1974 Prince Edward Island general election

1974 Prince Edward Island general election
← 1970 April 29, 1974 (1974-04-29) 1978 →
All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Lib
PC
Leader Alex Campbell Melvin McQuaid
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since December 11, 1965 February 3, 1973
Leader's seat 5th Prince 1st Kings
Last election 27 seats, 58.4% 5 seats, 41.6%
Seats won 26 6
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 64,212 47,470
Percentage 54.0% 39.9%
Swing Decrease4.4pp Decrease1.7pp
Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts.
Premier before election

Alex Campbell
Liberal

Premier after election

Alex Campbell
Liberal

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The 1974 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 29, 1974.[1]

This election was the first that the New Democratic Party contested as a provincial party on PEI, and the first third party to run candidates since the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the NDP's predecessor, contested their last election in 1951.

  1. ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1974" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.