10.17%, and Peter Bevan-Baker in Kellys Cross-Cumberland at 9.36%. At 59%, the party had the highest number of women candidates in the 2011 election. The Green Party was the first Canadian political party to run more than 50% women candidates. Bevan-Baker era (2012–present) Sharon Labchuk resigned the leadership of the Green Party on July 12, 2012. She was succeeded by Peter Bevan-Baker on November 3, 2012. The party released its platform for the 2015 election on March 20, 2015. In that election, leader Bevan-Baker was elected in the district of Kellys Cross-Cumberland with 54% of the vote, and won the party's first seat, and only the second seat ever won in the legislature for a third party. The party secured their second seat in a by-election to fill a vacancy left by retiring Charlottetown-Parkdale MLA Doug Currie on November 27, 2017. This was the first time in Island history that a third party won in a by-election. Bevan-Baker pursued a strategy of broadening the Green Party's focus so as to place social concerns such as affordable housing at the forefront, rather than its traditional association with environmentalism, in the hopes of appealing to voters and appearing as more than a single-issue party. Heading into the 2019 election, several polls showed the Green Party in the lead, with Bevan-Baker the most-liked party leader; on election day, however, while the party won eight seats and is likely to form the official opposition in the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island, they did not win the most overall seats as recent polls predicted. In 2019, the party was elected the official opposition in the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Leadership Leaders Current MLAs Electoral record See also 2012 Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election Green Party of Canada List of Green party leaders in Canada List of Green politicians who have held office in Canada List of Prince Edward Island general elections List of political parties in Prince Edward Island Politics of Prince Edward Island References External links 2005 establishments in Prince Edward Island Green liberalism Political parties established in 2005 Provincial political parties in Prince Edward Island Social democratic parties in Canada