Joe Byrne (born December 26, 1961) served as leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island from 2018 to 2020.

He became leader on April 7, 2018, after defeating two other candidates on the first ballot of the NDP leadership convention.

Since 2010, he has been community connections supervisor with the PEI Association of Newcomers to Canada, where he has helped plan the annual ‘DiverseCity’ festival.

[1][2] Byrne also contested the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election in District 12, Charlottetown-Victoria Park, losing to Green Party candidate Karla Bernard.

[3] Byrne resigned as PEI NDP leader effective September 1, 2020.