1986 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1986 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 21, 1986.

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.

Party standings

+ ↓ 21 11 Liberal PC

PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1982ElectedChange#%ChangeLiberalJoe Ghiz1121+1075,18750.3%+4.5%James Lee2111-1068,06245.5%-8.2%Jim Mayne00-5,9654.0%+3.5%-0-2800.2%+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. Before 1963, Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district, but afterward they were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.

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

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