Prince Edward Island general election, 1986

Prince Edward Island general election, 1986
Prince Edward Island
April 21, 1986 (1986-04-21)
All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
PC
Leader Joe Ghiz James Lee
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since October 24, 1981 November 7, 1981
Leader's seat 6th Queens 5th Queens (lost)
Last election 11 seats, 45.8% 21 seats, 53.7%
Seats won 21 11
Seat change +10 -10
Popular vote 75,187 68,062
Percentage 50.3% 45.5%
Swing +4.5pp -8.2pp

Map of PEI's ridings coloured in based on how they voted
Premier before election

James Lee
Progressive Conservative

 Premier-designate

Joe Ghiz
Liberal

The 57th Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 21, 1986.[1]

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.[2]

Party Standings

↓
21 11
Liberal PC
Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
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

The 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, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district.[3]

Kings

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Kings     Ross "Johnny" Young Liberal     Albert Fogarty Progressive
Conservative
2nd Kings     Roddy Pratt Progressive
Conservative		     Francis O'Brien Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings     A. A. "Joey" Fraser Progressive
Conservative		     Peter MacLeod Progressive
Conservative
4th Kings     Stanley Bruce Liberal     Gilbert R. Clements Liberal
5th Kings     Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal     Barry Hicken Liberal

Prince

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Prince     Robert Morrissey Liberal     Robert E. Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince     Keith Milligan Liberal     Allison Ellis Liberal
3rd Prince     Léonce Bernard Liberal     Edward Clark Liberal
4th Prince     Stavert Huestis Liberal    
Prowse Chappel Progressive
Conservative
5th Prince     George McMahon Progressive
Conservative		     Peter Pope Progressive
Conservative

Queens

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Queens     Marion Reid Progressive
Conservative		     Leone Bagnall Progressive
Conservative
2nd Queens     Gordon MacInnis Liberal     Ron MacKinley Liberal
3rd Queens     Betty Jean Brown Liberal     Tom Dunphy Liberal
4th Queens     Wilbur MacDonald Progressive
Conservative		     Lynwood MacPherson Liberal
5th Queens     Wayne Cheverie Liberal     Tim Carroll Liberal
6th Queens     Joseph Atallah Ghiz Liberal     Paul Connolly Liberal

Sources

  1. ↑ "Provincial General Election Results, 1986" (PDF). Elections PEI.
  2. ↑ "Joseph A. Ghiz". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. ↑ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.
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