1974 Prince Edward Island general election
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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 1974 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 29, 1974.[1]
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[]
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[]
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. Before 1963, Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district, but afterward were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.[2]
Kings[]
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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1st Kings | Liberal | Melvin J. McQuaid | Progressive Conservative | |||
2nd Kings | Progressive Conservative |
Leo Rossiter | Progressive Conservative | |||
3rd Kings | William Bennett Campbell | Liberal | Bud Ings | Liberal | ||
4th Kings | Liberal | Gilbert R. Clements | Liberal | |||
5th Kings | Liberal | Waldron Lavers | Liberal |
Prince[]
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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1st Prince | Russell Perry | Liberal | Robert E. Campbell | Liberal | ||
2nd Prince | George R. Henderson | Liberal | Joshua MacArthur | Liberal Progressive | ||
3rd Prince | William Gallant | Liberal | Edward Clark | Liberal | ||
4th Prince | Catherine Sophia Callbeck | Liberal | |
Liberal | ||
5th Prince | Liberal | Alexander B. Campbell | Liberal |
Queens[]
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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1st Queens | Jean Canfield | Liberal | Ralph Johnstone | Liberal | ||
2nd Queens | Liberal | Lloyd MacPhail | Progressive Conservative | |||
3rd Queens | Cecil A. Miller | Liberal | Liberal | |||
4th Queens | Progressive Conservative |
Daniel Compton | Progressive Conservative | |||
5th Queens | Gordon L. Bennett | Liberal Progressive |
George Proud | Liberal | ||
6th Queens | Liberal | John H. Maloney | Liberal |
Sources[]
- ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1974" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.
Further reading[]
- Saywell, John, ed. (1976). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1974. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802021960.
- 1974 elections in Canada
- Elections in Prince Edward Island
- 1974 in Prince Edward Island
- April 1974 events in Canada