1986 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1986 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 21, 1986.[2]
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All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 87.60%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election resulted in the defeat of the two-term Progressive Conservative government by the Liberals led by Joe Ghiz. Ghiz, the son of a Lebanese store owner, went on to become the first Canadian premier that was not of complete European descent.[3]
Party standings
edit| 21 | 11 |
| Liberal | PC |
| Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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| 1982 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | |||
| Liberal | Joe Ghiz | 11 | 21 | +10 | 75,187 | 50.3% | +4.5% | |
| Progressive Conservative | James Lee | 21 | 11 | -10 | 68,062 | 45.5% | -8.2% | |
| New Democratic | Jim Mayne | 0 | 0 | - | 5,965 | 4.0% | +3.5% | |
| Independent | - | 0 | - | 280 | 0.2% | +0.2% | ||
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 they were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.[4]
Kings
editPrince
editQueens
editSources
edit- ^ "Saltwire | Prince Edward Island". Archived from the original on September 17, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1986" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ "Joseph A. Ghiz". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
- ^ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.