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Canadian provincial election
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
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.
The 1996 Prince Edward Island general election was held on November 18, 1996.[ 1] 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
Popular vote
PC
47.39%
Liberal
44.76%
New Democratic
7.85%
Seats summary
PC
66.67%
Liberal
29.63%
New Democratic
3.70%
Members elected
Electoral district
Candidates
Incumbent
PC
Liberal
NDP
1. Souris-Elmira
Andy Mooney 1,287
Ross Young 1,159
Brian MacDonald 54
Ross Young & Roger Soloman †1st Kings
2. Morell-Fortune Bay
Kevin MacAdam 1,347
Walter Bradley 1,269
Kathy Murphy 40
Walter Bradley & Claude Matheson †2nd Kings
3. Georgetown-Baldwin's Road
Michael Currie 1,463
Rose Marie MacDonald 1,182
Patricia Allen 43
Peter Doucette † & Roberta Hubley †3rd Kings
Merged riding
Rose Marie MacDonald & Barry Hicken ‡5th Kings
4. Montague-Kilmuir
Jim Bagnall 1,259
Beverly Deelstra 964
Janet Gillis 71
New District
5. Murray River-Gaspereaux
Pat Binns 1,309
Barry Hicken 1,022
Alan Hicken 112
Stanley Bruce †4th Kings
6. Belfast-Pownal Bay
Wilbur MacDonald 1,275
Lynwood MacPherson 1,242
Edith Perry 99
Lynwood MacPherson 4th Queens
7. Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove
Pat Mella 2,357
Mary Hughes 914
Pat Burgoyne 146
Pat Mella (PC) & Tom Dunphy † (Lib) 3rd Queens
8. Tracadie-Fort Augustus
Mildred Dover 1,511
Alan McIsaac 1,279
Suzanne Gibler 90
9. Stanhope-East Royalty
Jamie Ballem 1,625
Eddie Reardon 1,404
Leo Cheverie 165
New District
10. Sherwood-Hillsborough
Elmer MacFadyen 1,585
Larry Hughes 1,212
Ronald Kelly 207
Wayne Cheverie 5th Queens
11. Parkdale-Belvedere
Chester Gillan 1,584
Stephen Dowling 1,008
Larry Duchesne 169
12. Charlottetown-Kings Square
Brian McKenna 1,075
Wayne Cheverie 1,345
Sybil Frei 363
13. Charlottetown-Rochford Square
Jeff Lantz 1,242
Paul Connolly 1,348
Mark Forrest 226
Paul Connolly 6th Queens
14. Charlottetown-Spring Park
Wes MacAleer 1,481
Ian MacDonald 1,119
Leo Broderick 862
15. Winsloe-West Royalty
Don MacKinnon 1,751
Perley MacNeill 1,575
James Rodd 190
New District
16. North River-Rice Point
Brian Dollar 1,606
Ron MacKinley 1,958
Marlene Hunt 224
Gordon MacInnis ‡ & Ron MacKinley 2nd Queens
17. Crapaud-Hazel Grove
Norman MacPhee 1,666
Eric MacArthur 1,529
J'Nan Brown 312
Marion Murphy †1st Queens
18. Park Corner-Oyster Bed
Beth MacKenzie 1,824
Gordon MacInnis 1,652
Gerard Gallant 187
New District
19. Borden-Kinkora
Eric Hammill 1,521
Stavert Huestis 1,310
Gerard Sexton 195
Stavert Huestis & Libbe Hubley † 4th Prince
20. Kensington-Malpeque
Mitch Murphy 2,020
Bill Campbell 1,312
Calvin Roberts 227
New District
21. Wilmot-Summerside
Greg Deighan 1,506
Walter McEwen 1,394
Bill McKinnon 492
Walter McEwen & Nancy Guptill 5th Prince
22. St. Eleanors-Summerside
Gardiner MacNeill 1,145
Nancy Guptill 1,716
Marsha Arseneault 307
23. Cascumpec-Grand River
Barry Balsom 715
Keith Milligan 1,823
Donna Lewis 162
Keith Milligan 2nd Prince
24. Evangeline-Miscouche
Gerard Richard 735
Robert Maddix 1,519
Gerard Bernard 188
Robert Maddix 3rd Prince
25. West Point-Bloomfield
Gary Morgan 695
Fairley Yeo 783
Herb Dickieson 921
New District
26. Alberton-Miminegash
Eddie Trail 1,127
Hector MacLeod 1,351
Ed Kilfoil 175
Bobby Morrissey & Hector MacLeod 1st Prince
27. Tignish-DeBlois
Gail Shea 1,149
Bobby Morrissey 1,413
Howard Waite 56
See also
Sources
Further reading