The 1970 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 11, 1970.
The incumbent Liberal government of Alex Campbell was easily re-elected, gaining a total of 7.9% in the popular vote on the Tories, who dropped by the identical amount, as only the two parties ran any candidates in both the 1970 and 1966 elections.
Jean Canfield, the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, was a victorious candidate in 1st Queens in this election.
Party standings
+ ↓ 27 5 Liberal PC
PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1966ElectedChange#%ChangeLiberalAlex Campbell1727+1064,48458.4%+7.9%George Key155-1046,01541.6%-7.9%
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.
Kings
District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Kings Bruce L. Stewart Liberal Daniel J. MacDonald Liberal Progressive Conservative 2nd Kings Walter Dingwell Progressive Conservative Leo Rossiter Progressive Conservative 3rd Kings William Bennett Campbell Liberal Bud Ings Liberal 4th Kings Lorne Bonnell Liberal Gilbert R. Clements Liberal 5th Kings Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal George J. Ferguson Liberal
Prince
District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Prince Russell Perry Liberal Robert E. Campbell Liberal 2nd Prince George Dewar Progressive Conservative Joshua MacArthur Liberal 3rd Prince William Gallant Liberal Edward Clark Liberal 4th Prince Robert Schurman Liberal Frank Jardine Liberal 5th Prince Earle Hickey Progressive Conservative Alexander B. Campbell Liberal
Queens
District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Queens Jean Canfield Liberal Ralph Johnstone Liberal 2nd Queens Sinclair Cutcliffe Liberal Lloyd MacPhail Progressive Conservative 3rd Queens Cecil A. Miller Liberal Levi McNally Liberal 4th Queens J. Stewart Ross Liberal Daniel Compton Progressive Conservative 5th Queens Gordon L. Bennett Liberal Elmer Blanchard Liberal 6th Queens Allison MacDonald Liberal John H. Maloney Liberal
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