Английская Википедия:1979 Prince Edward Island general election

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election The 1979 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 23, 1979.[1]

The election was held just one year after the 1978 election, which featured a 17–15 split in MLAs in the legislature. Following the resignation of former premier Alex Campbell from his seat, the Legislature was in a 15–15 tie in voting members (the Liberal Speaker, Russell Perry, could not cast active votes in his role), the new Premier Bennett Campbell decided to call an election in an effort to regain his lost majority. The gambit failed, and instead the Progressive Conservatives led by Angus MacLean formed a strong majority government.

The campaign was the first to feature a female party leader running in PEI, with Doreen Sark serving as interim leader of the NDP.[2] The campaign was also the only one in which the "Draft Beer Party of PEI" ran, with one candidate in 5th Queens.

Party standings

21 11
PC Liberal
Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
1978 Elected Change # % Change

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Шаблон:Canadian party colour Angus MacLean 15 21 +6 68,440 53.3% +5.2%

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Liberal Bennett Campbell 17 11 -6 58,174 45.3% -5.4%

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Шаблон:Canadian party colour Doreen Sark (interim) 0 0 - 1,655 1.3% +0.4%

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Draft Beer Party - - 0 - 200 0.2% +0.2%

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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
1st Kings Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Ross "Johnny" Young Liberal Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Albert Fogarty Progressive
Conservative
2nd Kings Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Roddy Pratt Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Leo Rossiter Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     William Bennett Campbell Liberal Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Bud Ings Liberal
4th Kings Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Pat Binns Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Gilbert R. Clements Liberal
5th Kings Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Lowell Johnston Progressive
Conservative

Prince

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Prince Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Russell Perry Liberal Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Robert E. Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     George R. Henderson Liberal Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Allison Ellis Liberal
3rd Prince Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Léonce Bernard Liberal Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Edward Clark Liberal
4th Prince Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     William MacDougall Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |    
Prowse Chappel Progressive
Conservative
5th Prince Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     George McMahon Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Peter Pope Progressive
Conservative

Queens

District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Queens Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Marion Reid Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Leone Bagnall Progressive
Conservative
2nd Queens Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Gordon Lank Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Lloyd MacPhail Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Horace B. Carver Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Fred Driscoll Progressive
Conservative
4th Queens Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     J. Angus MacLean Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Daniel Compton Progressive
Conservative
5th Queens Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     James M. Lee Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Wilfred MacDonald Progressive
Conservative
6th Queens Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Barry Clark Progressive
Conservative
Шаблон:Canadian party colour |     Jim Larkin Progressive
Conservative

Sources

Further reading

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