Why the Prince Edward Island Green Party failed to blossom GlobeDebate
Special to The Globe and MailPeter McKenna is professor and chair of political science at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown.
But there was buzz – fuelled by consistent polling predictions – that Prince Edward Island was set to usher in Canada’s first Green provincial government.Well, so much for that. On Tuesday night, voters delivered a minority government led by one of the two traditional parties – this time the Progressive Conservatives, which won 12 districts under the leadership of the little-known Dennis King.
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