISTRICT #.
LET'S LOOK AT 12.
CHARLOTTETOWN VICTORIA PARK.
THAT IS NDP LEADER JOE BYRNES.
THAT WOULD BE A BIG BLOW FOR 
RICHARD BROWN.
THE NDP HAD HIGH HOPES AND ARING
HE IS TRAILING SIGNIFICANTLY IN 
FOURTH.
>> Louise: IT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT
FOR HIM. 
>> PEOPLE CONSIDER SENDING ME 
PHOTOS AND POSTERS GOING UP IN 
THE DISTRICT OF RICHARD BROWN 
WITH HIS ONE FINGER SALUTE, AND 
A VOTER SHOUTED OUT HONOUR THE 
VOTE, AND ISLANDERS KNOW WHAT 
MR. BROWN SHOWED IN TERMS OF A 
FINGER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAD AN 
IMPACT ON THIS AS WELL.
>> Louise: WE ARE  WILL LOOK AT 
CHARLOTTETOWN-BRIGHTON DISTRICT 
13.
>> THIS IS BIG.
>> Louise: THIS IS BIG. 
>> THIS IS AN INCUMBENT CABINET 
MINISTER IN WHAT HAS BEEN A SAFE
LIBERAL DISTRICT SINCE ROBERT 
WAS ELECTED AS OPPOSE LEADER IN 
2003, AND JORDAN BROWN WON THIS 
BY 22 SEAT WITH A RECOUNT. 
>> Louise: THE PC LEADER.
>> A PC LEADER CONSIDERED -- 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT THIS IN 
THE SAFE LIBERAL SEAT, OLE, 
HAMMARLUND IS AN ARCHITECT.
IF THIS IS A GREEN WIN, IT'S A 
BIG WIN.
THE CLOSEST RACE IN THE PROVINCE
HERE AND MacDONALD.
I WOULD HAVE SAID THIS WAS THE 
SAFEST LIBERAL SEAT IN THE 
PROVINCE.
LEAST MacDONALD OF 37 VOTESER 
THE GREEN CANDIDATE ELLEN JONES 
BEHIND HIM A TIGHT RACE, THE 
TIGHTEST IN THE PROVINCE.
AGAIN, THE LIBERALS COUNTED ON 
HIM WINNING. 
>> I THINK WHEN WE TALKED 
THREE-HORSE RACES WE KNEW THAT 
SOME PEOPLE WHO YOU DIDN'T 
EXPECT TO WIN WOULD WIN AND SOME
PEOPLE YOU DIDN'T EXPECT TO LOSE
WILL LOSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE.
ELLEN JONES IS NO WEAK 
CANDIDATE.
SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE BY PASS.
THE APPROPRIATION OF LAND ISSUE.
TOOK THE GOVERNMENT TO COURT AND
I WONDER IF THAT DIDN'T HELP.
MAYBE JONES SOME OF THE CHANGES 
HAPPENED AROUND HER.
SHE TOOK THAT ADMINISTRATION ON 
IN COURT AND WON.
I'M SURPRISE TO SEE MacDONALD IN
A FIGHT TO RETAIN THAT DISTRICT.
>> Louise: THE CLOSEST RACE IN 
THE PROVINCE RIGHT NOW.
HEATH MacDONALD WINNING BUT BY A
SMALL MARGIN.
THE GREEN CANDIDATE COMING UP 
CLOSELY BEHIND.
AND BROWN IN 
CHARLOTTETOWN-BRIGHTON SECOND TO
THE GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE IN 
THAT DISTRICT AND I DO -- I'M 
SURPRISED BY THOSE TWO MANY 
PARTICULAR BECAUSE I -- WE 
TALKED ABOUT THIS GOING INTO 
THIS.
THAT IF THE PREMIER MAY BE 
DIDN'T WIN, THOSE TWO, BROWN AND
MacDONALD WOULD BE LEADERS IN 
WAITING.
THEY ARE SEEN AS LEADERS IN 
WAITING AND ONE OF THEM IS 
TRAILING AND ONE OF THEM HAS A 
SLIM LEAD HERE.
I MEAN IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT 
IS THE FUTURE OF THE LIBERAL 
PARTY, ONCE WADE MacLAUCHLAN IS 
NO LONGER LEADER, THAT'S IN 
QUESTION HERE.
>> THE NDP LEADER, JOE BYRNE.
HE IS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS.
WE WILL LISTEN IN.
NATALIA FELDMAN IS THERE.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOUISE, WE
ARE HERE WITH JOE BYRNE, HOW ARE
YOU FEELING TONIGHT?
>> IT'S POLITICS.
WE RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN, WE GOT 
OUR MESSAGE OUT AND PEOPLE IN 
DISTRICT 12 DECIDED THEY WERE 
GOING TO ELECT CARLA AND THE 
GREEN PARTY AND CONGRATULATIONS 
CARLA, THE RACE WELL RUN, AND WE
SHOULD GIVE HER A ROUND OF 
APPLAUSE, EVERYBODY.
[ Applause ].
>> Reporter: AND SO, YOU KNOW, 
HOW DO YOU FEEL EVEN THOUGH YOU 
FOUGHT HARD, WHAT ARE YOUR HOPE 
FERS THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY?
>> OH, I THINK WE HAVE A CLEAR 
MESSAGE IN THE -- IT DIDN'T COME
ACROSS IN THE VOTES BUT THE 
MESSAGES I'VE BEEN HEARING EVERY
DAY WALKING THROUGH THE DISTRICT
IS PEOPLE HAPPY WE ARE BRINGING 
A MESSAGE AROUND ADDRESSING 
ISSUES THAT ARE PRIORITIES TO 
US.
WE ELIMINATE POVERTY HOW DO HE 
WITH ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS.
THESE ARE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE 
HAVE BROUGHT TO US AND WE ARE 
READY TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS 
THEM.
[ Applause ].
>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH, 
JOE.
ENJOY THE TIME HERE WITH YOUR 
FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS. 
>> THANKS, THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: SENDING IT BACK. 
>> HE FOUGHT A HARD BATTLE.
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, THE 
DECISION DESK HAS A PROJECTION 
NOW.
[ ♪♪♪ ] 
>> Louise: AND CBC IS PROJECTING
A MINORITY GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS NO COLOUR WITH THAT 
BECAUSE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
WHETHER THAT'S A GREEN MINORITY 
OR A PC MINORITY GOVERNMENT.
THERE ARE DISTRICT THAT IS ARE 
TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
THE BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW IS A
MINORITY GOVERNMENT ON PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND.
THIS IS IN ITSELF REGARDLESS OF 
WHICH PARTY HAS THAT MINORITY IS
HISTORIC AND IT'S BREAKING AND 
IT'S CHANGING THE DYNAMIC OF 
POLITICS HERE ON PEI.
WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST?
>> ISN'T THIS EXCITING.
AND EVEN ON THE MINORITY, THERE 
ARE SO MANY POTENTIAL WAYS IT 
COULD BE FORMED.
IT'S FASCINATING A LOT OF THESE 
THING THAT IS WILL FALL DOWN TO 
THE DISCUSSION THAT IS OCCUR 
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYSER NO 
DOUBT, WHEN WE GET THE FINAL 
RESULT, BUT CLEARLY ISLANDERS 
VOTED FOR CHANGE.
VOTING FOR CHANGE, AND CLEAR 
ISLANDERS ARE SEEING TWO PARTIES
AS A FACE OF CHANGE, DENNIS KING
AND A REJUVENATED PC AND PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER AND AN UP START 
GREEN, YOU KNOW, WHOSE VOTE IS 
REAL. 
>> IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR -- 
LET'S LOOK AT THIS RESULT IN THE
OLD CONTEXT OF PEI'S OLD TWO 
PARTY SYSTEM.
IT FLIPS OVER AND IT'S A PC 
MAJORITY AND THE NEW ISLAND 
POLITICS NOW WE HAVE A MINORITY 
SITUATION WITH THE PCs OR THE 
GREENS AT THE HELM OF THIS, 
DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, I DON'T 
REMEMBER HEARING ISLANDERS 
SAYING THIS BEFORE, I HEARD THIS
A NUMBER OF TIMES, IT'S TIME FOR
A MINORITY GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE SAID.
PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THAT THERE 
WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE 
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AS THE 
NUMBERS BEAR OUT, THEY SAID 
MAYBE IT'S TIME THAT THEY LOOKED
AT THE DEBATES AND THE CIVILITY 
AND THE DISCOURSE AND PEOPLE 
SAYS THAT HE A GOOD IDEA, I 
SUPPORT THAT IDEA AND WANTING TO
SEE OUR MLAS IN THE LEGISLATURES
WORKING TOGETHER INSTEAD OF 
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
NOBODY GETS AROUND A BIG TABLE 
AND SAY LET'S VOTE THIS WAY.
WHAT THEY ARE DELIVERING THE 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT AND SEE THEM
WORK TOGETHER.
YOU WERE ON THE PANEL AFTER THE 
LEADERSHIP DEBATE AND I THINK I 
MADE A COMMENT SAYING IF WE HAVE
A MINORITY GOVERNMENT HERE ON 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, THEY ARE 
PRACTICING REALLY WELL WITH THE 
CIVILITY WE SAW IN THE CAMPAIGN.
>> AND I GOT TO THINK THAT THE 
PERSON WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM A 
MINORITY SITUATION IS DENNIS 
KING.
HE COMES IN THIS THE TORY PARTY 
HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO TO EXCESS 
IN THE PAST.
IN A MINORITY GOVERNMENT, 
WHETHER THE TORIES ARE IN THE 
OPPOSITION OR AS PARTY OF THE 
ACTUAL GOVERNMENT, COOPERATION 
WILL BE NEEDED.
AND I THINK THAT IS -- THAT IS 
FOR DENNIS WHO IS A BRAND NEW 
LEADER WILL ALLOW HIM TO GET HIS
FEET UNDER HIM AND FIGURE OF THE
WHO HE CAN TRUST AND WHICH WAY 
THE PARTY NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD.
THIS COULD BE A VERY GOOD RESULT
FOR THE TORIES IN THE LONG-TERM.
DENNIS KING IS LIVE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON WHAT IS 
HAPPENING HERE TONIGHT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S VERY FLATTERING TO -- 
[ Cheering and Applause ]. 
>> TO WIN A SEAT IN THE 
LEGISLATURE.
IT'S TERRIFIC PRIVILEGE FOR ME 
TO BE ELECTED AS A MLA FOR 
DISTRICT 15.
BRACKLEY-HUNTER RIVER, AND I'M 
JUST REALLY, REALLY HONOURED 
WITH THAT.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ELECTION 
RESULTS.
I KNEW THIS WAS A CLOSE ELECTION
AND LIKE THE WAY OUR TEAM WENT 
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND THE 
POSITIVE MESSAGES WE WERE 
SENDING ACROSS PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND AND NICE TO BE 
REWALMARTED FOR THAT -- YOU HAVE
A LOT OF FANS THERE.
AND YOU SEE A MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT BUT NOT QUITE READY 
TO CALL WHETHER IT'S PC OR 
GREEN, HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU 
FEEL AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. 
>> LOOK, ANYONE WHO KNOCKED ON 
DOORS AND FOLLOWED THIS CAMPAIGN
THAT WE KNEW THE GOVERNMENT WAS 
GOING TO CHANGE.
AND WE WERE MEASURING WHAT THE 
COLOUR OF THAT CHANGE WOULD BE, 
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO 
BE BLUE AND SOME GREEN ALONGS 
WAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO 
SEE THE RESULTS IN.
WE LIKE THE WAY OUR VOTE HAS 
BEEN TRACKING WE LIKE THE 
RESPONSE WE ARE GETTING FROM THE
CAMPAIGNS AND JUST REALLY 
EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT, AND THE 
FUTURE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
I THINK ISLANDERS WANT THEIR 
ELECTED OFFICIALS TO WORK 
TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHAT YES PROMOTING NOT 
THIS PARTISAN NATURE OF POLITICS
THAT IS WE HAVE ALLOWED TO ROOT 
INTO OUR POLITICS.
WE WANTED TO BE WORK TOGETHER.
WE CAN'T GOOD IDEAS.
WE DON'T CARE WHERE IT COMES 
FROM.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PREACHING AND
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE 
LEGISLATURE.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU THINK 
YOU DID RIGHT TO WIN YOUR 
DISTRICT IN D15.
>> THIS IS PEI POLITICS.
YOU HAVE TO BE GENUINE AND MAKE 
CONNECTION AND LISTEN TO WHAT 
PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND HEAR THEM 
OF THE ONE THIN WE DID WAS 
ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THAT VERY MUCH
THAT'S WHO I AM AS A PERSON AND 
THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO PUT 
TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
OUR TEAM WAS REALLY, REALLY 
DIALLED IN ON THAT ENTIRE 
APPROACH, AND I JUST THINK THAT 
ISLANDERS ARE READY FOR 
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE EAGER 
TO GIVE THEM THAT.
AND JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT 
TONIGHT.
IT'S A SURREAL EXPERIENCE TO BE 
STANDING HERE ON THE VERGE OF 
BEING PART OF A GOVERNMENT IN 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
IT'S AN AMAZING FEELING. 
>> Louise: WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 
PRIORITIES. 
>> WE HAVE A WHOLE NIGHT TO 
FINISH UP.
WE WILL HAVE TO GET TO WORK ON 
BEHALF OF ISLANDERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PLATFORMS THAT 
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MARRIED 
INTO ACTION, SO WE HAVE TO BE 
PREPARED TO WORK WITH ALL THE 
PARTIES, ALL ISLANDERS TO WORK 
ON THEIR BEHALF, WE WILL HAVE A 
TO FIGURE OUT THE PRIORITIES IN 
THE DAYS AHEAD.
TONIGHT WE ARE TRYING TO SEE THE
END OF THE RESULTS SO SEE WHAT 
THEY ARE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR 
EVERYBODY.
I HOPE ISLANDERS KNOW THERE IS 
THREE PARTIES WORKING HARD FOR 
THEM.
>> Louise: IF THIS IS A PC 
MIERNT MINORITY YOU ARE WILLING 
TO WORK WITH ALL THE PARTIES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU FOLLOWED ANY OF MY 
CAMPAIGN I AM A PROMOTER OF 
COLLABORATION.
WE DON'T CARE WHERE THE GOOD 
IDEAS COME IN THE THAT'S THE 
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THAT I WANT 
TO BE A PART OF.
WE WANT TO PUT THE ACTION BEHIND
THE WORDS TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT'S 
WHAT WE ARE ABOUT AND ISLANDERS 
WILL HOLD US TO ACCOUNT.
THIS IS THE ISLAND'S GOVERNMENT 
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT 
ABOUT COLOURS IT'S ABOUT PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND AND IT'S TIME WE 
GIVE THE GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE 
PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO OWN IT.
>> Louise: APPRECIATE YOU 
JOINING US LIVE AND 
CONGRATULATIONS. 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LOUISE. 
>> Louise: WE WILL GO TO THE 
PANT TO GET THEIR REACTION WHAT 
IS UNFOLDING IN FRONT OF OUR 
EYES TONIGHT. 
>> JUST LISTENING TO YOUR 
CONVERSATION WITH PC LEADER, 
ELECTED PC LEADER, DENNIS KING, 
KARATE KATHY, WHAT ARE YOU 
THINKING. 
>> HE IS POSITIONED TO A VERY 
COLLABORATIVE PERSON.
AND HE IS RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT HE FOCUSSED HIS 
CAMPAIGN ON.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE 
PARTIES IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
I DO THINK HE IS -- THE 
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE AND THE
GREENS ARE PROBABLY THE CLOSEST 
TOGETHER IN TERMS OF IDEAS.
YOU KNOW,S IF THE SPECTRUM IS 
THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT, I PUT 
THE NDP OVER FAR IN THE LEFT, 
AND THE LIBERALS WERE THE BIG 
SPENDERS AND THEY ARE CENTRE 
LEFT.
BUT THEN THE GREENS WOULD BE 
RIGHT THERE EVEN RIGHT OF THE 
LIBERALS BECAUSE THEY TALK A LOT
ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND LIVING 
WITHIN OUR MEANS AND ALL SORTS 
OF FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE POINT 
OF VIEW.
WE HAVE TO REITERATE.
IT'S NOT BEEN CALLED.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COLOUR IS THE
MINORITY.
ONE OTHER THING WE KNOW THIS IS 
WHAT IT LOOKS TO BE A 
CONSERVATIVE AND BE HAPPY.
IT'S 12 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS.
HE IS AN INEXPERIENCED LEADER.
IT'S NOT A KNOCK ON DENNIS KING.
HE HAS BEEN A LEADER FOR TWO 
MONTHS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND 
AT THE PEOPLE ELECTED AROUND HIM
HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE TO 
DRAW UPON.
IF THEY FORM THE MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT HE HAS A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND THE 
BLOCK WHICH IS THE NICE FOR 
ISLANDERS TO KNOW.
IF WE GO TO STANHOPE-MARSHFIELD 
RIGHT NOW, IT'S A THREE VOTE 
LEAD FOR WADE MacLAUCHLAN IT'S 
83 VOTES NOW.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AS THE 
LIBERALS SEE THESE NUMBER. 
>> MY THINKING IS WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN WILL STEP AWAY FROM 
THE PARTY AT SOME POINT EVEN IF 
HE IS ELECTED TONIGHT.
HE IS NOT OF KIND OF PERSON WHO 
STRIKE ME AS SOMEONE WHO WILL 
SIT IN THE THIRD POSITION.
THE NAMES THAT NORMALLY HAVE 
BEEN COMING FORWARD IS JORDAN 
BROWN.
HE IS IN A FIGHT THERE.
AND HEATH MacDONALD WHO IS LATE 
IN THE FIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE A HEALTHIER FOR HIM.
THEY WILL LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO 
LEAD THE PARTY IF HE STEPS 
ASIDE.
WE WILL GO BACK TO THE STUDIO.
IT'S TOO CLOSE TO CAL HERE AS WE
LOOK AT THE MAP AND THE CHANGE 
IN THE COLOUR OF PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND TONIGHT, IF THESE RESULTS
HOLD BY THE END.
TWO CLOSE TO CALL, THERE'S SOME 
DISTRICTS THAT SIMPLY ARE JUST 
THAT.
WE CAN'T CALL.
THIS DECISION DESK CAN'T CALL 
IT, AND YOU'RE LOOKING A HONING 
IN 16 AND 10.
AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THOSE 
DISTRICTS IF THE GREENS FLIPS, 
THAT WOULD GIVE THEM A BOOST.
WE HAVE SEEN THE PC GO UP BY 
ONE, 12-9-5.
AND I BELIEVE 
STANHOPE-MARSHFIELD PC, OVER THE
LIBERAL THERE WITH AN 83 CHANGE.
THAT'S DISTRICT 8.
THE PREMIER'S -- 
>> WE HAVE TWO KEY CABINET 
MILITIAS, ROBERT MITCHELL AND 
HEATH MacDONALD WITH A SLIM 
LEAD.
PEOPLE YOU THOUGHT WOULD NOT 
LOSE THE SEAT THAT HANGS ON THE 
SMALL MARGINS.
>> Louise: THE LIBERAL IN WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN'S DISTRICT, HE IS 
LOSING TO THE PC CANDIDATE.
WHEN YOU GET INTO VOTE NUMBER, 
65, 65, 66 UP TO 113 THIS LATE 
INTO THE EVENING.
THOSE START TO BE FAIRLY 
SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF ISLAND 
HISTORY.
IT'S TOUGH TO COME -- MAKE THAT 
UP IN ONE OR TWO POLLS.
>> SO THE SHIFT IN POLITICS HERE
ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
CONTINUES TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE WERE 
WATCHING BECAUSE IT'S WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN'S DISTRICT.
DISTRICT 8.
STANHOPE-MARSHFIELD.
BLOYCE THOMPSON LEADING THERE.
83 VOTE OVER WADE MacLAUCHLAN.
ONLY ONE POLL LEFT THAT COULD 
SAVE HIM RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S A BIG HILL FOR THE 
PREMIER TO CLIMB WHEN THE 
ADVANCE POLL WAS IN ALREADY.
SO IN ALL PROBABILITY THAT WILL 
BE A TORY PICK UP.
REMEMBER THE LAST POLL THAT CAME
IN WAS THE ADVANCE POLL.
>> THEIR ADVANCE POLL IS IN. 
>> I WAS JUST TRYING -- 
>> Louise: IT'S OKAY.
EXCITEMENT, IT'S ALL GOODFUL IT 
HAS BEEN EXCITING.
WHAT IF YOU'RE WADE MacLAUCHLAN 
AND YOU LOSE YOUR SEAT TONIGHT?
>> WELL, IF YOU LOSE YOUR SEAT 
AND THE LIBERAL LOSE GOVERNMENT 
WHICH THEY WILL, WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN WILL MEET THE 
MOMENT.
THAT'S WHAT HE WILL DO.
HE WILL UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY 
AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
TRANSITIONING GOVERNMENT AND HE 
WILL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 
OF SHOWING GRAD ATTITUDE TO HIS 
SUPPORTERS.
AND CONGRATULATING THE VICTORS.
HE WILL WALK AWAY AND I WOULD 
SUSPECT IN FIVE OR 10 OR 15 
YEARS, HISTORIANS WILL LOOK AT 
THIS FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AND SAY WE
HAD IT PRETTY GOOD.
LET'S LOOK AT DISTRICT 12.
CHARLOTTETOWN VICTORIA PARK.
WE ARE ELECTING CARLA BERNARD 
WHICH IS A HUGE BLOW TO RICHARD 
BROWN. 
>> IT'S A HUGE WIN FOR THE GREEN
PARTY.
IT'S A HUGE BLOW FOR JOE BYRNE.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HE HAS 
LOST.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HIM COMING 
BACK.
THAT'S A BIG WIN.
THE BIG WIN, AND YOU SEE THE 
CELEBRATION AT GREEN PARTY 
HEADQUARTERS IN THE PEI GREEN 
EXPECT COMPANY.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD OR HEARD THE 
LEADER, PETER BEVAN-BAKER.
HE WAS WATCHING FROM HOME AND 
WILL BE TRAVELLING TO THE PEI 
BREWING COMPANY FOR QUITE THE 
PARTY TONIGHT. 
>> THE GREENS YOU'RE HAPPY FOR 
THIS.
SOME SAYING WITH THESE NUMBERS 
THEY SHOULD WIN 22 SEATS.
AS YOU LOOK DOWN THE LIST OF 
RACES IT WAS HARD TO PICK OUT 
THE GREENS THAT WERE GOING TO 
HAVE WINS BECAUSE IT WAS IN 
DISTRICTS LIKE THIS YOU WOULD 
LIKE AND SAY, RICHARD BROWN AND 
AN INCUMBENT MINISTER AND A 
POPULAR POLICE OFFICER AND JOE A
FACTOR, BUT HERE IT IS, CARLA 
WHO IS A SOLIDARITY GREEN PARTY 
CANDIDATE.
SHE TAKES THE DISTRICT FOR THEM.
IT WAS HARD IT SEE WHERE THE 
OPPORTUNITIES WERE FOR THE 
PARTY.
THIS IS BETWEEN WHERE I THINK 
SOME PEOPLE ON PEI WERE LOOKING 
AND SAYING I DON'T SEE WHERE 
THEY MAKE A BREAKTHROUGH, AND 
THE POLLSTERS SAYING THEY ARE 
WIN A MAJORITY AND THEY ARE IN 
THE MIDDLE.
THEY WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
>> Louise: ARE YOU SURPRISE WE 
HAD THE REELECTS AND THE KEY 
PEOPLE IN THE LIBERAL PARTY AT 
THIS POINT GONE. 
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 
TIDES TURN.
THIS YOU LOOK AT THE MAPPISH THE
TIES HAVE HAD A SUCCESSFUL 
NIGHT.
THEY ARE BY IN LARGES A RURAL 
SEATS.
THEY MAY HAVE -- THEY HAVE ONE 
SEAT IN STRATFORD.
OTHER THAN THAT THEY DON'T SHOW 
UP IN SUMMERSIDE OR 
CHARLOTTETOWN.
IF YOU'RE THE PC PARTY IT'S 
TROUBLING.
IT'S HARD TO WIN ELECTION ON A 
LONG-TERM BASIS IF YOU DON'T 
HAVE CHARLOTTETOWN OR 
SUMMERSIDE.
THE INCUMBENT THERE LIBERAL 
CHRIS PALMER WON BY LYNNE LUND 
BY 181.
THE PROJECTION SHE IS ELECTED.
CHRIS PALMER IS A THIRD.
THAT'S A MESSAGE TO THE LIBERAL 
PARTY THERE.
IT'S A CLEAR MESSAGE.
IT'S ALSO IN THE CASE OF LYNNE 
LUND.
SHE WAS A CREDIBLE KNOWN 
CANDIDATE AND SOMEONE NOT A 
STRETCH TO SAY SHE WITH REP US 
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
AND THAT WAS THE LIBERAL 
INCUMBENT TINA MUNDY.
THERE IS A CHAPTER ON THE 1966 
ELECTION WHICH HAS PARALLELS IN 
WADE MacLAUCHLAN'S OWN WORDS HE 
DREW A COUPLE OF CONCLUSIONS 
THAT HE SAID THE LESSONS THE 
PARTIES SHOULD HAVE LEARNED BUT 
DIDN'T, YOU CAN'T BUY VOTES AND 
WHEN THE TIDE IS TURNING, YOU 
CAN'T STOP IT.
I THINK WE ARE SEEING THE 
EVIDENCE OF THAT RIGHT HERE, THE
PREMIER WOULD KNOW HE WROTE 
THAT.
>> AND WE WILL LOOK AT DISTRICT 
5.
MERMAID-STRATFORD, WE ARE SEEING
A GREEN PARTY MEMBER WINNING IN 
THAT DISTRICT UP TO 125 VOTES.
FOUR OF EIGHT POLLS.
THIS IS A DELAYED DISTRICT.
>> Louise: HIGHWAYS THAT'S A 
DELAYED DISTRICT.
YOU'RE HOPING THAT THE LAST FOUR
POLLS ARE FRIENDLY TO YOUR PETA.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN 
ADVANCED POLLS THERE.
>> I'M SURE WE DID. 
>> THAT COULD CHANGE THINGS.
THERE IS A LOT OF VOTES AT PLAY 
WHEN THAT ADVANCE POLLS COME IN.
>> Louise: EVERYTHING IS RIDING 
ON TWO DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW.
16, THIS IS THE INCUMBENT HEATH 
MacDONALD.
IF IT GOES GREEN, GREEN IS 
SECOND PLACE RIGHT NOW.
IF IT STAYS THERE WE ARE LOOKING
AT A PC GOVERNMENT IF THERE IS 
ANOTHER ONE, WE ARE WAITING FOR 
THESE NUMBERS TO GO FINAL, THE 
OTHER DISTRICT THIS IS THE SAME 
STORY IN THIS DISTRICT, 
CHARLOTTETOWN-WINSLOE.
IF THIS HOLDS YOU'RE LOOKING AT 
A PC MINORITY GOVERNMENT TONIGHT
AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FINAL
RESULTS FROM THESE TWO DISTRICTS
THAT WILL BE THE DETERMINING 
FACTOR, DID YOU THINK IT COULD 
DOWN TO THESE TWO WAITING. 
>> NOT THOSE TWO.
ROBERT MITCHELL IS A GREAT 
CONSTITUENCY MAN.
THE FACT HE IS IN THE SCRAP OF 
HIS LIFE TONIGHT SPEAKS TO HOW 
STRONG THE GREENS ARE IN THE 
CHARLOTTETOWN AREA.
IT'S REAL AND SHOWED UP AND A 
LOT OF LIBERALS ARE SUFFERING.
AND ANOTHER IN HEATH MacDONALD. 
>> IT'S INTERESTING WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE POPULAR VOTE, THE GREENS 
ARE NOT THAT FAR AHEAD OF THE 
LIBERALS IN THIS CASE AND THIS 
IS WHAT WE SEE.
WE HAVE A REFERENDUM TO SWITCH 
ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
FIRST PAST THE POST TENDS IS 
UNKIND FOR THE THIRD PLACE 
FINISHER AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK
WE WILL FIND OUT WHEN WE GET THE
FINAL RESULTS HERE FOR THE 
LIBERALS.
WADE MacLAUCHLAN, THE ONLY 
LEADER WHEN WAS NOT IN FAVOUR OF
MIXED MEMBER PROPORTIONAL WHEN 
HE WAS ON THIS SET FOUR YEARS 
AGO AND HE WAS ASKED ABOUT IT 
WHAT HE DIDN'T LIKE IT WOULD 
GIVE MINORITY GOVERNMENTS 
IMPREPUTUITY.
THERE IS SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL AT
ALL AT THAT POETIC JUSTICE.
>> Louise: LETS LOOK AT WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN'S RIDING.
HE WAS IN THE LEAD AND A NARROW 
LEAD, BEHIND BLOYCE THOMPSON WHO
RAN A CAMPAIGN TARGETING WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN IN THAT DISTRICT AND
HE HAS THAT LEAD, HOLDER FIRM AT
83 VOTES.
IT'S AN 83 VOTE WITH ONE POLL 
REMAINING IT'S NOT AN ADVANCED 
POLL.
LOOK, BLOYCE THOMPSON IS A 
STRONG CANDIDATE, DAIRY FARMER 
AND ACTIVE AND WELL KNOWN.
WHEN YOU RUN ADVERTISEMENTS ON 
COMPASS OF AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING 
TO TAKE ON AN INDIVIDUAL AGAINST
THE PREMIER.
THE TAKEAWAY IS RUN ADS ON 
COMPASS.
>> Louise: SORRY, I MISSED THAT 
THERE IS 8 DISTRICTS.
WE WILL LOOK AT 
ALBERTON-BLOOMFIELD AND ANOTHER 
PC GAIN TO A CLICK LOSS.
PAT MURPHY IS THE INCUMBENT 
THERE.
A LEAD OF 65 VOTES FOR THE PC 
CANDIDATE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE RACES THAT'S 
CLOSE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COUNTING TO DO 
IN ALBERTON-BLOOMFIELD.
THIS ONE COULD STILL FLIP.
>> Louise: OKAY.
LET'S LOOK AT DISTRICT 23 TYNE 
VALLEY SHERBROOK.
75 VOTE GAIN OVER THE PC, THE 
INCUMBENT IN THIS DISTRICT IS 
PAULA BIGGAR.
CELEBRATIONS AT GREEN 
HEADQUARTERS IS CONTINUING.
THAT'S A CLEAR MESSAGE TO PAULA 
BIGGAR.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE A SEISMIC 
SHIFT IN POLITICS, A MINISTER OF
TRANSPORTATION DEFEATING A PC 
CANDIDATE AND THE MINISTER 
COMING THIRD.
THAT'S A HUGE GET FOR THE GREEN 
PARTY. 
>> I THINK WHEN THE CHANGE 
COMES, AND SUDDENLY IT DOESN'T 
SEEM TO MATTER WHAT WOULDS A 
CABINET MINISTER, BUT 
TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE 
PORTFOLIOS WHERE YOU HAVE ALL 
THE PERKS TO HAND OUT.
YOU CAN KEEP THE ROADS PAVED.
WE HEAR FROM ISLANDERS TO MAKE 
SURE THE ROADS TO PAVED.
AND A GREEN CANDIDATE.
I DON'T THINK SHE HAS ONE BEFORE
TO COME IN AND TAKE OUT A 
TRANSPORTATION MINISTER AND FOR 
THAT TRANSPORT MINISTER TO COME 
IN THIRD, THAT SPEAKS TO HOW 
WELL THE GREENS HAVE DONE AND 
WHAT KIND OF MIGHT IT FOR THE 
LIBERALS TO SEE THAT RANK IN THE
CANDIDATE.
>> Louise: ALL RIGHT, WE WILL 
HAVE A LOOK AT THE MATCH AND SEE
THE SHIFT HOW PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND IS LOOKING IN TERMS OF 
COLOUR.
YOU'RE STILL SEEING THE LIBERAL 
HOLDING ON TO THE WESTERN TIP 
WITH A BLUE WALL.
BETWEEN THERE.
AND I MEAN THE EAST STILL STRONG
FOR THE PCs BUT THAT'S SHIFTED 
OVER INTO CENTRAL PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND.
IT'S TOO CLOSE TO CALL STILL, IN
SOME RIDING IN SOME DISTRICTS.
THERE'S 6 THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU.
AND I MEAN LOOK AT THE MARGINS 
BETWEEN THESE TWO -- BETWEEN THE
CANDIDATES HERE.
IT'S REMARKABLE WE ARE IN THIS 
PART WHERE IT'S HINGING ON THESE
DISTRICTS.
WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE RIDING 
WASES MORE THAN ONE POLL 
REMAINING.
BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE THE 
ONES WHERE THE POSSIBILITY FOR 
INSTANCE ALBERTON-BLOOMFIELD 
THERE IS HALF THE POLLS HAVE 
BEEN COUNTED. 
>> Louise: THESE ARE THE ONLY 
SIX IN PROGRESS.
>> I GUESS YOU WANT TO LIMIT US 
TO WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT. 
>> Louise: I'M JUST LETTING THE 
VIEWERS KNOW AT HOME.
YOU HAVE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU
WANT.
IT'S FASCINATING IT'S COMELE 
DOWN TO THE SIX AND THE TWO THAT
JUMPED OUT THAT COULD FLIP TO 
GREEN.
THERE IS A PERCEPTION WHEN 
YOU'RE AN INCUMBENT AND YOU'RE A
CABINET MINISTER THAT UNLESS YOU
HAVE MUCKED IT UP, YOU HAVE THE 
PROFILE NECESSARY TO WIN 
REELECTION.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT LOCAL 
RESIDENTS OFTEN HAVE SOMETHING 
TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE LIBERAL 
CABINET MINISTERS COME WITH 
LIBERAL BAGGAGE AND IT'S 12 
YEARS OLD OLD, THE PREMIER WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN TRIED TO RESET THE 
ARGUMENT OVER THE DEBATE BUT I'M
JUST PREMIER FOR FIVE YEARS AND 
THIS IS GOING FOR A SECOND TERM,
WELL, THAT DOESN'T SORT OF PASS 
THE GIGGLE TEST WITH ISLANDERS 
AND WE ARE SEEING IT.
AND THE RESULTS TONIGHT.
>> SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT TALKED 
ABOUT IS THE CHANGE IN DISTRICT.
SOME OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE 
CHANGED QUITE A BIT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S AN
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE IN SOME CASES 
IN AN INCUMBENT IN A RACE IN ANY
ELECTION BUT IT'S INTERESTING, 
THE LAST TWO TIMES WE HAVE 
REDRAWN OR DISTRICT THAT HAS 
BEEN A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT.
IT MAY BE BE A COINCIDENCE WHERE
THE CHANGE WAS COMING, THIS TIME
AND BACK IN 2007 WE HAD A CHANGE
FROM THE PCs TO THE LIBERALS AND
WE HAD REDISTRICTING IN FRONT OF
THE 2007 ELECTION, AND HERE 
AGAIN AND WE HAVE ANOTHER 
CHANGE.
>> Louise: WE DO HAVE ANOTHER 
CHANGE AND THAT IS THAT WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN THE LIBERAL LEADER 
HAS BEEN GOAT  DEFEATED IN HIS 
DISTRICT.
AND BLOYCE THOMPSON IS THE 
WINNER.
ANY TIME YOU LOSE IT'S DIFFICULT
WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR OWN SEAT, IF 
YOU LOOK AT THE PERSPECTIVE OF 
THE LIBERAL PARTY THIS MAY NOT 
BE A BAD RESULT, THE PARTY, THE 
VARIETY HAS ITS MLA AS THE 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT LASTS, IT 
MAKESES IT EASIER FOR THE 
LIBERALS TO FIND THEIR FEET 
AFTER THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHICH 
WAY IS UP AND WHICH WAY THEY 
NEED TO MOVE IN.
AND FOR THE PREMIER, IT WILL 
HURT TONIGHT, BUT MAYBE TOMORROW
THERE MIGHT BE SOME RELIEF HE IS
NOT THE LEADER OF A THIRD PARTY.
HOW MUCH OF THIS -- WE TALKED 
ABOUT THE VOTE FOR THE GREEN AND
FOR PETER BEVAN-BAKER.
HOW MUCH TONIGHT DO YOU THINK 
WAS A VOTE AGAINST WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN?
>> WELL, IT'S INTERESTING, I 
MEAN WE TALKED BEFORE HOW WE 
THOUGHT WADE MacLAUCHLAN WAS 
FRUSTRATED HERE BECAUSE HE HAS A
BOOMING ECONOMY.
HESOEVERED THE PROBLEM OF 
SOMEWHAT OF POPULATION GROWTH, 
AND CREATED ANOTHER PROBLEM IN 
TERMS OF THE HOUSING ISSUE.
WADE MacLAUCHLAN'S PRIORITIES 
DIDN'T LINE UP WITH ISLANDERS 
PRIORITIES.
HIS PRIORITY WAS TO SPUR 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND SO 
WHEN WADE MacLAUCHLAN WANT TO 
CREATE A NEW BLUEPRINT FOR THE 
ISLAND TO GROW THE ECONOMY N THE
LEGISLATURE, IT SHOWED UP DAY.
IT WAS THE MIGHTY ISLAND PLAN, 
NO ONE TOLD US IT WAS COMING AND
NO CONSULTATIONS.
THERE IT CAME, OTHER THINGS 
LIESH POVERTY REDUCTION TOOK 
LONGER AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS 
THAT IT TURNED OUT MORE TO 
ISLANDERS.
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS ON THE 
DECISION DESK AND WE HAVE MADE A
PROJECTION, HERE IT IS.
AND IT IS A PC MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT, CBC NEWS, CBC 
DECISION DESK IS PROJECTING A 
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT WHICH MEANS 
DENNIS KING, THE PC LEADER IS 
THE PREMIER DESIGNATE.
THERE THEY ARE CELEBRATING.
IN HEADQUARTERS HUNTER RIVER.
HARMONY HOUSE IN HUNTER RIVER.
WE SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER TONIGHT 
AND HE IS READY TO TAKE ON HAPPY
TO COOPERATE WITH THE OTHER 
PARTIES.
HE WANTS TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE
GOVERNMENT AND WANTS TO 
COOPERATE.
AND THIS IS A HUGE BLOW TO WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN WHO IS SPEAKING TO 
REPORTERS.
WE WILL GO LIVE TO STAN HOPE 
PLACE AND LISTEN IN. 
>> WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY A 
GOVERNMENT FORMED, MINORITY, TO 
GO FORWARD. 
>> THE THING I WOULD SAY QUITE 
FRANKLY, THERE ARE 111 PEOPLE 
WHO PUT THEIR NAMES ON THE 
BALLOT FOR THIS ELECTION.
AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND 
RESPECT 111 TO OF THEM.
AND I'LL TELL NEW PARTICULAR THE
26 WHO JOINED ME ON THE BALLOT 
FOR THE LIBERALS, SOME VERY FINE
PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE WHO WORKED 
HARD AND THE VOLUNTEERS WHO PUT 
EVERYTHING INTO THIS AND I 
DEEPLY APPRECIATE THAT 
FRIENDSHIP.
TEAM WE HAD CHANCE TO PUT 
FORWARD.
AND THANK THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
COME FORWARD FOR OUR PRIORITY 
AND FOR OTHERS TO PUT THEIR 
NAMES ON THE BALLOT IN THIS 
ELECTION.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED?
>> I THINK IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THE
TIDES TURNED.
WE HAVE FOUR YEARS OF 
RESPONSIBLE AND GOOD GOVERNMENT,
WE HAVE HAD A GOOD ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN.
ISLANDERS HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE A
CHOICE TO CONSIDER AUTHENTICATE 
OPTIONS AND ELECTED 27 PEOPLE TO
THE LEGISLATURE AND OF COURSE 
THOSE 27 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 
HAVE SOME REAL WORK TO DO.
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>> Question: FINALLY, VERY 
QUICKLY WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
NEXT.
WHAT -- 
>> LET ME SAY, I DO WANT TO SAY 
FIRST TO THE OTHER LEADERS TO 
DENNIS KING, TO PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER TO JOE BYRNE TO 
THANK THEM AND CONGRATULATE THEM
ON HOW WE HAVE CONDUCTED THIS 
ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
TO CONGRATULATE DENNIS KING AND 
PETER BEVAN-BAKER ON THEIR 
RESULT, AND TO SAY AGAIN THAT WE
HAVE HAD 111 ISLANDERS WHO PUT 
THEIR NAMES ON THE BALLOT IN 
THIS ELECTION.
WE HAVE HAD A PEACEFUL ELECTION 
WITH A PEACEFUL TRANSITION AND I
INTEND TO BE A RETS AND BE HERE 
WITH MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBOURS
AND OTHER ISLANDERS TO CONTINUE 
TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF THIS GREAT 
PROVINCE. 
>> I PUT MY NAME ON THE BALLOT 
AND WE WORKED HARD AND GOT TO 
ALL THE DOORS.
THE ONE THING I CAN SAY AND ALL 
THE OTHER 26 LIBERALS CAN SAY WE
LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED AND 
PREJTED A GOOD POLICY AND A GOOD
TEAM AND WE WENT AND DID THE 
WORK THAT CANDIDATES DO IN AN 
ELECTION AND I WILL GO HOME AND 
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP AND GET 
UP TOMORROW MORNING.
I HAVE A KEYNOTE SPEECH AND GET 
UP TOMORROW MORNING PROUD TO BE 
A PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDER AND 
PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A CANDIDATE 
AND A CANDIDATE THAT DID 
EVERYTHING I COULD TO PRESENT 
MYSELF TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND 
IT'S A DEMOCRACY. 
>> WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF. 
>> I'M PROUD OF HAVING A GOOD 
GOVERNMENT AND A RESPONSIBLE 
GOVERNMENT AND HAVE PROGRESSIVE 
SOCIAL POLICY WITH INVESTMENTS 
AND DIRECTIONS THAT WILL BE 
LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF ISLANDERS 
AND THE PROVINCE AND I PUT OUR 
ECONOMY AND OUR FINANCES ON THE 
SOUND FOOTING AND LEAVING THINGS
IN GOOD SHAPE TO EVERYONE WHO IS
GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN 
GOVERNING THE PROVINCE IF A 
FURTHER MANDATE.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BLOYCE 
THOMPSON AS A SUCCESSFUL 
CANDIDATE IN 
STANHOPE-MARSHFIELD.
HE IS A FINE PERCH AND A GOOD 
REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY 
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HIM BEING 
OUR MLA IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Louise: THAT IS LIBERAL 
LEADER WADE MacLAUCHLAN SPEAKING
TO REPORTERS STANHOPE PLACE.
HE LEARNED HE DIDN'T WIN WHAT A 
GRACIOUS LEADER THERE TALKING 
ABOUT THE CANDIDATES ON THE 
TICKET AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE 
TOUGH WORK THAT THEY HAVE AHEAD 
AS NOW WE ARE SEEING A PC 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT.
HE SAYSES WILL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT
SLEEP. 
>> I HAVE NO DOUBT HE WILL.
WADE MacLAUCHLAN IS AN ISLAND 
HISTORIAN.
HE APPRECIATES THE MOMENT AND HE
WOULD APPRECIATE THE 
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREEN RISE 
TONIGHT AND I WANT TO JUMP ON IN
A CARRIE SAID IS IT JUST ABOUT 
AGAINST THE LIBERALS.
IT'S NOT.
THE GREEN SURGE IS VOTE AGAINST 
THE PC PARTY AND HOW THEY HAVE 
OPERATED IN OPPOSITION FOR 12 
YEARS.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUR 
HISTORY AS A PROVINCE A PC WIPE 
OUT, THE LAST ELECTION, THE PCs 
SHOULD HAVE ONE.
IN MANY WAYS, THE GREEN SURGE IS
A VOTE AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT
ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
AND WADE MacLAUCHLAN TRUE TO HIS
NATURE HAS MET THE MOMENT OF A 
VERY DIFFICULT EVENING. 
>> Louise: THERE IS A SHARE OF 
THE VOTE THERE YOU CAN SEE.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE MENTIONED 
THERE IN THAT SPEECH AND TALKING
TO REPORTERS, CARRIE, THE ONE 
THING HE CAMPAIGNED ON STRONGLY 
AND WHAT WAS THE ECONOMY. 
>> HE CAN BE PROUD OF THAT 
RECORD, HOW MANY TIMES THAT IS 
THE -- I CAN'T COUNT THEM DID WE
HEAR THAT THE BALANCE BUDGET IS 
COMING AND WE ARE PUTTING OFF A 
YEAR AND REACH THAT BALANCE 
BUDGET, WADE MacLAUCHLAN CAME IN
AND SAID HE PUT IT OFF AND TAKE 
US A COUPLE YEARS IN THAT 
ELECTION, THE PCs AT THAT POINT 
WERE SAYING WE CAN BALANCE IT 
NEXT YEAR, WADE MacLAUCHLAN CAME
IN AND DELIVERED A BALANCED 
BOUGHT BUTH AND REPEATED WITH 
ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE 
AFTER THAT.
THE FINANCIAL HOUSE IS IN ORDER 
FOR THE IN COMING PC MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT.
SOMETHINGS HE SAID, HE CALLED ON
OLD MEMBERS OF THE -- WE HAVE 
SEEN THAT, NOT ALWAYS SEEN THAT.
WE HAD A NICE CAMPAIGN.
SOMETIMES HE WAS MAYBE 
CONFLICTED WITH HIMSELF IN TERMS
OF THE LEADER HEAD HE WANTED TO 
BE AND WHAT WAS DEEMED BY HIM OR
ADVISOR AS THE POLITICAL 
NECESSARITY OF THE DAY.
>> Louise: COULD HE HAVE DONE 
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, COULD THE 
LIBERALS HAVE DONE SOMETHING 
DIFFERENT OR WAS THIS A FOREGONE
CONCLUSION. 
>> SOL OF THE LANGUAGE HE COULD 
USE WAS NOT APPRECIATED OR 
UNDERSTOOD BY ORDINARY ISLANDERS
WHO HAD A PERCEPTION, THE 
ECONOMY WAS BOOMING BUT THE 
PREMIER HAD NO SENSE OF HOW 
DIFFICULT THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE 
WAS.
THE LIBERALS GAVE THEMSELVES THE
BEST OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SUCCESS
IN THIS ELECTION.
THEY RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN.
CLEARLY THERE WAS AN 
ANTI-INCUMBENCY MOVER AND WHEN 
THE TIDE IS RUNNING, YOU CAN'T 
STOP IT.
>> Louise: LET'S LOOK AT THE 
LIBERAL HOLDS.
THAT IS HAL PERRY IN 
TIGNISH-PALMER ROAD, HE IS 
REELECTED THERE.
HE IS THE INCUMBENT THERE. 
>> THE BEST BEARD IN CANADIAN 
POLITICS. 
>> I TOOK AT THE PICTURES FROM 
2015, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM 
WITHOUT THE BEARD.
ON THE WESTERN TIP OF PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND WITH THE 
REELECTION OF HAL PERRY.
MOVING ON TO OTHER DISTRICTS 
THAT THE LIBERALS HAVE RETAINED 
THEIR SEAT.
WITH SONNY GALLANT WINNING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINKING 
ARSENEAU COULD HAVE SWEPT IT 
BUT -- NOT FAR BEHIND.
AND THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE 
WHERE THE GREENS CAN SAY WE CAN 
BUILD ON THE FUTURE, SONNY 
GALLANT IS DOWN FROM WHAT HE WON
WITH LAST TIME.
O'LEARY-INVERNESS, ROB HENDERSON
HOLDING ON IN O'LEARY-INVERNESS.
THIS IS DISAPPOINTING TO HERB 
DICKIESON.
>> Louise: HE GAVE IF A GOOD 
NIGHT.
ROB HENDERSON WILL BE PLEASE AND
AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LIN 
OPPOSITION IF THEY ARE IN 
OPPOSITION.
LET'S LOOKS AT DISTRICT 10.
THIS ONE WE ARE WATCHING AND 
HAVE NOT PROJECTED A WINNER.
IT'S STILL A TIGHT RACE.
WE ARE SEEING A LEAD OF 71 VOTES
FOR ROBERT MITCHELL.
IT COULD STILL FLIP TO GREEN BUT
SO FAR HANGING ON. 
>> IT'S UNLIKELY 71 VOTES WILL 
BE FOUND.
>> Louise: WE WILL GO TO 
DISTRICT 16.
WE CAN SAY THAT HEATH MacDONALD 
HAS BEEN REELECTED IN 
CORNWALL-MEADOWBANK.
NOT A SURPRISE THAT HE WOULD 
HANG ON BUT THE GREEN CANDIDATE 
GAVE HIM A GOOD RUN. 
>> BUT 506. 
>> HE WAS WAITING ON THE ADVANCE
POLLS.
THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A GORD 
McHEELY MOMENT. 
>> STEVE IS IN THE PEI BREWING 
COMPANY WHERE THE GREEN 
HEADQUARTERS ARE TONIGHT AND HE 
HAS A VERY HAPPY PERSON BESIDE 
HIM AND THAT IS HANNAH BELL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE ARE WAITING 
ON THE GREEN LEADER PETER TO 
ARRIVE, WE HEARD A WHOOP AS 
HANNAH BELL. 
>> VERY, VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED 
CROWD TONIGHT.
IT'S A REALLY HISTORIC NIGHT FOR
US AND FOR THE ISLAND. 
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THOSE 
GREEN SEATS IN THE CHARLOTTETOWN
AREA IN THE SUMMERSIDE AREA, HOW
DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT SUCCESS. 
>> WE HAVE HAD A PHENOMENAL 
CANDIDATES FROM THE BEGINNING 
AND CERTAINLY REALLY STRONG 
PRESENCE IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS.
THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN REALLY 
WELL RECEIVED.
WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS BY-ELECTION
IN THE SUMMERSIDE AND MY AREA.
WE HAVE GOT GOOD CAMPAIGN 
EXPERIENCE THERE AND IT SHOWED.
>> IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU THAT THE 
GREENS WOULD BE THIS THE 
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION TO THE 
MONITOR GOVERNMENT WOULD YOU 
HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THAT. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE HAPPY WITH SECURED THE 
RESECURING OUR SEATSER PETER AND
I.
THAT'S HISTORIC FOR PEI TO DO 
THAT.
THE FACT WE HAVE A FULL CAUCUS 
AND NO LONGER THE THIRD PARTY, 
AND A MINORITY GOVERNMENT OUR 
ROLE IS CRITICAL.
AND THAT IS EXCITING.
THIS IS A CHANGING SCENE.
THE GREENS ARE A LEADING FORCE 
IN PEI.
AND IT'S FANTASTIC THAT THE 
PUBLIC HAS PUT THEIR SUPPORT 
BEHIND US AND GIVEN THEIR TRUST 
TO US. 
>> I WILL LET YOU CHAT WITH YOUR
SUPPORTERS. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU 
THANK YOU.
LOUISE, BACK TO YOU. 
>> Louise: WE WILL LOOK AT THE 
DISTRICTS THAT THE PC CANDIDATES
HAVE WON AND PERHAPS SOME KEY 
PEOPLE YOU MIGHT SEE IN CABINET 
UNDER A PC MINORITY GOVERNMENT 
WITH DENNIS KING.
AND SO STEVEN MYERS.
NO BRAINER HE IS A KEY PLAYER IN
A DENNIS KING CABINET. 
>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGE HE WILL 
FACE AND THE BENCH STRENGTH HE 
HAS IN THE EASTERN END OF THE 
PROVINCE AND YOU TRY TO FORM 
CABINET THAT IS BASED ON GENDER 
BALANCE AND GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE, 
THE TORIES DON'T HAVE GENDER 
BALANCE.
THEY HAVE ELECTED ONE AND THEY 
ARE LIGHT ON THE GEOGRAPHIC 
BALANCE, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 
GOING TO -- THERE MAY BE 
POTENTIAL PEOPLE LIKE STEVEN WHO
SHOULD BE THERE BUT LOSE OUT. 
>> HE HAS A BIG TRANSITION TO 
TRY THE TONE THAT DENNIS KING 
WANTSISH MYERS HAS SENT YEARS IN
OPPOSITION AND A FIREFIGHTER 
OPPOSITION MLA BUT DENNIS HAS 
NOT EXPLAINED HOW HE WILL REIN 
IN HIS CAUCUS. 
>> Louise: LET GOES TO DISTRICT 
4 AND THAT'S DARLENE COMPTON.
>> A SENIOR PORTFOLIO, FINANCES,
HEALTHY WHICH SHE WOULD HAVE 
EXPERIENCE, SOCIAL SERVICES. 
>> EDUCATION.
SHE COULD ALMOST PICK HER 
DEPARTMENT.
>> Louise: DISTRICT 6, 
STRATFORD-KINLOCK, THE FORMER PC
LEADER.
JAMES AYLWARD.
HE IS KEY IN. 
>> HE WAS NEVER MORE EFFECTIVE 
AS A HEALTH CRITIC.
AS WE GO EAST WE ARE PUTTING 
EVERYONE IN CABINET.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT UNDER A 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT WHICH WE 
HAVE NEVER SEEN ON PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND.
McEWEN HE WAS A ROCK STAR IN 
THE% CHANCE OF SHOWERS CAUCUS. 
>> HE WILL BE IN CABINET.
IT WILL NOT BE A MINOR 
PORTFOLIO.
DISTRICT 18.
RUSTICO-EMERALD RAN FOR THE 
LEADERSHIP. 
>> RAN FOR THE LEADERSHIP, 
GEOGRAPHICALLY HE FITS THE BILL.
YOU CAN SEE THE ISSUES THE 
TORIES HAVE IS THEY ARE SO FRONT
LOADED WITH MEN THAT IT'S GOING 
TO BE DIFFICULT.
IT DEPENDS WHO THEY PARTNER WITH
IN THE MINORITY GOVERNMENT. 
>> NO ISLAND GOVERNMENT HAD TO 
DO THIS ON A MINORITY BASE.
IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 
CABINET OF 9 OR 10 PEOPLE THERE 
IS NOT MUCH OF A BACK BENCH.
DO THEY GO TO THE GREENSISH 
UNCHARTED TERRITORY.
HE HAS PROMISED TO CREATE A 
MINISTER OF FISHERIES.
IT'S CONTROLLED BY THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IT'S JUST A WAY TO 
GIVE ANOTHER MLA A CAR OR A 
PENSION AND THE CABINET MINISTER
SALARY, THAT PROMISE MAY WAIT A 
WHILE.
HE WAS A STAND UP MEMBER OF 
THEIR CAUCUS IN OPPOSITION, AND 
GEOGRAPHICALLY AS WELL HE KIND 
OF FIT NOOSE PLACE WHERE BECAUSE
HE IS JUST NOT IN THE EAST.
SO HE FITS IN.
WE ARE GOING TO CHECK IN ON THE 
REFERENDUM, OF COURSE THAT 
YES-NO VOTE THAT WAS THE YELLOW 
BALLOT.
WE ARE LEANING TOWARD AS NO.
>> THERE'S 1 POLLS NEXT.
THEY WILL NOT GET TO 15 OR 17.
>> Louise: IT'S LEANING TO THE 
NO.
THAT'S A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT FOR 
THE PCs AND THE GREENS WHO ARE 
SAID HE WERE IN FAVOUR OF MIXED 
MEMBER PROPORTIONAL GOVERNMENT. 
>> IF THEY FORM A MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT TOGETHER THEY MAY. 
>> THEY SAID THEY WOULD HONOUR 
THE VOTE, THE HOCKEY SERIES IS 
TIED AT TWO GAMES TO ONE.
>> Louise: DON'T MENTION HOCKEY.
>> THERE IS NO HOCKEY GAME ON 
TONIGHT, RIGHT. 
>> Louise: NO, NO, YOU'RE NOT 
MISSING ANYTHING.
I WANT TO DIVE IN THOUGH THIS 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT ISSUE.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE.
WE SAW IN NEW BRUNSWICKS THE 
ISSUE OF THAT ONE SEAT 
DIFFERENCE AND THE INCUMBENT 
GOVERNMENT GOING TO -- 
>> IN NEW BRUNSWICK, THE 
LIBERALS DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY 
SEATS BUT WON THE POPULAR VOTE, 
AND IT'S ALWAYS TECHNICALLY IN 
THIS CASE, THE LIBERALS ON PAPER
GET THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GO 
TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND 
SAY WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A 
GOVERNMENT THAT CAN WIN THE 
CONFIDENCE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE 
THEY ARE THE INCUMBENT 
GOVERNMENT.
BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THIRD 
PLACE HERE THERE IS THOUGH 
MANDATE FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
WADE MacLAUCHLAN MADE A CLEAR, 
HE DOESN'T WANT TO TRY TO GO 
DOWN THAT ROAD.
YOU CAN'T DO IT WITH FIVE SEATS.
>> Louise: WHAT HAPPENS THEN. 
>> IT'S FOR THE PCs, I WOULD 
EXPECT TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN
PLAN GO TO THE LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR TO SAY I CAN COMMAND 
THE CONFIDENCE OF THE HOUSE BUT 
WHAT PLAN WILL HE HAVE TO DO 
THAT?
WILL IT BE THERE COULD BE A 
COALITION BETWEEN% CHANCE OF 
SHOWERS AND LIBERALS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS OUT OF 
THE QUESTION.
WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER PROVINCES 
THERE CAN BE A SIGNED AGREEMENT 
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, I BELIEVE 
IT IS, THE NDP HAVE AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE GREEN THEY WILL SUPPORT
THEM FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS 
ON CONFIDENCE MOTIONS TO KEEP 
THE GOVERNMENT AFLOAT.
>> Louise: THEY DON'T LIKE THE 
PHRASE COALITION. 
>> ONE THING THAT WILL HELP THEM
COOPERATE MORE IS THE NEW 
FINANCING RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THEY HAVE ALL JUST EXPENDED A 
HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND FILL 
YOU WILL THE COFFERS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AIR OF 
COOPERATION.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS AND
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING 
TO LOOK LIKE.
>> Louise: IS THIS CONVERSATION 
GOES ON.
THIS MAY BE -- IT WOULD BE 
ELECTION NIGHT FLTH WE ARE 
WAITING FOR THE GREEN LEADER TO 
SPEAK.
THE CONVERSATION AND THE 
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE 
PARTIES REALLY THAT IS JUST 
GOING TO BE -- THAT'S GOING TO 
START.
WILL HE OFFER THE SEAT TO 
LIBERALS OF THE OTHER THING I 
WOULD SAY FOR DENNIS KING IF HE 
FORMS GOVERNMENT IS DON'T MAKE 
THE MISTAKE OF MacLEAN WAS TO 
ASK EVERY DEPUTY MINISTER TO 
THEIR RESIGNATION.
IF YOU'RE IN A NEW 
ADMINISTRATION THERE IS NOTHING 
THAT STOPS YOU FURTHER FASTER 
THAN THE BUREAUCRACY.
AND IF DENNIS KING IS ABLE TO 
FORM MINORITY.
HE DESERVES THE RIGHT TO HAVE 
THE PEOPLE IN PLACE THAT HE 
NEEDS IN PLACE TO MOVE HIS 
AGENDA FORWARD.
DOESN'T MEAN HE HAS TO GET RID 
OF THE DEPUTIES BUT SOME OF THEM
WOULDN'T BE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE 
THE TORIES ARE LOOKING FOR.
YOU'RE THINKING WHAT ARE THE 
ITEMS WE WANT TO PUT UP THERE AS
THE PRICE TO WIN OUR SUPPORT IN 
THE CONFIDENCE MOTION TO KEEP A 
PC MINORITY GOVERNMENT AFLOAT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CROSS OVERS 
IN THE PLATFORM AND THE PC 
PLATFORM HAD A NUMBER OF ITEMS 
IN COMMON WITH THE GREEN 
PLATFORM.
>> Louise: A LEVEL OF 
COOPERATION BUILT IN, IT SEEMS.
WHAT MIGHT BE OFFERED AS AN 
INDUCEMENT IF YOU SUPPORT US WE 
WILL GIVE YOU THIS ELEMENT FROM 
YOUR MRORMENT: 
>> IF YOU ARE THE GREENS YOU 
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH PARTNERS
WITH THE TWO OLD PARTIES THE 
REASON YOU HAVE NINE SEATS IS 
BECAUSE ISLANDERS WERE 
FRUSTRATED WITH THE TORIES AND 
THE LIBERALS. 
>> Louise: LET'S LOOK AT KEY 
GREEN PARTY WINNERS IN TONIGHT'S
ELECTION.
THIS HANNAH BELL, THIS DISTRICT 
11, WELL LIKED WITHIN THAT 
DISTRICT.
CHARLOTTETOWN-BELVEDERE SHE WAS 
JUST THE SECOND GREEN TO GET A 
SEAT.
SHE WILL BE A KEY MEMBER IN THIS
GREEN GOVERNMENT. 
>> NOT A GREEN GOVERNMENT. 
>> Louise: SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
>> THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION 
WHEN THE HANNAH BELL WON THE 
ELECTION SHE WON IT IN PART ON 
THE COAT TAILS OF PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER.
SHE WON THIS RIDING BY HERSELF 
TONIGHT BECAUSE THE RIDING 
CHANGED I THINK WHEN WE TALKED 
ANT THIS WHEN SHE WON THE 
BY-ELECTION THAT SEEMS TO BE A 
CHANGING OF THE GUARD EVEN AT 
THAT POINT THAT THOSE IN THAT 
DISTRICT VOTED FOR THE CANDIDATE
AS OPPOSED TO REGULAR PARTY 
LINES.
I THOUGHT THAT RACE ABOUT AT THE
CANDIDATE.
I THOUGHT SHE WENT OUT IN THE 
BY-ELECTION AND JUST SHOWED ON 
THE DOORSTEPS SHE WAS THE BEST 
OF THE CANDIDATES ON OFFER IN 
THAT RACE.
AND WHEN SHE GOT IN THE 
LEGISLATURE, IF THERE WERE 
QUESTION, WELL, WHETHER SHE ROAD
PETER BEVAN-BAKER'S COAT TAILS 
SHE PROVED HERSELF IN THE 
LEGISLATURE AS AN EFFECTIVE 
MEMBERS.
LET'S LOOK AT DISTRICT 14.
CHARLOTTETOWN-WEST ROYALTY AND 
THE GREEN WIN THERE, 149 VOTE 
LEADER GAVIN HALL COULD HE BE A 
KEY PERSON. 
>> WE HAVE NOT CALLED THIS ONE 
YET. 
>> Louise: WE HAVE NOT CALLED 
THIS ONE.
>> WE -- ARE WE IN A SITUATION 
WHERE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE 
ADVANCE POLL.
>> Louise: IF GAVIN HALL IS 
ELECTED BY -- TONIGHT WOULD HE 
BE A KEY FIGURE IN THE GREEN 
CAUCUS?
>> WELL, POTENTIALLY.
I MEAN THAT'S ONE OF THE THING 
ALSO  -- PETER BEVAN-BAKER AND 
HANNAH BELL'S CHALLENGE AS THEY 
ARE THE ONES WITH EXPERTISE IS 
HOW DO YOU BUILD A CAUCUS THAT 
CAN REACH OUT TO ALL ISLANDERS 
ON THE BROAD SCOPE OF ISSUES 
INTACTING ISLANDERS AND PROMOTE 
YOURSELF AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
AND ANOTHER KEY DISTRICT AND 
THAT IS TYNE VALLEY-SHERBROOK, 
THE LIBERALS,S TRANSPORTATION 
MINISTER WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS
BLOW THIS IS FOR HER AND A HUGE 
WIN FOR TRISH ALTASS.
SHE IS ONE OF THE LOCAL 
CANDIDATES WHO IS KNOWN AND 
RESPECTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY RESEARCHER BY VOCATION
HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF 
POVERTY ADVOCACY AND THAT KIND 
OF THING.
THIS WAS ONE -- THIS TELLS THE 
TALE OF THE TAPE WHICH THE 
MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION COMES
THIRD IN PEI.
SUMMERSIDE-WILMOT WITH LYNNE 
LUND WINNING THIS DISTRICT.
WE ARE SEEING THE LIBERALS 
INCUMBENT IN THIRD . 
>> THAT WAS A GOOD STRATEGY TO 
TRY TO BUILD UP A PARTY FROM 
ALMOST NOWHERE.
>> Louise: OKAY WE HAVE HEARD 
TONIGHT FROM THE LIBERAL LEADER 
WADE MacLAUCHLAN AND WE HAVE 
HEARD FROM PC LEADER DENNIS KING
AND NDP LEADER JOE BYRNE.
HE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER.
HE DECIDED TO WATCH THE RESULT 
WAS HIS FAMILY AND HE WILL HEAD 
DOWN TO THE BREWING COMPANY AND 
THEN WE JUST SAW HANNAH BELL.
SHE HAS ARRIVED THERE.
ALL EYES ARE WAITING IF HE THE 
PEI BREWING COMPANY TO SEE WHEN 
PETER BEVAN-BAKER WILL GET THERE
AND WHAT HE WILL SAY TO HIS 
SUPPORTERS.
THIS MAY BE HIM.
AND, YEAH, HIGH FIVES AND A 
JUBILANT.
WE SAW THE JUBILATION WHEN HE 
WON ALONE WON A SEAT, AND NOW 9.
HIS OWN HEAT, AND BELL AND KEY 
MEMBERS RUNNING FOR HIS PARTY IN
THIS ELECTION AND A VERY HAPPY 
PETER BEVAN-BAKER TONIGHT.
HE SHOULD BE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF
WHAT HE HAS BUILT.
HE TOOK A GREEN PARTY THAT WAS 
LOOKED UPON BY A LOT OF 
ISLANDERS AS A PARTY THAT WAS 
WAY OUT ON THE EXTREME AND HE 
HAS BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE 
MIDDLE AND FOCUSSED ON FISCAL 
POLICIES AND FOCUSSED ON POLICY 
THAT IMPACTS INDIVIDUALS AND HE 
IS FOCUSSED ON THE ENVIRONMENT 
AND RESONATES.
IF THERE SAN MLA IN THIS HOUSE 
THAT IS CLOSE TO ANGUS McLEAN 
IT'S PETER BEVAN-BAKER.
DO THE GREENS TRY TO FORM A 
COALITION OR A PARTNERSHIP WITH 
THE LIBERALS WHICH IS WITHIN THE
REALM OF REALITY.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED BY THAT BUT
IN A MINORITY THAT COULD HAPPEN 
THE PETER BEVAN-BAKER AT THE 
PODIUM WE WILL BE QUIET AND LET 
HIM ADDRESS SUPPORTERS.
JUST CHECKING TO SEE MANY 
ELIZABETH MAY HAS TWEETED YET. 
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK
I HAVE EVER FELT AS OVERWHELMED 
WITH BOTH JOY AND GRIEF 
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
MY HEART IS SO FULL BUT IT'S 
BREAKING.
AS YOU KNOW A DEAR FRIEND OF 
MINE AND YOURS JOSH UNDER HAY 
AND HIS SON DIED IN A DREADFUL 
ACCIDENT.
HIS ABSENCE THIS EVENING LEAVES 
AN EMPTINESS THAT CAN NOT BE 
FILLED.
BESIDES BEING A BELOVED TEACHER 
AND A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE AND A 
DEVOTED FATHER AND SO MANY OTHER
THINGS, HE WAS A BRILLIANT 
MUSICIAN AND THAT IS ACTUALLY 
HOW WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER 
WAS THROUGH MUSIC THROUGH OR 
SHARED LOVE OF MUSIC.
HE LIKE ME HE PLAYED A TRUMPET.
HE PLAYED IT BETTER THAN I DID 
AND WILL I DON'T THINK JOSH 
PLAYED A BORING TRUMPET SOLO.
I DON'T THINK BORING WAS IN 
JOSH'S VOCABULARY.
IN ANY OF THE LANGUAGES THAT HE 
SPOKE SO FLUENTLY AND 
EFFORTLESSLY.
BUT EXCITING WAS.
AND ENERGETIC AND DARING AND 
HUMOROUS AND SPARKLING AND 
SENSITIVE AND CREATIVE AND 
BEAUTIFUL.
ALL OF THOSE WORDS AND SO MANY 
MORE.
DESCRIBED A MAN WE LOST JUST A 
FEW DAYS AGO.
AND LOVING.
WAS THERE A MORE LOVING FATHER?
AND ALL OF OUR HEARTS BREAK THAT
YOUNG OLIVER WILL NEVER GET TO 
SHINE HIS LIGHT IN THIS WORLD.
A LIGHT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT 
WOULD HAVE BEEN PURE AND BRIGHT.
NURTURED LOVINGLY AS IT WAS BY 
CARRIE AND JOSH.
JOSH'S TRUMPET SOLO WAS FAR TOO 
SHORT.
THE MUSIC WAS MUTED BY A 
DREADFUL SUDDENNESS.
HE PLAYED IS TO WELL AND SO 
BEAUTIFULLY AND ALLURINGLY.
AND WE ALL HEARD WHAT JOSH HAD 
TO SAY.
LIVE WELL TOGETHER.
AND INCLUDE EVERYBODY AS YOU 
BUILD COMMUNITY.
LIVE ON THIS EARTH GENTLY AND 
ABOVE ALL ELSE, CARE ABOUT THE 
CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURE.
AND JOSH IS JOYFUL AND INSPIRING
SONG WILL ECHO ACROSS THIS 
ISLAND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
SO I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT 
ABOUT MUSIC OVER THE LAST FEW 
DAYS.
AND MANY OF YOU LIKE ME ARE 
FEELING CONVICTED OR CONFUSED OR
EVEN GUILTY AS WE CELEBRATE AND 
MOURN AT THE SAME TIME.
LET'S REMEMBER THAT SORROW IS A 
SINGLE NOTE ON THE SCALE OF 
HUMAN EMOTION.
YOU CAN NOT CREATE MUSIC WITH A 
SINGLE NOTE.
YOU NEED TO ADD AND BLEND AND  
HARMONIZE MORE NOTES.
THERE IS A HIDDEN GRACE IN 
COMPLEX EMOTIONS.
I HOPE TONIGHT WE CAN BE COURAGE
AND KIND TO EACH OTHER AS WE 
OPEN OURSELVES TO EXPERIENCING 
MANY DIFFERENT NOTES TONIGHT.
NOT JUST SORROW, BUT JOY AND 
GRATITUDE AND LONGING BUT MOSTLY
HOPE.
BECAUSE TODAY IS ABOUT HOPE.
THE HOPE THAT WE CAN CREATE A 
BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN 
AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.
AND A GREEN PARTY ENTERED THIS 
ELECTION ASKING ISLANDERS TO PUT
THEIR FAITH IN US.
TO INTRODUCE A NEW WAY OF 
GOVERNING.
A GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE CORE 
PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE GREEN 
PARTY IS FOUNDED, LIVING WITHIN 
OUR -- A JUST SOCIETY AND A CURE
OF PEACE.
WE ASK ICE TO TRUST US TO BRING 
A NEW LONG-TERM VISION TO 
DECISION MAKING TO PUBLIC HEALTH
MEANINGFUL REFORMS TO MAKE 
GOVERNMENT MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO 
THE LEGISLATURE AND TO THE 
PEOPLE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
AND POLICE THE INTERESTS OF OUR 
CONSTITUENTS AHEAD OF THE 
INTERESTS OF OUR PARTY.
ISLANDERS HEARD THOSE COMMITS 
AND THEY HAVE RESPONDED WITH 
ENTHUSIASM.
[ Applause ] 
>> ISLANDERS RESPONDED BY GRANTS
US A REPORT NUMBER OF SEATS BY 
FAR THE MOST SEATS EVER WON BY A
GREEN PARTY IN CANADA.
[ Cheering and Applause ] 
>> and as a proponent of 
proportional representation I'm 
a strong believer in the 
capacity of minority governments
to create a collaborative 
environment where competing 
parties can put the interests of
constituents and islanders 
first.
[ Cheering and Applause ] I 
WOULD REALLY TO CONGRATULATE 
DENNY KING, A FINE MAN AND A 
GOOD FRIEND.
CONGRATULATIONS DANNY.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 
MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE 
OTHER PARTIES TO DISCUSS HOW WE 
CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE AND 
WORK TOGETHER.
MANY ISLANDERS HAVE COMMENTED ON
JUST HOW CORDIAL THIS ELECTION 
HAS BEEN AND I BELIEVE THAT 
BODES WELL FOR A PRODUCTIVE FOUR
YEARSES OF WORKING IN UNISON FOR
THE BENEFIT OF ALL ISLANDERS.
IN DEED, THE RESPONSE BY ALL THE
PARTIES IN WEEKEND HAS REMINDED 
ME HOW BLESSED WE ALL ARE TO 
LIVE IN A PROVINCE WHERE PEOPLE 
PUT COMMUNITY AHEAD OF PARTISAN 
INTERESTS.
[ Cheering and Applause ] 
>> PEI is a very special place.
and it never showed its beauty 
and its strength more clearly 
than the last couple of days.
my god, I love this island.
[ Cheering and Applause ] AND OF
COURSE POLITICALLY WE HAVE 
ENTERED INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY
HERE ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE 
CONFIDENCE IN OUR POLITICAL 
SYSTEM I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE 
GOOD WILL OF THE OTHER PARTIES 
AND OUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER
AND PROVIDE ISLANDERS WITH A 
GOOD GOVERNANCE WE ALL DESERVE.
BEFORE I LEAVE THIS STAGE, THERE
IS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I HAVE TO 
THANK.
I PROMISE I WILL KEEP THIS 
BRIEF.
THERE IS SO MANY.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
CANDIDATES FROM ALL OF THE 
PARTIES.
[ Cheering and Applause ] 
>> it's not an easy thing to put
your name forward.
it's in the easy to step into 
the spotlight, a bright and 
harsh spotlight and seek public 
office and every candidate, 
every one of the 111 deserves 
our respect and our 
appreciation.
especially want to thank my 
candidates in district 17.
thank you very much to Judy and 
Don for a well fought battle in 
new haven-rocky point.
thank you to the -- who had 
confidence in me to KEERN the 
work I've been doing and thank 
you to all islanders for an 
amazing turn out again at the 
polls.
[ Applause ] I WANT TO THANK THE
LEADERS OF THE THREE OTHER 
PARTIES TO DANNY AND WADE AND 
JOE.
I CONDUCTED A CAMPAIGN THAT 
MAKES ALL ISLANDERS PROUD, A 
CAMPAIGN NOTED FOR ITS CIVILITY 
AND POSITIVE DEBATE ON COMPLEX 
AND DIVISIVE ISSUES.
WHEN I CONSIDER THE RANKER AND 
THE  NASTINESS IN OTHER 
PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS I FEEL 
BLESSED TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY ARE PLACED 
ABOVE PARTISAN BICKERING.
I LOVE THIS ISLAND.
I WANT TO THANK OUR CAMPAIGN 
STAFF, JORDAN AND CYNTHIA AND 
JONATHAN, AMAZING!
[ Cheering and Applause ]
AND PERRY WILLIAMS, TO SARAH 
SAWNED ERRS, AND ROY JOHNSTON.
AMAZE,ASE MAYSING PEOPLE.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> AND I DEEPLY AMGRATEFUL FOR 
THE HELP FROM GREEN PARTY 
ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM OTHER 
PROVINCES WHO CAME HERE, TO 
ELIZABETH MAY TORQUES DAVID COO,
AND MEGAN MITTEN, ALL WHO CAME 
HERE AND HELPED OUT, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH, AND ALL THE OTHER 
GREENS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO 
DAME CAME TO BE A PART OF THIS 
EXCITEMENT.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> ESPECIALLY I HAVE TO SAY TO 
DEAR ELIZABETH, WHO AS WE 
PROBABLY ANNOY, GOT MARRIED 
YESTERDAY, AND SHE WAS HERE FIVE
DAY MRS. HER WEDDING WHAT.
AN AMAZING WOMAN.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ELIZABETH AND
JOHN.
I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A WONDERFUL
HONEYMOON, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
AND OF COURSE NONE OF THIS WOULD
HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE AT ALL 
WITHOUT MY AMAZING WIFE.
>> YOU'RE LISTENING TO GREEN 
PARTY LEADER PETER BEVAN-BAKER 
ONTO VERY SUCCESSFUL ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN.
HE MENTIONED ELIZABETH MAY, AND 
SHE IS ON HER HONEYMOON, AND 
SAID HER HUSBAND WAS FORCING HER
TO HAND OVER HORE BLACKBERRY, 
AND SHE MAY NOT TWEET TONIGHT 
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WITH LIZ MAY.
HEART IS FULL, BUT HEART IS 
BREAK INNING TALKING ABOUT HIS 
FRIEND, HIS COLLEAGUE, HIS GREEN
PARTY COLLEAGUE, JOSH UNDERHAY 
AND YOUNG SON WHO WITH KILLED ON
FRIDAYS IN A CANOEING ACCIDENT, 
YOU COULD SEE THE EMOTION, HEAR 
THE EMOTION IN HIS VOICE, SO 
IT'S JOY, BUT IT'S HEARTBREAK 
UNDERNEATH AS WELL FOR THE GREEN
PARTY LEADER.
TALKED A LOT ABOUT COOPERATION 
THERE AS WELL, AND CERTAINLY 
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT OR HAVE
TO SEE THAT IN A MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOOK NOW 
AT SOME OF THE FINAL NUMBERS.
WE'RE STILL WAIT ON TWO 
DISTRICTS FOR FINAL N BY THE 
WAY, BUT TAKING A LOOKED VOTER 
TURNOUT THIS TIME AROUND, IF WE 
CAN BRING THAT BOARD UP TO SHOW 
YOU THAT, WE'LL ALSO THEN LOOK 
AT WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT NOW, BUT 
-- 
SO THERE'S VOTER TURNOUT.
DOWN, SO WE'RE AT 77.6%.
THAT'S DOWN 3.1 POINTS.
THAT'S A CHANGE.
THAT'S QUITE A DRAMATIC SHIFT.
THE AVERAGE SINCE 1966 I HAVE IN
FRONT OF ME, 82.2%.
SO A DROP IN TURNOUT.
>> I'M A BIT SURPRISED.
MY GUESS IS A GOOD CHURNING MUCH
LIBERALS AND MAYBE A SMALLER 
CHRIST CHURCHING MUCH PCs STAYED
HOME.
>> Louise: AND DISTRICT 9 NOT 
VOTING.
MAYBE A LARGE ARE TURNOUT -- 
VOTING IN THE REFERENDUM BUT NOT
THE CANDIDATE.
>> SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT 
FACTORS INTO THE TURNOUT, YOU'RE
RIGHT.
ON PEI ANYTHING UNDER 08% IS 
SOMETHING WE'RE DISAPPOINTED 
WITH.
>> A PERSONAL INSULT.
>> IT KIND OF IS.
>> Louise: WE'RE GOING TO LOOK 
AT WOMEN AND THE SHIFT IN THAT, 
SO I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE 
A CHANGE OF PLUS ONE, AND THAT'S
REALLY A CREDIT TO THE GREEN 
PARTY, WHO WAS ADDING TO THAT, 
SO THERE IS A PLUS ONE CHANGE 
WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN IN 
GOVERNMENT, ZERO CHANGE FOR THE 
PCs.
>> CREATING HISTORY JUST IN THE 
FACT THAT MORE THAN 50% OF THE 
GREEN CAUCUS IS FEMALE?
>> UKRAINIAN, THAT'S PRETTY 
REMARKABLE.
FIVE OUT OF NINE THERE FOR THE 
GREEN PARTY, AND I DON'T KNOW 
HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE ELECTED AT
THIS POINT.
>> ALL OF THEM.
>> THEY ALL ARE.
>> Louise: THEY ALL ARE.
WE'RE WAITED ON D10 AND D14.
SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE 
REFERENDUM NOW AND WHAT IS HMCS 
THERE TONIGHT.
SO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR -- 
THE THRESHOLD THERE AS KERRY 
MENTIONED EARLIER, AS WE WERE 
TALKING B50.1 FOR THAT POPULAR 
VOTE, AND IN THIS 17 OF THE 
DISTRICTS, AND JUST NOT MEETING 
THAT EXPECTATION, NOT GETTING 
PAST THAT THRESHOLD ON EITHER 
SIDE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE A NO.
>> THEY PICKED UP 0.9 OF 1% IN 
ABOUT FIVE POLLS.
>> FIVE POLLS LEFT, YOU NEVER 
KNOW.
>> FIVE POLLS LEFT, SO -- 
YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE THE RIGHT 
PORTION THEY MIGHT GET TO 50.
IT'S UNLIKELY, BUT THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO GET TO 17.
>> Louise: NOT GOING TO GET TO 
17.
SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
THESE TWO DISTRICTS TONIGHT.
DISTRICT 10 IS AND DISTRICT 14 
THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE FINAL 
RESULTS IN.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN PULL 
THOSE BOARDS UP.
10 IS COMING UP, AND WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT CHARLOTTETOWN - 
WINSLOE, LIBERAL INCUMBENT THERE
IS RUOPP MITCHELL.
HE'S STILL IN THE LEAD, AND HE'S
HELD ONTO THAT TONIGHT, BUT JUST
71, AND WE'RE NOT SEEING A FINAL
RESULT IN CHARLOTTETOWN - 
WINSLOE AS OF YET.
AND WILL HIS WE'LL TAKE A LOOK 
AT DISTRICT 14.
AGAIN, THIS IS IT NOT A FINAL 
RUT THIS WAS THAT INTERESTING 
DISTRICT 14, THE FOUR-WAY RACE 
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THE 
ELECTION, GAVIN HALL, THE GREEN 
PARTIED CANDIDATE IN THE LEAD 
THERE WITH 149 VOTES.
>> YOU WONDER IF BUSH DUMVILLE 
AS A FORMER LIBERAL, GORD 
McNEILLY RUNNING AS A LIBERAL, 
BUT A FORMER NDP, DID BUSH TAKE 
LIBERAL VOTES AWAY FROM GORD 
McNEILLY?
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S NOT 
ENOUGH THERE WITH THESE NUMBERS 
TO MAKE A DINNERS, BUT THIS IS 
ANOTHER ONE WHERE I'M LOOKING 
AND THINKING WE'RE MISSION THE 
ADVANCE POLL HERE, SO THERE'S A 
LOT OF VOTES THAT COULD STILL 
COME INTO PLAY HERE AND SHIFT 
THINGS.
>> Louise: OKAY.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY -- 
I TELLY YOU WHAT WE'RE WAITING 
ON.
FULL DISCLOSURE.
WAITING FOR DENNIS KING.
HE WAS HEADING DOWN TO THE ROD, 
CHARLOTTETOWN, I BELIEVE, ROD 
CHARLOTTETOWN, WHERE THEY WERE 
GOING TO BE HAVING THEIRDY THE 
PC CELEBRATION TONIGHT.
I THINK WE HAVE A LIVE SHOT 
THERE.
OH, NATALIA RUNNING THROUGH.
YES, OUR CAMERAS ARE TRYING TO 
GET IN PLACE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE 
DENSKIN JUST SHOWING UP, AND HE 
IS HAVING A SPEECH SO TO HIS 
SUPPORTERS.
AND WATCHING FROM HUNTER RIVER 
HARMONY HOUSE, A CHOATE SNIT 
GROUP OF FRIENDS, AND AFTER THE 
BALLOTS WERE COUNTEDED AND DONE,
HE WAS GOING TO MAKE HIS WAY TO 
THE ROD TO CHARLOTTETOWN AND YOU
CAN HEAR THERE THE FAMILIAR SONG
WE HEARD DURING THE LEADERSHIP 
CONVENTION.
CAN YOU HEAR THAT?
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT, KERRY?
YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT, WHAT IS 
IT, I WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY?
I WISH YOU COULD BE HAPPIER, I 
BELIEVE, IS THE THEME SONG THAT 
WAS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN,
AND THAT WASN'T THAT LONG ACRES 
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT 
NIGHT, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT 
THIS, WAS IS HE READY TO -- 
FOR THE ELECTION.
>> THAT WAS FEBRUARY, AND ONE OF
THE CRITICISMS FROM THE PEOPLE 
RUNNING AGAINST HIM FORT LEAPED 
WAS HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A 
PLATFORM AS PART OF THE 
LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN.
HE WAS GOING TO TALK TO 
ISLANDERS JAVIER WARDS AND PUT 
THAT TOGETHER, AND THE CRITICISM
WAS, YOU WON'T HAVE TIME.
>> WHAT ARE THE KEY THINGS THAT 
DENNIS KING FACES IS ENSURING 
THAT THE KEY PEOPLE AROUND HIM 
ARE THE RIGHT ONES TO PUT THE 
PARTY, THE PROVINCE, AND DENNIS,
DENNIS FIRST.
IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATE, 
BECAUSE HE HAS, LIKE EVERY 
PERSON, HE WAS STRENGTHS AND 
WEAKNESSES.
HE HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
PEOPLE HE HAS AROUND HIM MAKE 
HESS WEAKNESSES STRENGTHS.
>> Louise: AND WE TALKED ABOUT 
THIS DURING THE LEADERSHIP 
CONVENTION AS WELL WHEN HE WAS 
-- 
HE WON THE LEADERSHIP, IS THAT 
HE HAD A STRONG CAUCUS, THE PC 
CAUCUS, BEHIND HIM, STRONG FACE 
THAT IS WERE RE-ELECTED TONIGHT 
AND SO HE WILL HAVE AT THAT 
STRENGTH GOING FORWARD.
>> WHAT THE PCs HAD KIND OF WITH
THE GOVERNMENT IN WAIT INNING 
ANYWHERE OPPOSITION, BUT WITHOUT
A LEADER, ALL THESE YEARS, 
BECAUSE BACK IN 2015 THEIR 
LEADER DIDN'T WIN HIS SEAT, AND 
IT TOOK THEM THIS ALONG, A FACT,
REALLY, I THINKS BEEN SINCE 2007
THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE 
PERSON WHO CAN COME ANDN AND 
LEAD THEM INTO THIS SITUATION.
EVER SINCE THE PAT BINNS 
GOVERNMENT WENT COUNSEL TO 
GEERKTS NOT ABLE TO FILL THAT 
LEADERSHIP VOICE.
>> ONE EVER OF THE CHALLENGES HE
WILL FACE, AND RAPS THEY ARE THE
LEADING PARTY WILL TAKE CARE 
EVER A LOT OF IT, IS HOW DO YOU 
CONTROL THAT CAUCUS?
THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE ISSUES 
OVER THE YEARS, THAT THEY'VE 
JUST SORT OF GONE MADLY OFF IN 
ALL DIRECTIONS.
DENNIS HAS SET A TONE.
IT'S A BENCHMARK.
IT'S NOW WHAT EVERYONE IN THAT 
CAUCUS NEEDS TO MEET.
AND THAT NEEDS TO PERCOLATE 
THROUGH POLICY, THROUGH 
INTERACTION WITH OTHER PARTIES, 
AND THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF HOW 
THIS GOVERNMENT MOVES FORWARD.
>> Louise: THERE'LL BE SOME IN 
THE PC CAUCUS THAT WON'T WANT TO
PLAY NICE WITH THE OTHER 
PARTIES?
>> YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT 
WILL BE STEVEN MYERS, WHO IS 
GREAT ON EDUCATION.
YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A 
WONDERFUL DISCUSSION WITH HIM, 
BUT HE'S BEEN KNOWN AS THE GUY 
WHO IS A LITTLE DIRTY IN THE 
HOUSE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE 
FASCINATING TO SEE WHAT ROLE HIS
-- 
WHAT ROLE HE PLAYS IN THIS 
GOVERNMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, STEPHEN WASN'T 
ALONE I MEAN, THERE WERE OTHERS,
AND SO MAKING THE TRANSITION 
FROM A STRIDENT OPOSITIONAL TO 
AN EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IN AN 
ERA WHEN THE NEW LEADER AND THE 
PREMIER-DESIGNATE IS SAYING IT 
MATTERS TO BE CIVIL, WE DON'T 
HAVE TO ARGUE ALL THE TIME, WE 
CAN GET ALONG WITH OUR 
OPPOSITION, AND WE WON'T BE SORT
OF KNOCKED FOR IT.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE.
>> THAT SHIFT WAS A COMPLETE 108
FOR SOME CAUCUS MEMBERS LIKE 
STEVENS MICROS BUT BRADLEY 
TRIVERS, SIDNEY MacEWEN, NOT 
MUCH OF A SHIFT AT ALL.
I THINK THEY WERE ALREADY READY 
FOR THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO INCLUDE SOMEONE LIKE STEVEN 
MYERS, WHO HAS GREAT STRENGTHS, 
BUT NEVER HAD THAT TONE THAT 
DENNIS KING HAS NOW BASICALLY 
IMPOSED ON THE SPEEMPLT THAT IS 
A CHALLENGE.
>> Louise: BUT HE'S SUCH A 
HIGH-PROPORTIONAL PC THAT YOU 
WOULD WITHINEDER.
YOU HEARD IT IN PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER -- 
>> HE'LL LOVE THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HIM.
>> Louise: OH, YEAH.
PETER BETCHA AND HIS SPEECH 
THERE, YOU HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW,
MY GOOD 410, DENNY KING.
YOU'RE ALREADY SEE, WE SAW IT 
THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN, BUT YOU'RE
ALREADY SEEING IN THINKS SPEECH 
TONIGHT, MY GOOD FRIEND DENNY 
KING, THAT CAMARADERIE THAT 
EXISTS AND OBVIOUSLY WILL 
EXTEND.
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN 30, 35
YEARS.
>> Louise: WE DON'T SEE IT VERY 
MUCH IN POLITICS AT ALL, 
ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW LONG IT LASTS, 
WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE 
FASCINATING THINGS TO WATCH AS 
WE GO FORWARD, BECAUSE 
ULTIMATELY QUESTION PERIOD IS 
ABOUT DEBATING GOVERNMENT 
POLICY, AND THE ACTIONS, AND YOU
KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE AT SOME 
POINT IN TIME THEY'RE GOING TO 
BE -- 
HAVE TO BE CHALLENGED, BUT THEY 
CAN COULD DUOIT IN A CIVIL WAY 
AND THROUGH COMMITTEES AND 
ENSURING COMMITTEES ARE FAIR.
>> Louise: OKAY.
STILL WAITING FOR DENNIS KING TO
SHOW UP.
AT THE TOP OF THE CLOCK WE'LL 
SAY GOOD-BYE TO VIEWERS ON NEWS 
NETWORK, SO COUNT DOWN THAT THAT
A LITTLE BIT HERE.
AND I'M WONDERING ABOUT, AND 
GOING GO THROUGH THIS A BIT 
LATER, THE HEADLINES TOMORROW, 
WILL THEY BE DIFFERENT LOCALLY 
VERSUS NATIONALLY?
THAT'S WHAT I'M CURIOUS WITH, 
BECAUSE SO MUCH NATIONAL 
ATTENTION.
>> I THINK THE NATIONAL MEDIA 
GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE FACT THAT 
GREENS COULD FORM A GOVERNMENT 
BASED ON ONE ORIGIN TWO POLLS.
I THINK LOCALLY THE HEADLINE IS 
GREEN PARTY SURGES TO OFFICIAL 
OPPOSITION, BECAUSE, REALLY, 
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE 
TORIES' ELECTION TO LOSE, IN A 
CHANGE ELECTION.
THEY SHOULD HAVE -- 
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJORITY 
GOVERNMENT AT ANY OTHER TIME IN 
OUR HISTORY.
>> Louise: BUT IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND YOU'RE 
NATIONAL MEDIA, ARE YOU LOOKING 
AT THIS AS A BLOW TO THE GREEN 
PARTY?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK YOU ARE.
IT WAS MORE THAN A COUPLE POLLS,
A GOOD YEAR'S WORTH OF POLLS 
SHOWING THE GHREIBS IN THE LEAD,
NOT IN MAJORITY GOVERNMENT 
TERRITORY ORN THING LIKE THAT, 
BUT YOU THINK OUTSIDE PEI 
THERE'S A PC MINORITY HERE 
ORIGIN PEI.
THAT'S THE BIG STORY FOR US, NOT
FOR THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE 
PROVINCE.
THE GREENS BECOMING, YOU KNOW, 
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION STATUS IS 
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL 
STORY.
>> Louise: THEY'LL BE HONE 
INSPECTING ON THAT.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE NOW AT 
DENNIS KING.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> JUST GREATED BY JIM LEE, 
FORMER PC PREMIER.
>> Louise: THERE YOU GO.
WE'RE WATCHING HIM.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO HIM LIVE 
WHEN HE GOES TO THE PODIUM.
WHERE HE GOING TO BID FAREWELL 
IN ABOUT 20 SECONDS' TIME HERE 
TO OUR VIEWERS ON CBC NEWS 
NETWORK.
ON NEWS NETWORK YOU'VE BEEN 
WATCHING AN HISTORIC ELECTION ON
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, A 
MIERNLTDI MINORITY GOVERNMENT 
THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NEVER
SEEN ON PEI BEFORE.
AND A MINORITY GOVERNMENT, PC 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT WITH THE 
GREENS GETTING NINE SEATS IN 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SO YOU'VE 
BEEN WATCHING ALONG WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE IF.
GOOD NIGHT TO YOU ON CBC NEWS 
NETWORK.
AND WE'RE STAYING LIVE ON CBC 
TELEVISION, ON RADIO, AND ONLINE
TO HOPEFULLY HEAR FROM THE PC 
LEADER IN THIS PC MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT, SO STAY WITH US 
TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING A LITTLE BIT LATER, 
BECAUSE WE DO WANT YOU TO BE 
ABLE TO HEAR FROM DENNIS KING.
WE HEARD FROM HIM EARLIER, BUT 
THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAD PROJECT 
AD PC MINORITY GOVERNMENT 
FORTUNATE HE KNEW AT THAT POINT 
THAT HE HAD WON HIS SEAT IN 
DISTRICT 15.
OBVIOUSLY VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
WE KNEW AT THAT POINT HE SAID, 
TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE 
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
WE THEN HEARD FROM PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER, MY GOOD FRIEND, MY 
COLLEAGUE AT DENNY KING, SO YOU 
CAN ALREADY SEE THAT COOPERATION
COMING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK FROM THE 
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, IF WE 
COULD JUST GO THERE JUST 
QUICKLY, IS THAT THAT 
COOPERATION, RIGHT?
OH, JUST BREAK INNING RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE CHARLOTTETOWN - WINSLOE,
WE DO HAVE A FINAL RESULT THERE.
WE WERE WAITING FOR D10 AND D4, 
AND THERE WHERE HE WE HAVE THE 
RE-ELECTION OF INCUMBENT ROBERT 
MITCHELL.
HE MUST BE BREATHING A SIDE OF 
RELIEF TONIGHT.
>> AND THAT'S BILL HOLD FORT 
LIBERALS AS YOU TRY TO SORT OF 
REGROUP AND FIGURE OUT YOUR WAY 
FORWARD.
RUOPP MITCHELL IS A STEADY HAND.
HE IS IN CHARLOTTETOWN, WHICH IS
A GOOD SPOT FOR THE LIBERALS TO 
HAVE A FOOTHOLD.
>> Louise: I DON'T KNOW IF WE 
CAN PULL UP D14, DISTRICT 4, 
CHARLOTTETOWN - WEST ROYALTY, 
WHERE WE THIS THAT FOUR-WAY 
RACE, AND STILL NO FINAL RESULT 
FROM TETRADISTRICT.
BUT THE GREENS HOLDING ONTO THE 
LEAD THERE WITH 149 VOTES OVER 
THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE, GORD 
McNEILLY, WHO -- 
IN THE LAX ELECTION, WE ARE 
GOING NOW LIVE TO THE ROD 
CHARLOTTETOWN IN CHARLOTTETOWN 
TO HEAR FROM PC LEADER DENNIS 
KING ON HIS WIN TONIGHT.
TAKE A LISTEN.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> FORGIVE ME FOR JUST BEING A 
LITTLE BIT EXCITED.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF 
THESE WHERE THEY DON'T END THIS 
WAY, SO FOR ONE SECOND LET US 
DRINK THIS UP.
IT'S VERY BIG WIN FOR THIS TEAM!
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY IN 
THIS ROOM FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN 
([ Cheers and Applause ]
>> VERY AWKWARD WITH KERRY WYNNE
RIGHT IF FRONT OF KNEE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M YELLING AT YOU, 
BUT I'M REALLY NOT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO BEGIN BY
SAYING NONE OF THIS WORKS 
WITHOUT A TEAM, AND THE MOST 
IMPORTANT TEAM WITH ME IS 
STANDING UP ON THE STAPLE, MY 
FAMILY.
THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH EVERY 
SINGLE STEP OF THIS WITH ME.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
I LOVE THEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF 
MY HEART.
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT 
THEM AND IT JUST WOULDN'TEN THE 
SAME IF THEY WEREN'T HERE 
TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU ALL VERY 
MUCH FOR BELIEVING IN ME, FOR 
STANDING UP WITH ME, FOR DOING 
THIS WITH ME.
AND AHOWING THESE PEOPLE TO 
SHARE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL AND 
GROWING FAMILY THAT WE HAVE.
THANK YOU TO ANA AND CAL AND 
JAKE AND CAMM.
THEY'RE THE LIGHTS OF MY LIFE, 
AND I LOVE THEM VERY MUCH, SO 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> TO THE WONDERFUL AND GLORIOUS
PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 15, TO 
PRESIDENT SHIRLEY AND TO GORDIE 
AND KENT AND TO FRED AND ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO DUG IN THIS DISTRICT 
15 TO DELIVER A MANDATE TODAY 
FOR THE MLA, IT'S THE MOST 
HUMBLING THING THAT HAS EVER 
HAPPENED TO ME.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 
DIGGING IN, FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S 
WORKED HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> I PROMISE EVERY DAY, NO 
MATTER WHERE THIS JOURNEY TAKES 
U THAT I'M THE MLA FOR DISTRICT 
15 FIRST.
YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE.
YOU KNOW MY NUMBER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD FOR
DISTRICT 15 EVERY DAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PC TEAM
WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL, THE MEMBERS
OF THE PC TEAM WHO DIDN'T REALLY
QUITE GET IT DONE TONIGHT BUT 
ALMOST GOT OVER THE LINE, YOU 
GUYS ARE THE BEST TEAM THAT I 
COULD EVER HAVE HOPED FOR.
YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> WHAT A GREAT PLEASURE IT HAS 
BEEN FOR ME TO GET TO KNOW YOU, 
TO WORK WITH YOU, TO SEE YOU IN 
ACTION EVERY DAY, AND YOUR LOVE 
OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND IS 
UNPARALLELED.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT 
THIS TEAM CAN DELIVER FOR PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> I HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK 
BRIEFLY OUTSIDE WITH PREMIER 
MacLAUCHLAN.
HE WAS VERY GRACIOUS IN HIS 
CONGRATULATIONS TO US.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION 
ABOUT THE TRANSITION OF POWER 
AND HOW THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
I WANT TO THANK WADE AND DUNCAN 
AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR WORKING 
SO HARD, FOR ALWAYS LOOKING 
AFTER PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
FIRST, AND, LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN, GIVE OF GIVE THEM A 
ROUND OF APPLAUSE, BECAUSE THIS 
JOB ISN'T EASY.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> THEY DESERVE OUR CREDIT AND 
OUR THANKS.
[ Applause ]
>> I HAVEN'T YET SPOKEN TO PETER
BEVAN-BAKER, BUT I KNOW I WILL 
SHORTLY.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE PETER AND
HIS GROWING TEAM OF GREEN PARTY 
MEMBERS, A VERY IMPRESSIVE 
SHOWING TONIGHT, AND IT SHOWS 
THAT PLANTE WANTS THE PARTIES OF
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND TO PUT 
PARTISAN NATURE BEHIND THEM, TO 
WORK TOGETHER, TO DO WHAT'S BEST
FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, AND 
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING 
WITH ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN 
THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE THAT 
H'MM, TO DELIVER AUTHOR PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> AND THROUGHOUT THIS RACE, I 
GOT TO KNOW ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, 
JOE BYRNE, THE LEADER OF THE 
ISLAND NEW DEMOCRATS, VERY WELL.
I GOT A LOT OF TIME AND RESPECT 
FOR JOE.
I ENTIRE HIS COMMITMENT TO 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND HIS 
LOVE FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
.
CONGRATULATE HIM TONIGHT.
I'M SORRY HE CAME UP SHORT IN 
DISTRICT 12, BUT WE OWE JOE A 
DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
HE'S A TERRIFIC ISLANDER!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I
GUESS ALL I CAN SAY IS WELCOME 
TO A NEW DAY IN PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> WELCOME TO A NEW ERA OF 
ISLAND POLITICS.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> WELCOME TO THE TREMENDOUS 
HONOUR AND THE TREMENDOUS 
RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNING!
WELCOME!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN THE 
PEOPLE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
HAVE LED THE WAY.
ONCE AGAIN, THE PEOPLE OF PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND HAVE SPOKEN THEIR 
INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE WISDOM
AND TRUTH.
WE HAVE BEEN HONOURED BY THAT, 
AND NOW IT IS HOUR MISSION TO 
ENSURE THAT THEIR WISDOM AND 
TRUTH WAS NOT MISPLACED.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>>OUR MISSION TO 
ENSURE THAT THEIR WISDOM AND 
TRUTH WAS NOT MISPLACED.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> AND JUST GRIFSH ME IF I'M A 
LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED.
IT'S A LONG WAY FROM GEORGETOWN 
TRILETE BE THE PREMIER-DESIGNATE
OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> I'M A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED 
HERE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 
IT'S OUR MISSION TO ENSURE THE 
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE OF PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND IS NURTURED AND 
GROWN.
IT'S CHERISHED AND RESPECTED AND
REFLECTED IN AN APPROACH OF 
GOVERNMENT THAT LISTENS, BUT AN 
APPROACH THAT GOVERNMENT HEARS 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDERS SPEAK, 
AND ALWAYS AGGREGATES IN THE 
BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN I BEGAN THIS 
JOURNEY ON NOVEMBER 1st, WE SAID
WE WERE GOING TO DO IT 
DIFFERENTLY.
THE PEOPLE SAID, YOU CAN'T DO IT
DIFFERENTLY.
AND I SAID, JUST WATCH US.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT DIFFERENT 
LEISURE.
WE MADE A PROMISE THAT WE WOULD 
DO IT DIFFERENTLY, THAT WE WOULD
LEAD WITH CIVILITY, WE WOULD 
LEAD WITH RESPECT, AND WE MADE A
PROMISE TO BE OPEN, TO BE LESS 
BLINDLY PARTISAN, TO BE 
ACCEPTING OF GOOD IDEAS 
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY COME 
FROM.
WE MADE A PROMISE THAT WE WOULD 
TRUST THE INSTITUTIONS AND 
TRADITIONS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE 
BASIC -- 
AND JUSTICE AND THE BASIC HUMAN 
KINDNESS.
WE DID THAT.
THIS TEAM DELIVERED THAT.
WE DELIVERED IT EVERY DAY DURING
THIS CAMPAIGN, AND ARE GOING TO 
DELIVER THAT EVERY DAY AS THE 
GOVERNMENT OF PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> YOU KNOW, WE MADE A PROMISE 
THAT WE WOULD HONOUR THE PAST, 
BUT WE WOULD LOOK TO HOPE.
WE WOULD LOOK TO OPENNESS, AND 
ANTICIPATION TO THE FUTURE.
I INVITED YOU TO JOIN WITH ME 
AND JOIN WITH ME YOU DID IN THAT
PROMISE.
AND THE PEOPLE OF PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID?
YES!
I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT.
I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO A NEW 
DAY AND A NEW TOMORROW, AND HERE
WE ARE TONIGHT CELEBRATING THAT 
NEW TOMORROW!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> AND TOMORROW WE START OUR 
JOURNEY TO FULL NIL THAT 
PROMISE, BUT TONIGHT, TONIGHT'S 
A TIME FOR CELEBRATION.
BUT TONIGHT'S ALSO A TIME FOR 
REMEMBRANCE.
TONIGHT IS A TIME TO REMEMBER 
THE SACRIFICINGS OF THOSE WHO 
CAME BEFORE U WHO FOUGHT TO 
PROTECT OUR INSTITUTIONS OF 
DEMOCRACY.
THE TONIGHT IS ALSO A TIME TO 
REMEMBER JOSH, AND LITTLE 
OLIVER, FOR ALL THAT THEY STOOD 
FOR AND ALL THE PROMISE THAT 
THEY HAD.
TONIGHT IS ABOUT THEM.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF 
APPLAUSE.
IT'S ABOUT THEM, TOO.
[ Applause ]
POLITICS ABOUT WHAT DIVIDES US, 
BUT WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE
LAST FEW DICE ABOUT WHAT UNITES 
US, AND I THINK WHAT UNITS US 
MAKES THIS THE BEST PROVINCE IN 
THE WORLD TO LIVE N THE BEST 
PROVINCE IN CANADA, AND I 
COULDN'T BE PROUDER TO STAND 
HERE TONIGHT AS THE 
PREMIER-ELECT OF PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND TO LEAD A PROVINCE THAT 
CARES SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR 
NEIGHBOURS, ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS,
AND ABOUT THEIR FAMILY THIS IS 
THE PROVINCE I LOVE.
THIS IS THE PROVINCE WE ALL 
LOVE.
LET'S BE PROUD OF THIS PROVINCE,
AND LET'S MAKE TO THE BEST WE 
CAN MAKE IT!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
YOU KNOW, TONIGHT IS ALSO A TIME
OF THANK YOU, SO I WANT TO BEGIN
BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE 
COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS IN OUR 
PARTY, AND IN ALL THE PARTIES, 
WHO HAVE WORK SOD SEEMINGLY 
ENDLESS HOURS TO SHARE IDEAS, TO
DEVELOP POLICY, TO PUT UP SIGNS.
REGISTER McKINNON TOLD ME THE 
JOB OF THE SIGN GUY WAS THE BEST
JOB, YOU PUT THEM UP, AND YOU 
TAKE THEM DOWN.
IT WAS A FULL-TIME JOB THIS 
ELECTION KEEPING THOSE SIGNS UP.
REGISTER DID IS WITH A SMILE ON 
HIS FACE EVERY DAY.
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE
PHONES, WHO DISTRIBUTE 
LITERATURE, WHO DO THE CANVASS 
DOOR-TO-DOOR, WHO TALK TO 
FRIENDS, I CAN ONLY SAY FROM THE
BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU.
THIS JOB CANNOT BE DONE PI ONE 
PERSON.
IT TAKES A TEAM.
WE HAD AN ARMY IN THIS PARTY WHO
DUG IN.
THEY DELIVERED THE SEAT IN 
DISTRICT 15, AND THEY DELIVERED 
THE GOVERNMENT OF PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND TO THE PROGRESSIVE 
CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF PRINCE 
EDWARD ISLAND!
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> YOU KNOW, TONIGHT IS ALSO A 
TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR 
COLLEAGUES IN THE OTHER PARTIES.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE 
CANDIDATE ACROSS PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND WHO PUT THEIR NAMES 
FORWARD.
IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO PUT
YOUR NAME ON A BALLOT.
IT'S NOT EASY.
EVERY DAY IS DIFFICULT.
BUT IT'S THE MOST REWARDING 
EXPERIENCE ANY ISLANDER CAN DO.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO 
TRY THIS ONCE.
YOU GET A LOOK AT PRINCE EDWARD 
ISLAND THAT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN 
BEFORE.
I'M GENUINE IN THAT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING 
CALLINGS A PERSON CAN REALLY GET
A CHANCE TO DO.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT, AND 
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR
NAMES ON THE BALLOT THIS TIME, 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU'RE ALL WINNERS TO ME.
[ Applause ]
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH, SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO
THE PARTY LEADERS, TO WADE 
MacLAUCHLAN, TO PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER, TO JOE BYRNE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 
COURTESY, FOR YOUR CIVILITY, FOR
YOUR RESPECT, YOUR LEADERSHIP, 
AND YOUR SACRIFICE.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NEEDS GOOD 
INDIVIDUALS.
THOSE ARE THREE HIGH-CLASS 
INDIVIDUALS IN MY MIND, AND I 
WAS HONOURED TO SHARE THE STAGE 
WITH THEM EVERY DAY.
[ Applause ]
>> AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, LADIES 
AND GENTLEMEN, STENT A TIME TO 
SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KEEN 
INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS 
OF OUR PROVINCE.
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT OUR 
FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
ATTENTIVENESS, FOR YOUR 
THOUGHTFULNESS, AND YOUR WISDOM,
AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, ON BEHALF OF
ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS PARTY, 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE 
CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE SHOWN IN ME 
AND THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE
TEAM HERE TONIGHT.
[ Cheers and Applause ]
>> Louise: SO YOU'VE BEEN 
LISTENING TO PC LEADER DENNIS 
KING.
A VERY PLEASED DENNIS KING 
TONIGHT.
WELCOME TO A NEW ERA OF POLITICS
ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, ONE OF 
THE LINES HE USED TONIGHT.
THE PREMIER-DESIGNATE WINNING A 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT HERE.
HISTORIC.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GET FINAL
THOUGHTS FROM NIGH PANELIST.
WE GOT TWO MINUTES TO CLOSING 
BEFORE THE HOCKEY GAME.
SO GET OUT ON TIME.
KERRY, YOUR HEADLINES.
>> TONIGHT'S ELECTION DELIVERED 
IN SPADES, GAVE US SOMETHING 
WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE ON PEI.
ALONGS LIKES DENNIS KING GETS TO
BE THE FIRST PARTY LEADER IN 
ISLAND HISTORY TO TRY TO DELIVER
ON HIS COMMITMENT AS THE LEADER 
OF A MINORITY GOVERNMENT VENT 
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH HIM TRY TO 
ASSEMBLE THE SUPPORT HE NEEDS 
GAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE 
HOUSE.
MY JOB JUST GOT EVEN MORE 
INTERESTING WATCHING ALL THIS 
UNFOLD IN PEI FOR THE FIRST 
TIME.
>> Louise: AND YOUR HEAD 
SNROOINS 
>> I SEE THIS IN PERSONAL TERMS 
FOR BOTH DENNIS KING AND PETER 
BEVAN-BAKER.
BOTH HAVE BEEN UNDERESTIMATE BID
PUNDITS LIKE MY OVER THE YEARS.
BOTH HAVE DELIVERED IN SPADES, 
AND THEY'VE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE 
CAPABLE OF HEARING THINGS THAT, 
THE TALKING CLASS SOMETIMES 
MISSES.
AND SO AS TO BOTH OF THEM 
TONIGHT IS HIS IT'S A HUGE 
PERSONAL VICTORY.
>> Louise: AN HAVOCKEDE HISTORIC
NIGHT INDIED.
WE SAW THE PCs WITH A MINORITY 
GOVERNMENT, THIS IS HISTORIC IN 
THE FACT WE HAVE A NIERNT 
GOVERNMENT FOR THE FIRST 
ADVERTISEMENT GREEN SURGE, WE 
COULD CALL IT, PETER BEVAN-BAKER
FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED, AND AN EMOTIONAL PETER
BEVAN-BAKER FORTUNATELY TRYING 
TO FIND THAT RIGHT TONE BETWEEN 
HAVING A FULL HEART, AS HE SAID,
AND ALSO A HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE 
OF THE LOSS OF JOSH UNDERHAY AND
HIS SON IN THAT ACCIDENT.
SO A VERY EMOTIONAL NIGHT 
OVERALL.
LOTS OF CHANGE.
LOTS OF THINGS TO DIGEST.
WE ARE GLOWING TO JOIN THE 
HOCKEY GAME NOW IN PROGRESS.
HATE FOR LEAFS FANS TO TELL YOU 
YOU'RE DOWN 2-1 BOSTON BRUINS IN
THE THIRD, JOIN THE HOCKEY GAME 
IN PROGRESS AS WE SAY THANK YOU 
FOR WATCHING.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE BEHIND THE
SCENES.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE, TO 
EVERYONE AT CBC PEI AND BEYOND, 
AND WE THANK YOU FORTUNE PING 
IN.
THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO MY 
PANELIST FOR ALL YOUR HELP 
TONIGHT ON THIS DESK.
AND WITH THAT I SAY GOOD NIGHT, 
PEI.
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[ Cheers and Applause ]
