1989 Prince Edward Island general election

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1989 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 29, 1989.[1]

The campaign resulted in the re-election of the Liberal government of Premier Joe Ghiz. In this election, the Liberals won 60.7% of the popular vote, the highest percentage that a winning party has taken on record in Prince Edward Island. The Progressive Conservatives won 2 seats despite taking 36 percent of the popular vote; they were due 12 seats. This was the lowest share of the vote that the Progressive Conservatives ever received, 35.8%. Only 5 times has the Opposition had 2 or fewer seats in the history of Prince Edward Island; this was one of them.

One of the two members from each constituency is styled a Councillor, and the other an Assemblyman. In electoral contests Councillor candidates run against Councillor candidates; Assemblyman candidates against Assemblyman candidates.[2]

Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey 		Source PEILA PCPEI NDPPEI ME Sample
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Election 1989 May 29, 1989 60.7 35.8 3.5
Baseline Research May 10, 1989 [3] 68 26 6 6−7 200
Election 1986 April 21, 1986 50.3 45.5 4.0

Party standings

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30 2
Liberal PC
Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
1986 Elected Change # % Change

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Liberal Joe Ghiz 21 30 +9 85,982 60.7% +10.4%

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Template:Canadian party colour Mel Gass 11 2 -9 50,731 35.8% -9.7%

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Template:Canadian party colour Jim Mayne 0 0 - 4,902 3.5% -0.5%
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 60.72%
PC
 
 35.82%
New Democratic
 
 3.46%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 93.75%
PC
 
 6.25%

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 Template:Canadian party colour |     Ross "Johnny" Young Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Albert Fogarty Progressive
Conservative
2nd Kings Template:Canadian party colour |     Claude Matheson Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Walter Bradley Liberal
3rd Kings Template:Canadian party colour |     Peter Doucette Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Roberta Hubley Liberal
4th Kings Template:Canadian party colour |     Stanley Bruce Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Gilbert R. Clements Liberal
5th Kings Template:Canadian party colour |     Rose Marie MacDonald Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Barry Hicken Liberal

Prince

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Prince Template:Canadian party colour |     Robert Morrissey Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Robert E. Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince Template:Canadian party colour |     Keith Milligan Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Allison Ellis Liberal
3rd Prince Template:Canadian party colour |     Léonce Bernard Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Edward Clark Liberal
4th Prince Template:Canadian party colour |     Stavert Huestis Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |    
Libbe Hubley Liberal
5th Prince Template:Canadian party colour |     Walter McEwen Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Nancy Guptill Liberal

Queens

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Queens Template:Canadian party colour |     Marion Murphy Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Leone Bagnall Progressive
Conservative
2nd Queens Template:Canadian party colour |     Gordon MacInnis Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Ron MacKinley Liberal
3rd Queens Template:Canadian party colour |     Betty Jean Brown Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Tom Dunphy Liberal
4th Queens Template:Canadian party colour |     Alan Buchanan Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Lynwood MacPherson Liberal
5th Queens Template:Canadian party colour |     Wayne Cheverie Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Tim Carroll Liberal
6th Queens Template:Canadian party colour |     Joseph Atallah Ghiz Liberal Template:Canadian party colour |     Paul Connolly Liberal

Sources

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