1970 Prince Edward Island general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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

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Liberal	PC

Party		Party Leader	Seats			Popular Vote
			1966	Elected	Change	#	%	Change	Liberal	Alex Campbell	17	27	+10	64,484	58.4%	+7.9%	Template:Canadian party colour	George Key	15	5	-10	46,015	41.6%	-7.9%

Popular vote Liberal   58.36% PC   41.64%

Seats summary Liberal   84.38% PC   15.62%

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	Template:Canadian party colour |	Bruce L. Stewart	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Daniel J. MacDonald	Liberal Progressive Conservative
2nd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Walter Dingwell	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Leo Rossiter	Progressive Conservative
3rd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	William Bennett Campbell	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Bud Ings	Liberal
4th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Lorne Bonnell	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Gilbert R. Clements	Liberal
5th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Arthur J. MacDonald	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	George J. Ferguson	Liberal

Prince

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Russell Perry	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Robert E. Campbell	Liberal
2nd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	George Dewar	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Joshua MacArthur	Liberal
3rd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	William Gallant	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Edward Clark	Liberal
4th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Robert Schurman	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Frank Jardine	Liberal
5th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Earle Hickey	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Alexander B. Campbell	Liberal

Queens

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Jean Canfield	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Ralph Johnstone	Liberal
2nd Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Sinclair Cutcliffe	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Lloyd MacPhail	Progressive Conservative
3rd Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Cecil A. Miller	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Levi McNally	Liberal
4th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	J. Stewart Ross	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Daniel Compton	Progressive Conservative
5th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Gordon L. Bennett	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Elmer Blanchard	Liberal
6th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Allison MacDonald	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	John H. Maloney	Liberal