1890 Prince Edward Island general election

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The 1890 Prince Edward Island election was held on 10 August 1890 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. This was the only election to produce a minority government for Prince Edward Island, until 2019. In many other elections such as 2019, a party won a majority of the seats without receiving a majority of the vote.

 PartyLeader 1886 Seats won% changePopular vote(%)
  Conservative Neil McLeod 1815-17%
  Liberal 1215+25%
Totals3030

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