1978 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 1978 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 24, 1978.[1]
The election was one of the closest on records, with the governing Liberals of Premier Alexander B. Campbell losing a number of seats to their Progressive Conservative rivals. The razor thin result and the resignation of Alex Campbell led to an unstable legislature and another election was held just one year later in 1979.
Party standings
17 | 15 |
Liberal | PC |
Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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1974 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | |||
Liberal | Alex Campbell | 26 | 17 | -9 | 64,133 | 50.7% | -3.3% | |
Progressive Conservative | Angus MacLean | 6 | 15 | +9 | 60,878 | 48.1% | +8.2% | |
New Democratic | Aquinas Ryan | 0 | 0 | - | 1,173 | 0.9% | -5.3% | |
Independent | - | 0 | - | 257 | 0.2% | +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.[2]
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Sources
- ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1978" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.
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