Prince Edward Island general election, 1993

Prince Edward Island general election, 1993

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All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Lib PC Leader Catherine Callbeck Pat Mella Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since January 23, 1993 November 10, 1990 Leader's seat 1st Queens 3rd Queens Last election 30 seats, 60.7% 2 seats, 35.8% Seats won 31 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 80,443 57,549 Percentage 55.1% 39.5% Swing 5.6pp 3.7pp
Map of PEI's ridings coloured in based on how they voted
Premier before election Catherine Callbeck Liberal Premier-designate Catherine Callbeck Liberal

The 1993 Prince Edward Island general election was held on March 29, 1993. ^[1]

The campaign resulted in the re-election of the governing Liberals under Premier Catherine Callbeck, the province's first female premier, who had taken over only two months previous from former premier Joe Ghiz. Despite dropping in the popular vote, the Liberals gained on its seat tally, taking 31 of 32 seats, with only PC Leader Pat Mella as the sole opposition member in the Legislature.

This election featured several notable events. It was the first to see a female party leader lead her party to a victory in a general election, ^[2] it was also the first to feature two women leading the two major parties. It was the last to use the dual-member constituencies that had been in place 1893.

Party standings

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31	1
Liberal	PC

Party		Party Leader	Seats			Popular Vote
			1989	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Catherine Callbeck	30	31	+1	80,443	55.1%	-5.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Mella	2	1	-1	57,649	39.5%	+3.7%
	New Democratic	Larry Duchesne	0	0	-	7,819	5.4%	+1.9%

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]

Assemblymen

Electoral District	Candidates							Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP
1st Kings		Roger Soloman 1,681		Craig Norton 1,279				Ross Young
2nd Kings		Claude Matheson 1,031		Henry Compton 786		Martin Kenny 85		Claude Matheson
3rd Kings		Peter Doucette 1,436		John Callaghan 1,133				Peter Doucette
4th Kings		Stanley Bruce 1,540		Marjory Tattrie 1,053		Janet MacDonald 164		Stanley Bruce
5th Kings		Rose Marie MacDonald 1,098		Hal Jamieson 601				Rose Marie MacDonald
1st Queens		Marion Murphy 1,598		Wilber Lamont 1,065		Karen Kelly-Fyfe 184		Marion Murphy
2nd Queens		Gordon MacInnis 3,916		George Watts 2,783		Marlene Hunt 416		Gordon MacInnis
3rd Queens		Betty Jean Brown 3,326		Pat Mella 4,486		Gerry Birt 301		Betty Jean Brown
4th Queens		Alan Buchanan 1,343		Wilbur MacDonald 1,245				Alan Buchanan
5th Queens		Wayne Cheverie 5,251		Lloyd McKenna 3,387		Barbara Boudreau 606		Wayne Cheverie
6th Queens		Jeannie Lea 3,934		Diane Griffin 3,300		Heather DeMille 402		Joe Ghiz
1st Prince		Bobby Morrissey 3,530		Larry Gaudet 2,600		Leroy Hiltz 273		Bobby Morrissey
2nd Prince		Keith Milligan 1,660		Jimmy Stewart 816		Grace Coughlin 246		Keith Milligan
3rd Prince		Robert Maddix 1,942		Emile Gallant 1,066				Léonce Bernard
4th Prince		Stavert Huestis 4,215		Fred McCardle 2,568		Larry Duchesne 825		Stavert Huestis
5th Prince		Walter McEwen 2,179		Greg Deighan 1,298		Neil Matthews 255		Walter McEwen

Councillor

Electoral District	Candidates							Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP
1st Kings		Ross Young 1,702		Peter McQuaid 1,208		Brian MacDonald 83		Albert Fogarty
2nd Kings		Walter Bradley 1,081		Kevin MacAdam 815				Walter Bradley
3rd Kings		Roberta Hubley 1,369		Doug Johnston 1,123		Bruno Peripoli 106		Roberta Hubley
4th Kings		Gilbert Clements 1,618		Philip Curley 912		Alan Hicken 235		Gilbert Clements
5th Kings		Barry Hicken 1,202		Wesley Stead 506				Barry Hicken
1st Queens		Catherine Callbeck 1,602		Ronald Myers 1,115		Marvyn Wells 150		Leone Bagnall
2nd Queens		Ron MacKinley 4,043		Brian Dollar 2,729		Gerard Gallant 368		Ron MacKinley
3rd Queens		Tom Dunphy 3,940		Mildred Dover 3,769		Paul McCarron 389		Tom Dunphy
4th Queens		Lynwood MacPherson 1,553		Lou Douse 1,034				Lynwood MacPherson
5th Queens		Tim Carroll 4,463		Chester Gillan 4,199		Mickey MacDonald 579		Tim Carroll
6th Queens		Paul Connolly 4,365		Stuart Drummond 2,732		Ronald Kelly 515		Paul Connolly
1st Prince		Hector MacLeod 3,354		Gary Morgan 2,751		Ed Kilfoil 297		Bob Campbell
2nd Prince		Randy Cooke 1,459		Donna Williams 720		Herb Dickieson 540		Allison Ellis
3rd Prince		Edward Clark 2,229		Lorne Ramsay 794				Edward Clark
4th Prince		Libbe Hubley 4,342		Don MacFarlane 2,668		Margaret Arsenault 598		Libbe Hubley
5th Prince		Nancy Guptill 2,441		Mac MacDonald 1,108		Gordon Whitlock 202		Nancy Guptill

Sources

1. "Provincial General Election Results, 1993" (PDF). Elections PEI. 
2. "Canada's first elected female premier never set out to be a trailblazer". The Globe and Mail. 
3. Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.