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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
361:
losing a number of seats to their
Progressive Conservative rivals. The decrease of the 26 to 6 Liberal majority to a slim 17 to 15 lead over the PC, and the resignation of Alex Campbell, led to an unstable legislature, and another election was held just one year later in
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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.
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61:
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Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one
Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts.
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358:
333:
318:
136:
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by landowners within a district, but afterward they were elected in the same manner as
Assemblymen.
357:
The election was one of the closest in P.E.I. history, with the governing
Liberals of Premier
1434:
1459:
874:
8:
1056:
769:
1023:
1410:
1263:
826:
284:
273:
1351:
909:
1279:
1203:
1829:
1157:
487:
141:
1316:
804:
520:
1328:
1293:
1254:
1217:
1182:
1149:
1086:
1048:
1015:
982:
949:
186:
181:
888:
859:
851:
818:
781:
748:
839:
408:
1465:Elections and referendums in Prince Edward Island
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309:
1411:"History and Politics of Prince Edward Island"
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94:Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
1378:"Provincial General Election Results, 1978"
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1435:
352:1978 Prince Edward Island general election
22:1978 Prince Edward Island general election
1817:List of Prince Edward Island by-elections
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411:
13:
710:
369:
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1862:
1841:Elections in Prince Edward Island
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296:
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278:
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267:
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228:
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220:
28:
1383:. Elections PEI. Archived from
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1181:
1148:
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1047:
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817:
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97:17 seats needed for a majority
1:
1418:Canadian Parliamentary Review
1846:1978 in Prince Edward Island
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437:
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425:
354:was held on April 24, 1978.
16:Canadian provincial election
7:
1851:April 1978 events in Canada
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101:
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72:
38:
26:
1836:1978 elections in Canada
827:William Bennett Campbell
723:
483:Progressive Conservative
157:Progressive Conservative
50:April 24, 1978
314:Premier before election
329:Premier after election
1390:on September 23, 2015
1111:Alexander B. Campbell
359:Alexander B. Campbell
334:Alexander B. Campbell
319:Alexander B. Campbell
137:Alexander B. Campbell
92:All 32 seats in the
1702:Municipal elections
991:George R. Henderson
897:Arthur J. MacDonald
757:Ross "Johnny" Young
376:
193:Last election
178:Leader's seat
23:
1057:William MacDougall
971:Robert E. Campbell
374:
238:Popular vote
172:September 25, 1976
163:Leader since
21:
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1473:General elections
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572:
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217:Seat change
167:December 11, 1965
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1264:J. Angus MacLean
1226:Horace B. Carver
1129:
1128:
929:
928:
875:Johnnie Williams
728:
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661:
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654:
580:
579:
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409:
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396:
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373:
310:
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196:26 seats, 54.0%
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55:
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1723:
1697:
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1457:
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1413:
1409:Fred Driscoll.
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1371:
1367:
1352:John H. Maloney
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1271:
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1232:
1210:
1171:Ralph Johnstone
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1101:
1079:
1069:
1063:
927:
916:
910:Lowell Johnston
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866:
811:
796:
726:
713:
711:Members elected
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601:
399:
392:
372:
370:Party standings
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204:Seats won
199:6 seats, 39.9%
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1280:Daniel Compton
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1204:Lloyd MacPhail
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1095:George McMahon
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1073:Prowse Chappel
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1024:Léonce Bernard
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622:New Democratic
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612:
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560:
557:
554:
551:
546:
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538:
535:
532:
529:
526:
523:
518:
516:New Democratic
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502:
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485:
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371:
368:
346:
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1283:
1281:
1278:
1273:
1268:
1266:
1265:
1261:
1256:
1252:
1249:
1244:
1242:
1241:Fred Driscoll
1239:
1234:
1229:
1227:
1224:
1219:
1215:
1212:
1207:
1205:
1202:
1197:
1194:
1192:
1189:
1184:
1180:
1177:
1174:
1172:
1169:
1164:
1161:
1159:
1158:Jean Canfield
1156:
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1147:
1143:
1137:
1131:
1130:
1118:
1115:
1113:
1112:
1108:
1103:
1098:
1096:
1093:
1088:
1084:
1081:
1076:
1074:
1071:
1065:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1050:
1046:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1030:
1027:
1025:
1022:
1017:
1013:
1010:
1007:
1005:
1004:Allison Ellis
1002:
997:
994:
992:
989:
984:
980:
977:
974:
972:
969:
964:
961:
959:
958:Russell Perry
956:
951:
947:
943:
937:
931:
930:
918:
913:
911:
908:
903:
900:
898:
895:
890:
886:
883:
878:
876:
873:
868:
863:
861:
858:
853:
849:
846:
843:
841:
838:
833:
830:
828:
825:
820:
816:
813:
808:
806:
803:
798:
793:
791:
788:
783:
779:
776:
773:
771:
768:
763:
760:
758:
755:
750:
746:
742:
736:
730:
729:
721:
717:
692:
688:
679:
675:
670:
667:
664:Seats summary
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657:
656:
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633:
624:
620:
611:
607:
598:
594:
589:
586:
581:
576:
575:
550:
544:
543:
522:
519:
517:
514:
511:
510:
489:
488:Angus MacLean
486:
484:
481:
478:
477:
456:
455:Alex Campbell
453:
451:
448:
445:
444:
421:Popular Vote
415:Party Leader
402:
398:
395:
391:
390:
387:
384:
382:
379:
378:
367:
365:
360:
355:
353:
340:
339:
335:
330:
327:
325:
324:
320:
315:
312:
311:
306:
299:
293:
286:
277:
275:
266:
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262:
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249:
245:
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161:
158:
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150:
147:
146:
143:
142:Angus MacLean
140:
138:
135:
132:
131:
128:
124:
119:
116:
115:
112:Second party
111:
108:
105:
104:
100:
95:
89:
84: →
83:
78:
75:←
71:
64: →
63:
60:
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43:←
42:
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37:
25:
19:
1690:
1620:
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1392:. Retrieved
1385:the original
1372:
1344:Conservative
1342:Progressive
1317:George Proud
1309:Conservative
1307:Progressive
1302:James M. Lee
1287:Conservative
1285:Progressive
1272:Conservative
1270:Progressive
1262:
1248:Conservative
1246:Progressive
1233:Conservative
1231:Progressive
1211:Conservative
1209:Progressive
1135:Assemblyman
1109:
1102:Conservative
1100:Progressive
1080:Conservative
1078:Progressive
1064:Conservative
1062:Progressive
1037:Edward Clark
935:Assemblyman
917:Conservative
915:Progressive
882:Conservative
880:Progressive
867:Conservative
865:Progressive
812:Conservative
810:Progressive
805:Leo Rossiter
797:Conservative
795:Progressive
734:Assemblyman
718:
714:
583:Popular vote
521:Aquinas Ryan
400:
393:
385:
380:
356:
351:
349:
332:
328:
317:
313:
254:
241:
207:
122:
109:First party
49:
18:
1728:Referendums
1337:Barry Clark
1141:Councillor
941:Councillor
790:Roddy Pratt
740:Councillor
549:Independent
251:Percentage
1830:Categories
1815:See also:
1785:1954 (Nov)
1780:1954 (May)
1329:6th Queens
1294:5th Queens
1255:4th Queens
1218:3rd Queens
1191:David Ford
1183:2nd Queens
1150:1st Queens
1087:5th Prince
1049:4th Prince
1016:3rd Prince
983:2nd Prince
950:1st Prince
187:4th Queens
182:5th Prince
54:1978-04-24
1132:District
932:District
889:5th Kings
860:Pat Binns
852:4th Kings
819:3rd Kings
782:2nd Kings
770:James Fay
749:1st Kings
731:District
840:Bud Ings
429:Elected
1394:May 25,
1365:Sources
1357:Liberal
1322:Liberal
1196:Liberal
1176:Liberal
1163:Liberal
1117:Liberal
1042:Liberal
1029:Liberal
1009:Liberal
996:Liberal
976:Liberal
963:Liberal
902:Liberal
845:Liberal
832:Liberal
775:Liberal
762:Liberal
694:
681:
677:Liberal
639:
626:
613:
600:
596:Liberal
545:
512:
501:60,878
479:
468:64,133
450:Liberal
446:
441:Change
432:Change
394:Liberal
338:Liberal
323:Liberal
246:60,878
152:Liberal
133:Leader
117:
106:
82:members
52: (
1144:Party
1138:Party
1125:Queens
944:Party
938:Party
925:Prince
743:Party
737:Party
698:46.87%
685:53.13%
635:Others
617:48.15%
604:50.72%
568:+0.2%
540:-5.3%
534:1,173
507:+8.2%
504:48.1%
474:-3.3%
471:50.7%
418:Seats
412:Party
264:Swing
259:48.1%
242:64,133
148:Party
1414:(PDF)
1388:(PDF)
1381:(PDF)
724:Kings
643:0.20%
630:0.93%
565:0.2%
537:0.9%
426:1974
255:50.7%
1805:2019
1800:2016
1795:2005
1790:1988
1775:1948
1770:1940
1765:1929
1760:1923
1755:1913
1750:1901
1745:1898
1740:1893
1735:1878
1719:2022
1714:2018
1709:2014
1692:Next
1686:2023
1681:2019
1676:2015
1671:2011
1666:2007
1661:2003
1656:2000
1651:1996
1646:1993
1641:1989
1636:1986
1631:1982
1626:1979
1621:1978
1616:1974
1611:1970
1606:1966
1601:1962
1596:1959
1591:1955
1586:1951
1581:1947
1576:1943
1571:1939
1566:1935
1561:1931
1556:1927
1551:1923
1546:1919
1541:1915
1536:1912
1531:1908
1526:1904
1521:1900
1516:1897
1511:1893
1506:1890
1501:1886
1496:1882
1491:1879
1486:1876
1481:1873
1396:2015
562:257
364:1979
350:The
62:1979
45:1974
498:+9
495:15
465:-9
462:17
459:26
283:8.2
272:3.3
212:15
123:Lib
1832::
1416:.
690:PC
609:PC
559:-
556:0
553:-
531:-
528:0
525:0
492:6
438:%
435:#
401:PC
386:15
381:17
375:↓
366:.
285:pp
274:pp
233:9
225:9
208:17
1450:e
1443:t
1436:v
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