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324:Progressive Conservative
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315:Premier before election
363:on December 10, 1962.
330:Premier after election
361:Prince Edward Island
92:All 30 seats in the
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993:J. Russell Driscoll
918:Walter Russell Shaw
714:Daniel J. MacDonald
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379:majority government
194:Last election
179:Leader's seat
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1252:Hubert B. MacNeill
1124:Robert E. Campbell
856:George J. Ferguson
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1274:Conservative
1272:Progressive
1259:Conservative
1257:Progressive
1203:Conservative
1201:Progressive
1188:Conservative
1186:Progressive
1166:Conservative
1164:Progressive
1151:Conservative
1149:Progressive
1144:George Dewar
1088:Assemblyman
1070:Conservative
1068:Progressive
1063:Alban Farmer
1055:Conservative
1053:Progressive
1000:Conservative
998:Progressive
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754:Progressive
749:Leo Rossiter
741:Conservative
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1668:Referendums
1181:Henry Wedge
1094:Councillor
902:Frank Myers
885:Councillor
682:Councillor
252:Percentage
1770:Categories
1755:See also:
1725:1954 (Nov)
1720:1954 (May)
1244:5th Prince
1210:4th Prince
1173:3rd Prince
1136:2nd Prince
1103:1st Prince
1040:5th Queens
1007:4th Queens
970:3rd Queens
933:2nd Queens
894:1st Queens
383:opposition
183:1st Queens
54:1962-12-10
1085:District
876:District
835:5th Kings
800:4th Kings
763:3rd Kings
726:2nd Kings
691:1st Kings
673:District
381:over the
188:4th Kings
455:Elected
386:Liberals
357:Canadian
1311:May 25,
1282:Sources
1237:Liberal
1223:Liberal
1129:Liberal
1116:Liberal
1033:Liberal
1020:Liberal
861:Liberal
848:Liberal
828:Liberal
813:Liberal
719:Liberal
633:
629:Liberal
620:
578:
574:Liberal
565:
527:43,604
509:Liberal
505:
494:44,707
472:
467:Change
458:Change
427:Liberal
372:Premier
247:43,604
162:Liberal
138:Leader
117:
106:
82:members
52: (
1097:Party
1091:Party
1078:Prince
888:Party
882:Party
869:Queens
685:Party
679:Party
637:36.67%
624:63.33%
582:49.38%
569:50.62%
533:+0.3%
530:49.4%
500:-0.3%
497:50.6%
444:Seats
438:Party
265:Swing
260:49.4%
243:44,707
153:Party
1331:(PDF)
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666:Kings
452:1959
256:50.6%
174:1953
171:1957
1745:2019
1740:2016
1735:2005
1730:1988
1715:1948
1710:1940
1705:1929
1700:1923
1695:1913
1690:1901
1685:1898
1680:1893
1675:1878
1659:2022
1654:2018
1649:2014
1632:Next
1626:2023
1621:2019
1616:2015
1611:2011
1606:2007
1601:2003
1596:2000
1591:1996
1586:1993
1581:1989
1576:1986
1571:1982
1566:1979
1561:1978
1556:1974
1551:1970
1546:1966
1541:1962
1536:1959
1531:1955
1526:1951
1521:1947
1516:1943
1511:1939
1506:1935
1501:1931
1496:1927
1491:1923
1486:1919
1481:1915
1476:1912
1471:1908
1466:1904
1461:1900
1456:1897
1451:1893
1446:1890
1441:1886
1436:1882
1431:1879
1426:1876
1421:1873
1313:2015
351:The
62:1966
45:1959
524:+3
521:11
491:-3
488:19
485:22
370:of
284:0.3
273:0.3
213:11
1772::
1333:.
616:PC
561:PC
518:8
464:%
461:#
420:PC
412:11
407:19
401:↓
392:.
286:pp
275:pp
234:3
226:3
209:19
123:PC
1390:e
1383:t
1376:v
1337:.
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