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1996 Prince Edward Island general election
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1996 Prince Edward Island general election Prince Edward Island parliamentary no no no 1993 Prince Edward Island general election 1993 59th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island 1996 11 18 members 2000 Prince Edward Island general election 2000 All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 14 PC PE PC nohash Pat Binns May 4, 1996 PE PC name Murray River-Gaspereaux 1 seat, 39.5% 1 18 17 37,910 47.4% 7.9pp Lib PE Liberal nohash Keith Milligan October 5, 1996 PE Liberal name Cascumpec-Grand River 31 seats, 55.1% 31 8 23 35,802 44.8% 10.3pp 175x175px PE NDP nohash Herb Dickieson March 1995 PE NDP name West Point-Bloomfield 0 seats, 5.4% 0 1 1 6,283 7.9% 2.5pp Prince_Edward_Island_general_election,_1996_-_Results_By_Riding.svg 400px Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via plurality results by each riding. Premier Premier after election Keith Milligan PE Liberal name Pat Binns PE Progressive Conservative name
The 1996 Prince Edward Island general election was held on November 18, 1996.http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1996Report.pdf Provincial General Election Results, 1996 Elections PEI 2016-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20161023203043/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1996Report.pdf 2016-10-23 dead It was the first election in the province's history to not use multi-member constituencies, and instead elect a single member in each of 27 districts. (Previously, since 1873 the province had been divided into 15 or 16 districts, each electing two members.)
The governing Liberals of Premier Keith Milligan, who had been in power since Joe Ghiz first won government in 1986, lost to the resurgent Progressive Conservatives under their new leader, Pat Binns.
This was also the first election where a party other than the Liberals or Tories won a seat in the Legislature, with New Democratic Party leader Herb Dickieson winning a three-way race in a Prince County riding.
This election was the only one in PEI history where a party formed government without winning a majority of the vote until the 2015 election.
Party standings
+ ↓ 18 8 1 PC Liberal NDP
PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1993ElectedChange#%
PE PC rowProgressive ConservativePat Binns118+1737,91047.39%
PE Liberal rowLiberalKeith Milligan318-2335,80244.76%
PE NDP rowNew DemocratsHerb Dickieson-1+16,2837.85Total 322779,995100%
Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC PE PC 47.39
Liberal PE Liberal 44.76
New Democratic PE NDP 7.85Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC PE PC 66.67
Liberal PE Liberal 29.63
New Democratic PE NDP 3.70
Members elected
PE PC Liberal NDP
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|1. Souris-Elmira
|PE PC background|
|Andy Mooney1,287
|
|Ross Young1,159
|
|Brian MacDonald54
|PE Liberal background|
|Ross Young & Roger Soloman†1st Kings
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|2. Morell-Fortune Bay
|PE PC background|
|Kevin MacAdam1,347
|
|Walter Bradley1,269
|
|Kathy Murphy40
|PE Liberal background|
|Walter Bradley & Claude Matheson†2nd Kings
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor="whitesmoke"|3. Georgetown-Baldwin's Road
|rowspan=3 PE PC background|
|rowspan=3|Michael Currie1,463
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Rose Marie MacDonald1,182
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Patricia Allen43
|PE Liberal background|
|Peter Doucette† & Roberta Hubley†3rd Kings
|-
|colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|Merged riding
|-
|PE Liberal background|
|Rose Marie MacDonald & Barry Hicken‡5th Kings
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|4. Montague-Kilmuir
|PE PC background|
|Jim Bagnall1,259
|
|Beverly Deelstra964
|
|Janet Gillis71
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|New District
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|5. Murray River-Gaspereaux
|PE PC background|
|Pat Binns1,309
|
|Barry Hicken1,022
|
|Alan Hicken112
|PE Liberal background|
|Stanley Bruce †4th Kings
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|6. Belfast-Pownal Bay
|PE PC background|
|Wilbur MacDonald1,275
|
|Lynwood MacPherson1,242
|
|Edith Perry99
|PE Liberal background|
|Lynwood MacPherson4th Queens
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|7. Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove
|PE PC background|
|Pat Mella2,357
|
|Mary Hughes914
|
|Pat Burgoyne146
|rowspan=2 PE Independent background|
|rowspan=2|Pat Mella (PC) & Tom Dunphy† (Lib) 3rd Queens
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|8. Tracadie-Fort Augustus
|PE PC background|
|Mildred Dover1,511
|
|Alan McIsaac1,279
|
|Suzanne Gibler90
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|9. Stanhope-East Royalty
|PE PC background|
|Jamie Ballem1,625
|
|Eddie Reardon1,404
|
|Leo Cheverie165
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|New District
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|10. Sherwood-Hillsborough
|PE PC background|
|Elmer MacFadyen1,585
|
|Larry Hughes1,212
|
|Ronald Kelly207
|rowspan=3 PE Liberal background|
|rowspan=3|Wayne Cheverie 5th Queens
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|11. Parkdale-Belvedere
|PE PC background|
|Chester Gillan1,584
|
|Stephen Dowling1,008
|
|Larry Duchesne169
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|12. Charlottetown-Kings Square
|
|Brian McKenna1,075
|PE Liberal background|
|Wayne Cheverie1,345
|
|Sybil Frei363
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|13. Charlottetown-Rochford Square
|
|Jeff Lantz1,242
|PE Liberal background|
|Paul Connolly1,348
|
|Mark Forrest226
|rowspan=2 PE Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Paul Connolly 6th Queens
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|14. Charlottetown-Spring Park
|PE PC background|
|Wes MacAleer1,481
|
|Ian MacDonald1,119
|
|Leo Broderick862
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|15. Winsloe-West Royalty
|PE PC background|
|Don MacKinnon1,751
|
|Perley MacNeill1,575
|
|James Rodd190
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|New District
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|16. North River-Rice Point
|
|Brian Dollar1,606
|PE Liberal background|
|Ron MacKinley1,958
|
|Marlene Hunt224
|PE Liberal background|
|Gordon MacInnis‡ & Ron MacKinley2nd Queens
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|17. Crapaud-Hazel Grove
|PE PC background|
|Norman MacPhee1,666
|
|Eric MacArthur1,529
|
|J'Nan Brown312
|PE Liberal background|
|Marion Murphy†1st Queens
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|18. Park Corner-Oyster Bed
|PE PC background|
|Beth MacKenzie1,824
|
|Gordon MacInnis1,652
|
|Gerard Gallant187
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|New District
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|19. Borden-Kinkora
|PE PC background|
|Eric Hammill1,521
|
|Stavert Huestis1,310
|
|Gerard Sexton195
|PE Liberal background|
|Stavert Huestis & Libbe Hubley† 4th Prince
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|20. Kensington-Malpeque
|PE PC background|
|Mitch Murphy2,020
|
|Bill Campbell1,312
|
|Calvin Roberts227
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|New District
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|21. Wilmot-Summerside
|PE PC background|
|Greg Deighan1,506
|
|Walter McEwen1,394
|
|Bill McKinnon492
|rowspan=2 PE Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Walter McEwen & Nancy Guptill 5th Prince
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|22. St. Eleanors-Summerside
|
|Gardiner MacNeill1,145
|PE Liberal background|
|Nancy Guptill1,716
|
|Marsha Arseneault307
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|23. Cascumpec-Grand River
|
|Barry Balsom715
|PE Liberal background|
|Keith Milligan1,823
|
|Donna Lewis162
|PE Liberal background|
|Keith Milligan 2nd Prince
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|24. Evangeline-Miscouche
|
|Gerard Richard735
|PE Liberal background|
|Robert Maddix1,519
|
|Gerard Bernard188
|PE Liberal background|
|Robert Maddix 3rd Prince
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|25. West Point-Bloomfield
|
|Gary Morgan695
|
|Fairley Yeo783
|PE NDP background|
|Herb Dickieson921
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|New District
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|26. Alberton-Miminegash
|
|Eddie Trail1,127
|PE Liberal background|
|Hector MacLeod1,351
|
|Ed Kilfoil175
|rowspan=2 PE Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Bobby Morrissey & Hector MacLeod 1st Prince
|-
|bgcolor="whitesmoke"|27. Tignish-DeBlois
|
|Gail Shea1,149
|PE Liberal background|
|Bobby Morrissey1,413
|
|Howard Waite56
|}
See also
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation)
List of PEI political parties
Sources
Further reading
Mutimer David Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1996 2002 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9781442672093 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_f2e4 registration
Category:1996 elections in Canada
Category:Elections in Prince Edward Island
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Category:November 1996 in Canada