1978 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1978 Prince Edward Island general election Prince Edward Island parliamentary no no no 1974 Prince Edward Island general election 1974 1978 04 24 1979 Prince Edward Island general election 1979 All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 17 Lib PE Liberal nohash Alexander B. Campbell PE Liberal name December 11, 1965 5th Prince 26 seats, 54.0% 17 9 64,133 50.7% 3.3pp Prince Edward Island general election, 1978 results by district.svg 350px Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts. Premier Alexander B. Campbell PE Liberal name Premier after election Alexander B. Campbell PE Liberal name 53rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island members x175px PE PC nohash Angus MacLean September 25, 1976 PE PC name 4th Queens 6 seats, 39.9% 15 9 60,878 48.1% 8.2pp The 1978 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 24, 1978.http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1978Report.pdf Provincial General Election Results, 1978 Elections PEI 2015-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235128/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1978Report.pdf 2015-09-23 dead The election was one of the closest in P.E.I. history, with the governing Liberals of Premier Alexander B. Campbell 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 1979. Party standings + ↓ 17 15 Liberal PC PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1974ElectedChange#%Change PE Liberal rowLiberalAlex Campbell2617-964,13350.7%-3.3% PE PC rowPE PC nameAngus MacLean615+960,87848.1%+8.2% PE NDP rowPE NDP nameAquinas Ryan00-1,1730.9%-5.3% PE Independent rowPE Independent name-0-2570.2%+0.2% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal PE Liberal 50.72 PC PE PC 48.15 New Democratic PE NDP 0.93 Others PE Independent 0.20Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal PE Liberal 53.13 PC PE PC 46.87 Members elected 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.http://www.revparl.ca/11/2/11n2_88e_Driscoll.pdf History and Politics of Prince Edward Island Fred Driscoll Canadian Parliamentary Review Kings District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Kings     Ross "Johnny" Young Liberal     James Fay Liberal 2nd Kings     Roddy Pratt Progressive Conservative     Leo Rossiter Progressive Conservative 3rd Kings     William Bennett Campbell Liberal     Bud Ings Liberal 4th Kings     Pat Binns Progressive Conservative     Johnnie Williams Progressive Conservative 5th Kings     Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal     Lowell Johnston Progressive Conservative Prince District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Prince     Russell Perry Liberal     Robert E. Campbell Liberal 2nd Prince     George R. Henderson 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     Alexander B. Campbell Liberal Queens District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Queens     Jean Canfield Liberal     Ralph Johnstone Liberal 2nd Queens     David Ford Liberal     Lloyd MacPhail Progressive Conservative 3rd Queens     Horace B. Carver Progressive Conservative     Fred Driscoll Progressive Conservative 4th Queens     J. Angus MacLean Progressive Conservative     Daniel Compton Progressive Conservative 5th Queens     James M. Lee Progressive Conservative     George Proud Liberal 6th Queens     Barry Clark Progressive Conservative     John H. Maloney Liberal Sources Category:1978 elections in Canada Category:Elections in Prince Edward Island Category:1978 in Prince Edward Island Category:April 1978 in Canada