List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation)
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This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island's unicameral legislative body, the Prince Edward Island House of Assembly. The number of seats has varied over time, from a high of thirty-two between the 1960s and 1990s, to the current low of twenty-seven.
Number of seats won by major parties at each election
| Conservative | Liberal | NDP | Non-partisan |
The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows that Prince Edward Island has effectively a two-party system - the Liberal party (red) and Conservative party (blue). After the first two elections (when not all MLAs declared a party allegiance), only one MLA has been elected who has not been a member of these two parties. The Liberal party have won eighteen out of twenty-nine of the elections in the 20th century.
Prior to 1996, PEI used 16 dual-member ridings. The boundaries for these ridings were drawn in 1893; a single change was made in 1966 (when the riding of Charlottetown, also known as 5th Queens, was split into two parts). In 1996, a court determined that the number of electors varied too much between ridings, and was therefore unconstitutional. This resulted in a new set of (single-member) ridings being created.
This article only covers elections since Prince Edward Island became part of the Canadian Confederation in 1873. Prior to that, Prince Edward Island was a British colony. The Prince Edward Island House of Assembly dates back to 1769.
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[edit] Summary
The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. It also shows the percentage of the vote obtained by the major political parties at each election, if greater than 0.1%. The winning party's totals are shown in bold. To date, no party has formed a government that did not have the largest share of the vote. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.
| Year | Conservative[A] | Liberal | NDP[B] | Other | Total seats |
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| Vote (%) | Seats | Vote (%) | Seats | Vote (%) | Seats | Vote (%) | Seats | Seat-wining party | |||
| 2003 | 54.0 | 23 | 42.9 | 4 | 3.1 | 27 | |||||
| 2000 | 57.9 | 26 | 33.7 | 1 | 8.4 | 27 | |||||
| 1996 | 47.4 | 18 | 44.8 | 8 | 7.8 | 1 | 27 | ||||
| 1993 | 39.5 | 1 | 55.1 | 31 | 5.4 | 32 | |||||
| 1989 | 35.8 | 2 | 60.7 | 30 | 3.5 | 32 | |||||
| 1986 | 45.6 | 11 | 50.4 | 21 | 4.0 | 32 | |||||
| 1982 | 53.6 | 21 | 45.7 | 11 | 0.7 | 32 | |||||
| 1979 | 53.2 | 21 | 45.3 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 32 | ||||
| 1978 | 48.2 | 15 | 50.7 | 17 | 1.1 | 32 | |||||
| 1974 | 40.2 | 6 | 53.9 | 26 | 5.9 | 32 | |||||
| 1970 | 41.7 | 5 | 58.3 | 27 | 32 | ||||||
| 1966 | 49.5 | 15 | 50.5 | 17 | 32 | ||||||
| 1962 | 50.6 | 19 | 49.4 | 11 | 30 | ||||||
| 1959 | 50.9 | 22 | 49.1 | 8 | 30 | ||||||
| 1955 | 45.0 | 3 | 55.0 | 27 | 30 | ||||||
| 1951 | 46.7 | 6 | 51.6 | 24 | 1.7 | 30 | |||||
| 1947 | 45.8 | 6 | 49.8 | 24 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 30 | ||||
| 1943 | 46.1 | 10 | 51.3 | 20 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 30 | ||||
| 1939 | 47.0 | 4 | 53.0 | 26 | 30 | ||||||
| 1935 | 42.0 | 58.0 | 30 | 30 | |||||||
| 1931 | 51.7 | 18 | 48.3 | 12 | 30 | ||||||
| 1927 | 46.9 | 6 | 53.1 | 24 | 30 | ||||||
| 1923 | 51.5 | 25 | 43.8 | 5 | 4.7[C] | 30 | |||||
| 1919 | 46.1 | 6 | 53.9 | 24 | 30 | ||||||
| 1915 | 50.1 | 17 | 49.9 | 13 | 30 | ||||||
| 1912 | 60.3 | 28 | 39.7 | 2 | 30 | ||||||
| 1908 | 48.4 | 13 | 51.6 | 17 | 30 | ||||||
| 1904 | 45.9 | 8 | 54.1 | 22 | 30 | ||||||
| 1900 | 46.5 | 9 | 53.5 | 21 | 30 | ||||||
| 1897 | [D] | 11 | [D] | 19 | [D] | [D] | 30 | ||||
| 1893 | 7 | 23 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1890 | 15[E] | 15[E] | 30 | ||||||||
| 1886 | 18 | 12 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1883 | 21 | 9 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1879 | 24 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1876 | 15 | 7 | 8 | Non-partisan | 30 | ||||||
| 1873 | 15 | 10 | 5 | Non-partisan | 30 | ||||||
[edit] Notes
- A Includes results for Progressive Conservatives.
- B Includes results for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1943 to 1951.
- C Includes 3.4% for the Progressive Party / United Farmers.
- D Vote share not known for the elections in the 19th century.
- E Tie between Conservatives and Liberals, resulting in a coalition.
[edit] References
- Historical Election Dates. Elections PEI. Retrieved on December 2, 2006. (Number of MLAs per party for all elections)
- Chief Electoral Officer Reports. Elections PEI. Retrieved on December 23, 2006. (Full results back to 1966)
- Provincial General Election Results 1962 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1959 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1955 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1951 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1947 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1943 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1939 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1935 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1931 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1927 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1923 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1919 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1915 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1912 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1908 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1904 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- Provincial General Election Results 1900 (PDF). Elections PEI (2001-05-29). Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
[edit] See also
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