Kevin Yarr

From the joy of meeting the voters to what motivates them in public life, here's what the leaders of P.E.I.'s four political parties are thinking about on the campaign trail.

During the second full week of the P.E.I. election campaign Island Morning host Mitch Cormier sat down for a chat with each of the four.

You can listen to them here, or read about what they had to say.

How Peter Bevan-Baker learned to love politics

P.E.I. Green Party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker says if he had lost his bid to be an MLA in 2015 that might have been the end of his efforts to become a politician.

Green Party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker was removed from the legislature Wednesday night after refusing to withdraw his use of the word 'farce.'

Peter Bevan-Baker removed

Green Party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker has learned a lot about government after four years in the legislature.

Wade MacLauchlan is only concerned about 2 polls

When P.E.I. Liberal Party Leader Wade MacLauchlan called the provincial election, the polls showed his personal popularity was bouncing around the low to mid 20s, but he says that doesn't worry him.

Liberal leader Wade MacLauchlan holding up a sign during the event that kicked off the 2019 P.E.I. Election.

Liberal leader Wade MacLauchlan

Wade MacLauchlan dropped the writ on March 26.

Why Joe Byrne keeps fighting for a voice in the legislature

Joe Byrne started knocking on doors to talk politics when he was 17.

Joe Byrne, leader of the NDP said “a 50 percent-plus-one vote requires a discussion by the elected members” of the new legislature, regardless of whether the second threshold is met. 

Joe Byrne

Island politics are ready for a change, says Joe Byrne. 

Dennis King aims to bring an outside perspective to P.E.I.'s top job

P.E.I. Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King has been around politics a long time, but when the writ dropped for the provincial election on March he had been a politician himself for just over five months.

PEI PC Leader Dennis King

Dennis King has spent a lot of time around politics, but not in politics.

Promise tracker: Keep tabs on what political parties pledge for P.E.I.

From transportation and the economy, to health care and housing, parties have promises they're making and here is where voters can sift through where each party stands along the way.

PEI leaders

With the election in full swing, politicians are making promises and here is where you can see announcements as they're made.

Women make up a third of candidates in P.E.I. election

For the first time in P.E.I.'s history one third of candidates running in the provincial election are women.

Dawn Wilson with the PEI Coalition for Women in Government says PEI is far away from parity. 

DAWN WILSON 

'We thank all women for putting their names on the ballot, and the party members that supported their nominations,' says Dawn Wilson with the P.E.I. Coalition for Women in Government.

From left, Liberal Leader Wade MacLauchlan, NDP Leader Joe Byrne, Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King, and Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker.

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