Published May 05, 2025 • 1 minute readMore than 460 Colonel Grey Senior High School took part in the student vote Canada program where Liberal MP Sean Casey won with 190 votes. Photo by Vivian Ulinwa /The GuardianMore than 900,000 students across Canada took part in Student Vote Canada 2025, including hundreds across Prince Edward Island, casting ballots for real federal candidates days before the country’s general election.While students nationally elected a Conservative minority government, youth voters in P.E.I. favoured the Liberal party, which won three of the province’s four federal ridings. The Conservatives earned one seat in the mock vote.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.Subscribe now to access this story and more:Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES.Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience.Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsRegister to unlock more articles.Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience.Access additional stories every monthShare your thoughts and join the conversation in our commenting communityGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorArticle contentIn total, 5,900 schools across the country participated in the program, with 870,340 valid votes reported and 30,453 ballots rejected. Students researched party platforms, discussed policy issues in class, and voted for candidates running in their local ridings.In Colonel Gray Senior High School, more than 460 students took part in the program, where Liberal MP Sean Casey won with 190 votes.Read More Lessons in democracy: Many Colonel Gray students cast their first votes in national mock election RECAP: P.E.I. votes in the 2025 federal election – Liberals projected to form government Egmont had the highest number of participating schools on the Island, with 17 registered, while Malpeque had the fewest at 11. Cardigan and Charlottetown each had 14 schools take part.At the national level, the Conservative party, led by Pierre Poilievre, received 36.4 per cent of the popular vote and won 165 seats in the mock election, enough to form a minority government. Poilievre won in his home riding of Carleton, Ont.The Liberal party, led by Mark Carney, won 145 seats and 31.7 per cent of the vote, forming the official opposition. Carney was elected in Nepean, Ont., in the student vote.The NDP won 13 seats, the Bloc Québécois 18, and the Green party two seats.Student Vote Canada is a mock election program run by CIVIX that aims to build civic literacy among youth before they reach voting age.Vivian Ulinwa is a reporter for The Guardian in Prince Edward Island. She can be reached at vulinwa@postmedia.com and followed on X @vivian_ulinwa.Article content
P.E.I. students pick Liberals in national student vote election
