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1993 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election

Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name1993 Prince Edward Island general election
countryPrince Edward Island
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1989 Prince Edward Island general election
previous_year1989
outgoing_members58th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
election_date
elected_mps[members](59th-general-assembly-of-prince-edward-island)
next_election1996 Prince Edward Island general election
next_year1996
seats_for_electionAll 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
majority_seats17
image1**Lib**
colour1
leader1Catherine Callbeck
leader_since1January 23, 1993
party1
leaders_seat1[1st Queens](1st-queens)
last_election130 seats, 60.7%
seats1**31**
seat_change11
popular_vote1**80,443**
percentage1**55.1%**
swing15.6pp
image2**PC**
colour2
leader2Pat Mella
leader_since2November 10, 1990
party2
leaders_seat2[3rd Queens](3rd-queens)
last_election22 seats, 35.8%
seats21
seat_change21
popular_vote257,549
percentage239.5%
swing23.7pp
map_imagePrince Edward Island general election 1993.gif
map_size300px
map_captionMap of PEI's ridings coloured in based on how they voted
titlePremier
posttitlePremier after election
before_electionCatherine Callbeck
before_party
after_electionCatherine Callbeck
after_party

The 1993 Prince Edward Island general election was held on March 29, 1993.

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, 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 since 1893.

Party standings

**Liberal****PC**
PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1989ElectedChange#%Change303180,44355.1%
LiberalCatherine Callbeck+1-5.6%Pat Mella21-157,64939.5%+3.7%Larry Duchesne

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. Assemblymen were elected by all eligible voters 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.

Assemblymen

|- || |Roger Soloman 1,681 | |Craig Norton 1,279 | | ||

Ross Young
Claude Matheson
1,031

| |Henry Compton 786 | |Martin Kenny 85 ||

Claude Matheson
Peter Doucette
1,436

| |John Callaghan 1,133 | | ||

Peter Doucette
Stanley Bruce
1,540

| |Marjory Tattrie 1,053 | |Janet MacDonald 164 ||

Stanley Bruce
Rose Marie MacDonald
1,098

| |Hal Jamieson 601 | | ||

Rose Marie MacDonald
Marion Murphy
1,598

| |Wilber Lamont 1,065 | |Karen Kelly-Fyfe 184 ||

Marion Murphy
Gordon MacInnis
3,916

| |George Watts 2,783 | |Marlene Hunt 416 ||

Gordon MacInnis

| |Betty Jean Brown 3,326 || |Pat Mella 4,486 | |Gerry Birt 301 ||

Betty Jean Brown
Alan Buchanan
1,343

| |Wilbur MacDonald 1,245 | | ||

Alan Buchanan
Wayne Cheverie
5,251

| |Lloyd McKenna 3,387 | |Barbara Boudreau 606 ||

Wayne Cheverie
Jeannie Lea
3,934

| |Diane Griffin 3,300 | |Heather DeMille 402 ||

Joe Ghiz
Bobby Morrissey
3,530

| |Larry Gaudet 2,600 | |Leroy Hiltz 273 ||

Bobby Morrissey
Keith Milligan
1,660

| |Jimmy Stewart 816 | |Grace Coughlin 246 ||

Keith Milligan
Robert Maddix
1,942

| |Emile Gallant 1,066 | | ||

Léonce Bernard
Stavert Huestis
4,215

| |Fred McCardle 2,568 | |Larry Duchesne 825 ||

Stavert Huestis
Walter McEwen
2,179

| |Greg Deighan 1,298 | |Neil Matthews 255 || |Walter McEwen |}

Councillor

|- || |Ross Young 1,702 | |Peter McQuaid 1,208 | |Brian MacDonald 83 ||

Albert Fogarty
Walter Bradley
1,081

| |Kevin MacAdam 815 | | ||

Walter Bradley
Roberta Hubley
1,369

| |Doug Johnston 1,123 | |Bruno Peripoli 106 ||

Roberta Hubley
Gilbert Clements
1,618

| |Philip Curley 912 | |Alan Hicken 235 ||

Gilbert Clements
Barry Hicken
1,202

| |Wesley Stead 506 | | ||

Barry Hicken
Catherine Callbeck
1,602

| |Ronald Myers 1,115 | |Marvyn Wells 150 ||

Leone Bagnall
Ron MacKinley
4,043

| |Brian Dollar 2,729 | |Gerard Gallant 368 ||

Ron MacKinley
Tom Dunphy
3,940

| |Mildred Dover 3,769 | |Paul McCarron 389 ||

Tom Dunphy
Lynwood MacPherson
1,553

| |Lou Douse 1,034 | | ||

Lynwood MacPherson
Tim Carroll
4,463

| |Chester Gillan 4,199 | |Mickey MacDonald 579 ||

Tim Carroll
Paul Connolly
4,365

| |Stuart Drummond 2,732 | |Ronald Kelly 515 ||

Paul Connolly
Hector MacLeod
3,354

| |Gary Morgan 2,751 | |Ed Kilfoil 297 ||

Bob Campbell
Randy Cooke
1,459

| |Donna Williams 720 | |Herb Dickieson 540 ||

Allison Ellis
Edward Clark
2,229

| |Lorne Ramsay 794 | | ||

Edward Clark
Libbe Hubley
4,342

| |Don MacFarlane 2,668 | |Margaret Arsenault 598 ||

Libbe Hubley
Nancy Guptill
2,441

| |Mac MacDonald 1,108 | |Gordon Whitlock 202 || |Nancy Guptill |}

Sources

References

  1. "Provincial General Election Results, 1993". 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". [[Canadian Parliamentary Review]].
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