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1982 Prince Edward Island general election

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1982 Prince Edward Island general election

← 1979 September 27, 1982 (1982-09-27) 1986 →

All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.2%[1]
  First party Second party
 
PC
Leader James Lee Joe Ghiz
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since November 7, 1981 October 24, 1981
Leader's seat 5th Queens 6th Queens
Last election 21 seats, 53.3% 11 seats, 45.3%
Seats won 21 11
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 71,274 60,771
Percentage 53.7% 45.8%
Swing Increase0.4pp Increase0.5pp

Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts.

Premier before election

James Lee
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

James Lee
Progressive Conservative

The 1982 Prince Edward Island general election was held on September 27, 1982.[2]

In 1981, after just two years as premier, Angus MacLean resigned his position after the election of James Lee to the Progressive Conservative leadership. In the same year, the Liberals selected future premier Joe Ghiz as their leader. Lee called an early election (traditionally elections in PEI are held every four years) in which a few seats changed hands, but the overall count stayed the same as in 1979.

This election also marked the lowest point in popular support for the New Democrats on PEI, who were led by an interim leader.

Party standings

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21 11
PC Liberal
Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
1979 Elected Change # % Change
  Progressive Conservative James Lee 21 21 - 71,274 53.7% +0.4%
  Liberal Joe Ghiz 11 11 - 60,771 45.8% +0.5%
  New Democratic David Burke (interim) 0 0 - 629 0.5% -0.8%
Popular vote
PC
53.72%
Liberal
45.80%
New Democratic
0.47%
Seats summary
PC
65.63%
Liberal
34.37%

Members elected

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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.[3]

Kings

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District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Kings     Ross "Johnny" Young Liberal     Albert Fogarty Progressive
Conservative
2nd Kings     Roddy Pratt Progressive
Conservative
    Francis O'Brien Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings     A. A. "Joey" Fraser Progressive
Conservative
    Peter MacLeod Progressive
Conservative
4th Kings     Pat Binns Progressive
Conservative
    Gilbert R. Clements Liberal
5th Kings     Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal     Lowell Johnston Progressive
Conservative

Prince

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District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Prince     Robert Morrissey Liberal     Robert E. Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince     Keith Milligan Liberal     Allison Ellis Liberal
3rd Prince     Léonce Bernard Liberal     Edward Clark Liberal
4th Prince     William MacDougall Progressive
Conservative
   
Prowse Chappel Progressive
Conservative
5th Prince     George McMahon Progressive
Conservative
    Peter Pope Progressive
Conservative

Queens

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District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Queens     Marion Reid Progressive
Conservative
    Leone Bagnall Progressive
Conservative
2nd Queens     Gordon Lank Progressive
Conservative
    Lloyd MacPhail Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens     Horace B. Carver Progressive
Conservative
    Fred Driscoll Progressive
Conservative
4th Queens     Wilbur MacDonald Progressive
Conservative
    Daniel Compton Progressive
Conservative
5th Queens     James M. Lee Progressive
Conservative
    Wilfred MacDonald Progressive
Conservative
6th Queens     Joseph Atallah Ghiz Liberal     Paul Connolly Liberal

Sources

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  1. ^ "Saltwire | Prince Edward Island".
  2. ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1982" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.

Further reading

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