Prince Edward Island general election, 1996

Prince Edward Island general election, 1996
Prince Edward Island
November 18, 1996 (1996-11-18)
All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
14 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
PC
Lib
Leader Pat Binns Keith Milligan Herb Dickieson
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since May 4, 1996 October 5, 1996 March 1995
Leader's seat Murray River-Gaspereaux Cascumpec-Grand River West Point-Bloomfield
Last election 30 seats, 60.7%1 seat, 39.5% 31 seats, 55.1% 0 seats, 5.4%
Seats won 18 8 1
Seat change +17 -23 +1
Popular vote 37,910 35,802 6,283
Percentage 47.4% 44.8% 7.9%
Swing +7.9pp -10.3pp +2.5pp

Map of PEI's ridings coloured in based on how they voted
Premier before election

Keith Milligan
Liberal

 Premier-designate

Pat Binns
Progressive Conservative

The 60th Prince Edward Island general election was held on November 18, 1996.[1] It was the first election since 1893 to not use multi-member constituencies, and instead elect single members to 27 districts.

The governing Liberals of Premier Keith Milligan, who had been in power since Joe Ghiz first won government in 1986, lost to the resurgent Progressive Conservatives under their new leader, Pat Binns.

This was also the first election where a party other than the Liberals or Tories won a seat in the Legislature, with New Democratic Party leader Herb Dickieson winning a three-way race in a Prince County riding.

This election was the only one where a party formed government without winning a majority of the vote until the 2015 election.

Party Standings

Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
1993 Elected Change # %
     Progressive Conservative Pat Binns 1 18 +17 37,910 47.39%
     Liberal Keith Milligan 31 8 -23 35,802 44.76%
     New Democrats Herb Dickieson - 1   6,283 7.85
Total   32 27 - 79,995 100%

Members Elected

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP
1. Souris-Elmira Andy Mooney
1,287		 Ross Young
1,159		 Brian MacDonald
54		 new districts
2. Morell-Fortune Bay Kevin MacAdam
1,347		 Walter Bradley
1,269		 Kathy Murphy
40
3. Georgetown-Baldwin's Road Michael Currie
1,463		 Rose Marie MacDonald
1,182		 Patricia Allen
43
4. Montague-Kilmuir Jim Bagnall
1,259		 Beverly Deelstra
964		 Janet Gillis
71
5. Murray River-Gaspereaux Pat Binns
1,309		 Barry Hicken
1,022		 Alan Hicken
112
6. Belfast-Pownal Bay Wilbur MacDonald
1,275		 Lynwood MacPherson
1,242		 Edith Perry
99
7. Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove Pat Mella
2,357		 Mary Hughes
914		 Pat Burgoyne
146
8. Tracadie-Fort Augustus Mildred Dover
1,511		 Alan McIsaac
1,279		 Suzanne Gibler
90
9. Stanhope-East Royalty Jamie Ballem
1,625		 Eddie Reardon
1,404		 Leo Cheverie
165
10. Sherwood-Hillsborough Elmer MacFadyen
1,585		 Larry Hughes
1,212		 Ronald Kelly
207
11. Parkdale-Belvedere Chester Gillan
1,584		 Stephen Dowling
1,008		 Larry Duchesne
169
12. Charlottetown-Kings Square Brian McKenna
1,075		 Wayne Cheverie
1,345		 Sybil Frei
363
13. Charlottetown-Rochford Square Jeff Lantz
1,242		 Paul Connolly
1,348		 Mark Forrest
226
14. Charlottetown-Spring Park Wes MacAleer
1,481		 Ian MacDonald
1,119		 Leo Broderick
862
15. Winsloe-West Royalty Don MacKinnon
1,751		 Perley MacNeill
1,575		 James Rodd
190
16. North River-Rice Point Brian Dollar
1,606		 Ron MacKinley
1,958		 Marlene Hunt
224
17. Crapaud-Hazel Grove Norman MacPhee
1,666		 Eric MacArthur
1,529		 J'Nan Brown
312
18. Park Corner-Oyster Bed Beth MacKenzie
1,824		 Gordon MacInnis
1,652		 Gerard Gallant
187
19. Borden-Kinkora Eric Hammill
1,521		 Stavert Huestis
1,310		 Gerard Sexton
195
20. Kensington-Malpeque Mitch Murphy
2,020		 Bill Campbell
1,312		 Calvin Roberts
227
21. Wilmot-Summerside Greg Deighan
1,506		 Walter McEwen
1,394		 Bill McKinnon
492
22. St. Eleanors-Summerside Gardiner MacNeill
1,145		 Nancy Guptill
1,716		 Marsha Arseneault
307
23. Cascumpec-Grand River Barry Balsom
715		 Keith Milligan
1,823		 Donna Lewis
162
24. Evangeline-Miscouche Gerard Richard
735		 Robert Maddix
1,519		 Gerard Bernard
188
25. West Point-Bloomfield Gary Morgan
695		 Fairley Yeo
783		 Herb Dickieson
921
26. Alberton-Miminegash Eddie Trail
1,127		 Hector MacLeod
1,351		 Ed Kilfoil
175
27. Tignish-DeBlois Gail Shea
1,149		 Bobby Morrissey
1,413		 Howard Waite
56

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ "Provincial General Election Results, 1996" (PDF). Elections PEI.
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