Political Parties
Prince Edward Island has the purest two-party system of any level of government in Canada. Since joining Confederation in 1873, it has been governed at intervals by the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island and the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island (which has gone by other names in the past). In the Island's entire history, only one MLA has ever been elected from a third party; Herb Dickieson served a single term as the Island New Democrats member for West Point-Bloomfield from 1996 to 2000.
Political parties are registered in the province, under Section 24 of the Election Act.
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