by a vote of 152 to 28 against party activist Trevor Leclerc. Under Redmond's leadership, in March 2013 the party placed second in a provincial public opinion poll, ahead of the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party, for the first time in its history. The party ran a full slate of candidates (27), but was again shut out of the legislature when it failed to win a seat in the 2015 election. Redmond resigned as leader of the party on December 6, 2017. There was a leadership convention on April 7, 2018 that elected Joe Byrne as the new leader. Byrne resigned as leader on September 1, 2020. Michelle Neill was elected party leader on April 23, 2022. Leaders David Hall, 1972 Aquinas Ryan, 1972–79 Doreen Sark, 1979–81 (interim) Douglas Murray, 1981–82 David Burke, 1982–83 (interim) Jim Mayne, 1983–89 Dolores Crane, 1989–91 (interim) Larry Duchesne, 1991–95 Herb Dickieson, 1995–2002 Gary Robichaud, 2002–05 Dean Constable, 2006–07 James Rodd, 2007–09 (interim), 2009–12 Michael Redmond, 2012–17 Joe Byrne, 2018–20 Vacant, 2020–22 Michelle Neill, 2022–present Election results NDP Members of the PEI Legislative Assembly There are currently no New Democrats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. In the past, only one individual has been elected as a New Democrat: Dr. Herb Dickieson, MLA for West Point-Bloomfield 1996–2000, also Leader of the PEI NDP 1995–2002 See also List of Prince Edward Island political parties References External links Prince Edward Island Organizations based in Charlottetown New Democratic Party Political parties established in 1961 Social democratic parties in Canada 1961 establishments in Prince Edward Island