1982 Prince Edward Island general election
Canadian provincial election
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The 1982 Prince Edward Island general election was held on September 27, 1982.[2]
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September 27, 1982
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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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| Turnout | 78.2%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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
| 21 | 11 |
| PC | Liberal |
| Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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| 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% | |
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.[3]
Kings
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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| 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
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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| 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 |
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Prowse Chappel | Progressive Conservative | |
| 5th Prince | George McMahon | Progressive Conservative |
Peter Pope | Progressive Conservative | ||
Queens
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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| 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 | ||