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683:. The separate contests were held that way despite the fact that the members would sit in the same chamber. They ensured that in each contest a party would run just one candidate so no candidate had to run against others of the same party as would have happened in a one-ballot, multi-member district. It also allowed one contest to be between Catholics of various parties and the other contest to be between Protestants of various parties.
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the more rural ridings. The
Progressive Conservatives had hoped that traditionally Progressive Conservative Charlottetown would vote in two additional Progressive Conservative members to the legislature; on election day the new riding elected two Progressive Conservatives, but the now modified old riding (Fifth Queen's) elected two Liberals.
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two ridings and therefore four members; and gave Queen's County a sixth district. This was the single biggest change to the map since 1893 when the ridings were devised. In that time population shifts had made some changes needed, as
Charlottetown's population was more than five times that of some of
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The outgoing
Progressive Conservative government attempted to win 1st Kings by resorting to such methods as naming one of the PC candidates (Keith Mackenzie) as Minister of Transports, and paving 30 miles of road in the district. At the time, a reporter from the Charlottetown Guardian commented on
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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 eligible voters within a district. Up until past the
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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.
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Henceforth, until multi-member seats were abolished (1996), the
Assemblyman and the Councillor in each district would be elected by universal adult suffrage identically. But each seat would be filled in separate contest, through
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how "the riding may well sink under the weight of the machines". The strategy failed as both
Liberal candidates in 1st Kings ultimately won, giving the Liberals a 17 to 15 majority and enabling Liberal leader
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district. The
Progressive Conservative government decided to break with the tradition of each county having five ridings and ten members; by splitting 5th Queens, it gave the city of
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As well the ability of a voter to cast multiple votes in a contest was discontinued. Henceforth the rule would be "one man, one vote" or actually "one man, two votes".
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77:
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94:
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305:
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898:
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841:
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370:
345:
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Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one
Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts.
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Assemblyman and candidate
William Acorn. As it turned out, other ridings elected a total of 15 Liberals and 15
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Political historian Wayne MacKinnon, as quoted on http://fruitsandvotes.com/?p=250
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The Shaw government passed an Act in 1963, eliminating this requirement.
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672:, Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district.
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The 1966 election was the first following the splitting of the
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Bolger, Canada's Smallest Province, p. 294-5; 308-316
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1st Kings district election was delayed July 11, 1966
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was delayed until July 11, 1966 due to the death of
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95:Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
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1365:"Provincial General Election Results, 1966"
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1898:List of Prince Edward Island by-elections
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1499:Canadian Annual Review for 1966
1370:. Elections PEI. Archived from
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98:17 seats needed for a majority
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1932:May 1966 events in Canada
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375:Progressive Conservatives
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302:
102:
73:
38:
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518:Progressive Conservative
331:Progressive Conservative
165:Progressive Conservative
322:Premier before election
337:Premier after election
50:May 30, 1966
1088:Alexander B. Campbell
93:All 32 seats in the
1783:Municipal elections
1224:J. Russell Driscoll
1153:Walter Russell Shaw
743:Daniel J. MacDonald
681:First past the post
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201:Last election
186:Leader's seat
23:
1409:on October 8, 2007
1176:Sinclair Cutcliffe
946:Robert E. Campbell
885:George J. Ferguson
409:
246:Popular vote
180:September 17, 1957
171:Leader since
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1903:
1554:General elections
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1338:
1279:Gordon L. Bennett
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1098:
933:Prosper Arsenault
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1312:J. David Stewart
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1018:Keith Harrington
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800:Thomas A. Curran
730:Bruce L. Stewart
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204:11 seats, 49.4%
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1377:on May 25, 2015
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1292:Elmer Blanchard
1259:Harold P. Smith
1246:J. Stewart Ross
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1211:Cecil A. Miller
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981:Robert Grindlay
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815:Preston MacLure
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450:Party Leader
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