Prince Edward Island general election, 1966

Prince Edward Island general election, 1966

The Prince Edward Island general election, 1966 was held on May 30, 1966.

The election in the riding of 1st Kings was delayed until July 11, 1966 due to the death of Liberal Assemblyman and candidate William Acorn. [ [http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/ceoreports/general/general-1966-05-30.pdf Prince Edward Island Chief Electoral Officer report for 1966] ] As it turned out, other ridings elected a total of 15 Liberals and 15 Progressive Conservatives, and the riding of 1st Kings would by itself decide the general election.

The outgoing Progressive Conservative government attempted to win 1st Kings by resorting to such methods as naming one of the Conservative candidate (Keith Mackenzie) as Minister of Transports, and paving 30 miles of road in the district. [ [http://fruitsandvotes.com/?p=250 Political historian Wayne MacKinnon, as quoted on http://fruitsandvotes.com/?p=250] ] At the time, a reporter from the Charlottetown Guardian commented on how "the riding may well sink under the weight of the [paving] machines". The strategy failed as both Liberal candidates in 1st Kings ultimately won, enabling Alex Campbell to become Premier.

The 1966 election was the first following the splitting of the 5th Queens district. The Progressive Conservative government decided to break with the tradition of each county having five ridings and ten members; by splitting 5th Queens, it gave the city of Charlottetown two ridings and therefore four members. This was the single biggest change to the map since 1893 when the ridings were devised. In that time population shifts had made some changes needed, as Charlottetown's population was more than five times that of some of the more rural ridings. The Progressive Conservatives had hoped that traditionally Progressive Conservative Charlottetown would vote in two new Progressive Conservative members to the legislature; on election day the new riding elected two Progressive Conservatives, but the now modified old riding elected two Liberals.

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