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The 1986 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 21, 1986.[2]

The election resulted in the defeat of the two-term Progressive Conservative government by the Liberals led by Joe Ghiz. Ghiz, the son of a Lebanese store owner, went on to become the first Canadian premier that was not of complete European descent.[3]

Party standings

↓
21 11
Liberal PC
Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
1982 Elected Change # % Change
  Liberal Joe Ghiz 11 21 +10 75,187 50.3% +4.5%
  Progressive Conservative James Lee 21 11 -10 68,062 45.5% -8.2%
  New Democratic Jim Mayne 0 0 - 5,965 4.0% +3.5%
  Independent - 0 - 280 0.2% +0.2%
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 50.29%
PC
 
 45.53%
New Democratic
 
 3.99%
Others
 
 0.19%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 65.63%
PC
 
 34.37%

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.[4]

Kings

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
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     Stanley Bruce Liberal     Gilbert R. Clements Liberal
5th Kings     Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal     Barry Hicken Liberal

Prince

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
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     Stavert Huestis Liberal    
Prowse Chappel Progressive
Conservative
5th Prince     George McMahon Progressive
Conservative 		    Peter Pope Progressive
Conservative

Queens

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Queens     Marion Reid Progressive
Conservative 		    Leone Bagnall Progressive
Conservative
2nd Queens     Gordon MacInnis Liberal     Ron MacKinley Liberal
3rd Queens     Betty Jean Brown Liberal     Tom Dunphy Liberal
4th Queens     Wilbur MacDonald Progressive
Conservative 		    Lynwood MacPherson Liberal
5th Queens     Wayne Cheverie Liberal     Tim Carroll Liberal
6th Queens     Joseph Atallah Ghiz Liberal     Paul Connolly Liberal

Sources

  1. ^ "Saltwire | Prince Edward Island". Archived from the original on September 17, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1986" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "Joseph A. Ghiz". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
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