The 1974 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 29, 1974.[1]
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This election was the first that the New Democratic Party contested as a provincial party on PEI, and the first third party to run candidates since the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the NDP's predecessor, contested their last election in 1951.
Party standings
edit| 26 | 6 |
| Liberal | PC |
| Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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| 1966 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | |||
| Liberal | Alex Campbell | 27 | 26 | -1 | 64,212 | 54.0% | -4.4% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Melvin McQuaid | 5 | 6 | +1 | 47,470 | 39.9% | -1.7% | |
| New Democratic | Aquinas Ryan | - | 0 | - | 7,327 | 6.2% | +6.2% | |
Members elected
editThe Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district. Before 1963, Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district, but afterward were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.[2]
Kings
editPrince
editQueens
editSources
edit- ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1974" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.
Further reading
edit- Saywell, John, ed. (1976). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1974. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802021960.