1986 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1986 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 21, 1986.^[2]

1986 Prince Edward Island general election

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All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	87.60%[1]
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
Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts.
Premier before election James Lee Progressive Conservative Premier after election Joe Ghiz Liberal

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.^[3]

Party standings

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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%

Popular vote Liberal   50.29% PC   45.53% New Democratic   3.99% Others   0.19%

Seats summary Liberal   65.63% PC   34.37%

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.^[4]

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. "Saltwire | Prince Edward Island". Archived from the original on September 17, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
2. "Provincial General Election Results, 1986" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
3. "Joseph A. Ghiz". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
4. Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.