Prince Edward Island Premier Says ‘It’s Time,’ Calls Provincial Election for April 3

Prince Edward Island Premier Says ‘It’s Time,’ Calls Provincial Election for April 3
Progressive Conservative leader Dennis King, accompanied by his wife Jana Hemphill, arrives to greet supporters after winning the Prince Edward Island provincial election in Charlottetown on April 23, 2019. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
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Prince Edward Island residents will go to the polls on April 3, thanks to an early election call Monday from Progressive Conservative Premier Dennis King.

King told supporters at a nomination meeting in his riding north of Charlottetown that he had visited Lt.-Gov. Antoinette Perry earlier in the day to dissolve the legislature — six months ahead of the province’s fixed election date.