1970 Prince Edward Island general election
Canadian provincial election
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The 1970 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 11, 1970.[1]
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May 11, 1970
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All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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The incumbent Liberal government of Alex Campbell was easily re-elected, gaining a total of 7.9% in the popular vote on the Tories, who dropped by the identical amount, as only the two parties ran any candidates in both the 1970 and 1966 elections.[2]
Jean Canfield, the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, was a victorious candidate in 1st Queens in this election.[3]
Party standings
| 27 | 5 |
| Liberal | PC |
| Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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| 1966 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | |||
| Liberal | Alex Campbell | 17 | 27 | +10 | 64,484 | 58.4% | +7.9% | |
| Progressive Conservative | George Key | 15 | 5 | -10 | 46,015 | 41.6% | -7.9% | |
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 were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.[4]
Kings
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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| 1st Kings | Bruce L. Stewart | Liberal | Daniel J. MacDonald | Liberal | ||
| 2nd Kings | Walter Dingwell | Progressive Conservative |
Leo Rossiter | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 3rd Kings | William Bennett Campbell | Liberal | Bud Ings | Liberal | ||
| 4th Kings | Lorne Bonnell | Liberal | Gilbert R. Clements | Liberal | ||
| 5th Kings | Arthur J. MacDonald | Liberal | George J. Ferguson | Liberal | ||
Prince
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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| 1st Prince | Russell Perry | Liberal | Robert E. Campbell | Liberal | ||
| 2nd Prince | George Dewar | Progressive Conservative |
Joshua MacArthur | Liberal | ||
| 3rd Prince | William Gallant | Liberal | Edward Clark | Liberal | ||
| 4th Prince | Robert Schurman | Liberal | |
Frank Jardine | Liberal | |
| 5th Prince | Earle Hickey | Progressive Conservative |
Alexander B. Campbell | Liberal | ||
Queens
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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| 1st Queens | Jean Canfield | Liberal | Ralph Johnstone | Liberal | ||
| 2nd Queens | Sinclair Cutcliffe | Liberal | Lloyd MacPhail | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 3rd Queens | Cecil A. Miller | Liberal | Levi McNally | Liberal | ||
| 4th Queens | J. Stewart Ross | Liberal | Daniel Compton | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 5th Queens | Gordon L. Bennett | Liberal | Elmer Blanchard | Liberal | ||
| 6th Queens | Allison MacDonald | Liberal | John H. Maloney | Liberal | ||
