- List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation)
This article provides a summary of results for the
general election s to the Canadian province ofPrince Edward Island 'sunicameral legislative body, thePrince Edward Island House of Assembly . The number of seats has varied over time, from a high of thirty-two between the 1960s and 1990s, to the current low of twenty-seven.
thumb|right|350px|">Number of seats won by major parties at each electionThe chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows that Prince Edward Island has effectively a
two-party system - the Liberal party (red) and Conservative party (blue). After the first two elections (when not all MLAs declared a party allegiance), only one MLA has been elected who has not been a member of these two parties. The Liberal party have won eighteen out of twenty-nine of the elections in the 20th century.Prior to 1996, PEI used 16 dual-member ridings; the 32 members have sat together since the 1893 abolition of the Legislative Council. The boundaries for these ridings were drawn in 1893; a single change was made in 1966 (when the riding of Charlottetown, also known as 5th Queens, was split into two parts). In 1996, a court determined that the number of electors varied too much between ridings, and was therefore unconstitutional. This resulted in a new set of (single-member) ridings being created.
This article only covers elections since Prince Edward Island became part of the
Canadian Confederation in 1873. Prior to that, Prince Edward Island was a British colony. The Prince Edward Island House of Assembly dates back to 1769.ummary
The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election (if greater than zero). It also shows the percentage of the vote obtained by the major political parties at each election, if greater than 0.1%. The winning party's totals are shown in bold. To date, no party has formed a government that did not have the largest share of the vote. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.
Year Conservativeref_label|PC|A|A Liberal NDPref_label|NDP|B|B Other Total seats Vote (%) Seats Vote (%) Seats Vote (%) Seats Vote (%) Seats Seat-winning party Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives colspan=2 height=6> Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal colspan=2> Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP colspan=2> Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents colspan=3> 2007 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal width=4> 41.4 4 52.9 23 2.0 3.7 27 2003 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative width=4> 54.0 23 42.9 4 3.1 27 2000 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 57.9 26 33.7 1 8.4 27 1996 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 47.4 18 44.8 8 7.8 1 27 1993 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 39.5 1 55.1 31 5.4 32 1989 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 35.8 2 60.7 30 3.5 32 1986 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 45.6 11 50.4 21 4.0 32 1982 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 53.6 21 45.7 11 0.7 32 1979 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 53.2 21 45.3 11 1.3 0.2 32 1978 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 48.2 15 50.7 17 1.1 32 1974 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 40.2 6 53.9 26 5.9 32 1970 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 41.7 5 58.3 27 32 1966 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 49.5 15 50.5 17 32 1962 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 50.6 19 49.4 11 30 1959 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 50.9 22 49.1 8 30 1955 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 45.0 3 55.0 27 30 1951 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 46.7 6 51.6 24 1.7 30 1947 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 45.8 6 49.8 24 4.3 0.1 30 1943 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 46.1 10 51.3 20 2.1 0.5 30 1939 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 47.0 4 53.0 26 30 1935 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 42.0 58.0 30 30 1931 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 51.7 18 48.3 12 30 1927 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 46.9 6 53.1 24 30 1923 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 51.5 25 43.8 5 4.7ref_label|UFPP|C|C 30 1919 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 46.1 6 53.9 24 30 1915 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 50.1 17 49.9 13 30 1912 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 60.3 28 39.7 2 30 1908 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 48.4 13 51.6 17 30 1904 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 45.9 8 54.1 22 30 1900 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 46.5 9 53.5 21 30 1897 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> ref_label|vote|D|D 11 ref_label|vote|D|D 19 ref_label|vote|D|D ref_label|vote|D|D 30 1893 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 7 23 30 1890 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other> 15ref_label|1890|E|E 15ref_label|1890|E|E 30 1886 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 18 12 30 1883 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 21 9 30 1879 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 24 6 30 1876 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 15 7 8 Non-partisan 30 1873 Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservative> 15 10 5 Non-partisan 30 Notes
: note label|PC|A|A Includes results for Progressive Conservatives.: note label|NDP|B|B Includes results for the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1943 to 1951.: note label|UFPP|C|C Includes 3.4% for the Progressive Party / United Farmers.: note label|vote|D|D Vote share not known for the elections in the 19th century.: note label|1890|E|E Tie between Conservatives and Liberals, resulting in a coalition.References
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Lists of general elections in Canada
* List of political parties in Prince Edward Island
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