1989 Prince Edward Island general election

1989 Prince Edward Island general election
← 1986 May 29, 1989 (1989-05-29) 1993 →
All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
PC
Leader Joe Ghiz Mel Gass
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since October 24, 1981 June 11, 1988
Leader's seat 6th Queens Ran in 2nd Queens (lost)
Last election 21 seats, 50.3% 11 seats, 45.5%
Seats won 30 2
Seat change Increase9 Decrease9
Popular vote 85,982 50,731
Percentage 60.7% 35.8%
Swing Increase10.4pp Decrease9.7pp
Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts.
Premier before election

Joe Ghiz
Liberal

Premier after election

Joe Ghiz
Liberal

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The 1989 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 29, 1989.[1]

The campaign resulted in the re-election of the Liberal government of Premier Joe Ghiz. In this election, the Liberals won 60.7% of the popular vote, the highest percentage that a winning party has taken on record in Prince Edward Island. The Progressive Conservatives won 2 seats despite taking 36 percent of the popular vote; they were due 12 seats. This was the lowest share of the vote that the Progressive Conservatives ever received, 35.8%. Only 5 times has the Opposition had 2 or fewer seats in the history of Prince Edward Island; this was one of them.

One of the two members from each constituency is styled a Councillor, and the other an Assemblyman. In electoral contests Councillor candidates run against Councillor candidates; Assemblyman candidates against Assemblyman candidates.[2]

  1. ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1989" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Canadian Parliamentary Review - Article". Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.