1996 Prince Edward Island general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The 1996 Prince Edward Island general election was held on November 18, 1996. It was the first election in the province's history to not use multi-member constituencies, and instead elect a single member in each of 27 districts. (Previously, since 1873 the province had been divided into 15 or 16 districts, each electing two members.)

The governing Liberals of Premier Keith Milligan, who had been in power since Joe Ghiz first won government in 1986, lost to the resurgent Progressive Conservatives under their new leader, Pat Binns.

This was also the first election where a party other than the Liberals or Tories won a seat in the Legislature, with New Democratic Party leader Herb Dickieson winning a three-way race in a Prince County riding.

This election was the only one in PEI history where a party formed government without winning a majority of the vote until the 2015 election.

Party standings

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PC	Liberal	NDP

Party		Party Leader	Seats			Popular Vote
			1993	Elected	Change	#	%	Progressive Conservative	Pat Binns	1	18	+17	37,910	47.39%	Liberal	Keith Milligan	31	8	-23	35,802	44.76%	New Democrats	Herb Dickieson	-	1	+1	6,283	7.85
Total			32	27		79,995	100%

Popular vote PC   47.39% Liberal   44.76% New Democratic   7.85%

Seats summary PC   66.67% Liberal   29.63% New Democratic   3.70%

Members elected

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
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1. Souris-Elmira	Template:Canadian party colour|	Andy Mooney 1,287		Ross Young 1,159		Brian MacDonald 54	Template:Canadian party colour|	Ross Young & Roger Soloman† 1st Kings
2. Morell-Fortune Bay	Template:Canadian party colour|	Kevin MacAdam 1,347		Walter Bradley 1,269		Kathy Murphy 40	Template:Canadian party colour|	Walter Bradley & Claude Matheson† 2nd Kings
3. Georgetown-Baldwin's Road	rowspan=3 Template:Canadian party colour|	Michael Currie 1,463		Rose Marie MacDonald 1,182		Patricia Allen 43	Template:Canadian party colour|	Peter Doucette† & Roberta Hubley† 3rd Kings
	Merged riding
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Rose Marie MacDonald & Barry Hicken‡ 5th Kings
4. Montague-Kilmuir	Template:Canadian party colour|	Jim Bagnall 1,259		Beverly Deelstra 964		Janet Gillis 71	New District
5. Murray River-Gaspereaux	Template:Canadian party colour|	Pat Binns 1,309		Barry Hicken 1,022		Alan Hicken 112	Template:Canadian party colour|	Stanley Bruce † 4th Kings
6. Belfast-Pownal Bay	Template:Canadian party colour|	Wilbur MacDonald 1,275		Lynwood MacPherson 1,242		Edith Perry 99	Template:Canadian party colour|	Lynwood MacPherson 4th Queens
7. Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove	Template:Canadian party colour|	Pat Mella 2,357		Mary Hughes 914		Pat Burgoyne 146	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Pat Mella (PC) & Tom Dunphy† (Lib) 3rd Queens
8. Tracadie-Fort Augustus	Template:Canadian party colour|	Mildred Dover 1,511		Alan McIsaac 1,279		Suzanne Gibler 90
9. Stanhope-East Royalty	Template:Canadian party colour|	Jamie Ballem 1,625		Eddie Reardon 1,404		Leo Cheverie 165	New District
10. Sherwood-Hillsborough	Template:Canadian party colour|	Elmer MacFadyen 1,585		Larry Hughes 1,212		Ronald Kelly 207	rowspan=3 Template:Canadian party colour|	Wayne Cheverie 5th Queens
11. Parkdale-Belvedere	Template:Canadian party colour|	Chester Gillan 1,584		Stephen Dowling 1,008		Larry Duchesne 169
12. Charlottetown-Kings Square		Brian McKenna 1,075	Template:Canadian party colour|	Wayne Cheverie 1,345		Sybil Frei 363
13. Charlottetown-Rochford Square		Jeff Lantz 1,242	Template:Canadian party colour|	Paul Connolly 1,348		Mark Forrest 226	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Paul Connolly 6th Queens
14. Charlottetown-Spring Park	Template:Canadian party colour|	Wes MacAleer 1,481		Ian MacDonald 1,119		Leo Broderick 862
15. Winsloe-West Royalty	Template:Canadian party colour|	Don MacKinnon 1,751		Perley MacNeill 1,575		James Rodd 190	New District
16. North River-Rice Point		Brian Dollar 1,606	Template:Canadian party colour|	Ron MacKinley 1,958		Marlene Hunt 224	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gordon MacInnis‡ & Ron MacKinley 2nd Queens
17. Crapaud-Hazel Grove	Template:Canadian party colour|	Norman MacPhee 1,666		Eric MacArthur 1,529		J'Nan Brown 312	Template:Canadian party colour|	Marion Murphy† 1st Queens
18. Park Corner-Oyster Bed	Template:Canadian party colour|	Beth MacKenzie 1,824		Gordon MacInnis 1,652		Gerard Gallant 187	New District
19. Borden-Kinkora	Template:Canadian party colour|	Eric Hammill 1,521		Stavert Huestis 1,310		Gerard Sexton 195	Template:Canadian party colour|	Stavert Huestis & Libbe Hubley† 4th Prince
20. Kensington-Malpeque	Template:Canadian party colour|	Mitch Murphy 2,020		Bill Campbell 1,312		Calvin Roberts 227	New District
21. Wilmot-Summerside	Template:Canadian party colour|	Greg Deighan 1,506		Walter McEwen 1,394		Bill McKinnon 492	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Walter McEwen & Nancy Guptill 5th Prince
22. St. Eleanors-Summerside		Gardiner MacNeill 1,145	Template:Canadian party colour|	Nancy Guptill 1,716		Marsha Arseneault 307
23. Cascumpec-Grand River		Barry Balsom 715	Template:Canadian party colour|	Keith Milligan 1,823		Donna Lewis 162	Template:Canadian party colour|	Keith Milligan 2nd Prince
24. Evangeline-Miscouche		Gerard Richard 735	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Maddix 1,519		Gerard Bernard 188	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Maddix 3rd Prince
25. West Point-Bloomfield		Gary Morgan 695		Fairley Yeo 783	Template:Canadian party colour|	Herb Dickieson 921	New District
26. Alberton-Miminegash		Eddie Trail 1,127	Template:Canadian party colour|	Hector MacLeod 1,351		Ed Kilfoil 175	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Bobby Morrissey & Hector MacLeod 1st Prince
27. Tignish-DeBlois		Gail Shea 1,149	Template:Canadian party colour|	Bobby Morrissey 1,413		Howard Waite 56

See also

• 2000 Prince Edward Island general election
• List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation)
• List of PEI political parties