1996 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 1996 Prince Edward Island general election was held on November 18, 1996.[1] 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

18 8 1
PC Liberal NDP
Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
1993 Elected Change # %

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Progressive Conservative Pat Binns 1 18 +17 37,910 47.39%

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Liberal Keith Milligan 31 8 -23 35,802 44.76%

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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
colspan="2" style="width:1%; border-right:none;" Template:Canadian party colour colspan="2" style="width:1%; border-right:none;" Template:Canadian party colour colspan="2" style="width:1%; border-right:none;" Template:Canadian party colour
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

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