1974 Prince Edward Island general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The 1974 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 29, 1974.

This election was the first that the New Democratic Party contested as a provincial party on PEI, and the first third party to run candidates since the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the NDP's predecessor, contested their last election in 1951.

Party standings

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Liberal	PC

Party		Party Leader	Seats			Popular Vote
			1966	Elected	Change	#	%	Change	Liberal	Alex Campbell	27	26	-1	64,212	54.0%	-4.4%	Template:Canadian party colour	Melvin McQuaid	5	6	+1	47,470	39.9%	-1.7%	Template:Canadian party colour	Aquinas Ryan	-	0	-	7,327	6.2%	+6.2%

Popular vote Liberal   53.96% PC   39.89% New Democratic   6.16%

Seats summary Liberal   81.25% PC   18.75%

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 |	Melvin J. McQuaid	Progressive Conservative Liberal
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 |	Charles Fraser	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Gilbert R. Clements	Liberal
5th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Arthur J. MacDonald	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Waldron Lavers	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 R. Henderson	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Joshua MacArthur	Liberal Progressive Conservative
3rd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	William Gallant	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Edward Clark	Liberal
4th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Catherine Sophia Callbeck	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Frank Jardine	Liberal
5th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Earle Hickey	Liberal	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 |	David Ford	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 |	Vernon MacIntyre	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Daniel Compton	Progressive Conservative
5th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Gordon L. Bennett	Liberal Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	George Proud	Liberal
6th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Allison MacDonald	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	John H. Maloney	Liberal