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In 1893, 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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was easily re-elected, gaining a total of 7.9% in the popular vote on the Tories, who dropped by the identical amount, as only the two parties ran any candidates in both the 1970 and 1966 elections.
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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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by landowners within a district, but afterward were elected in the same manner as
Assemblymen.
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90:
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1497:Elections and referendums in Prince Edward Island
320:
1410:"History and Politics of Prince Edward Island"
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380:Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
94:Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
21:
1299:"Provincial General Election Results, 1970"
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363:1970 Prince Edward Island general election
22:1970 Prince Edward Island general election
20:
1849:List of Prince Edward Island by-elections
1444:. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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368:The incumbent Liberal government of
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1873:Elections in Prince Edward Island
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1440:Canadian Annual Review for 1970
1304:. Elections PEI. Archived from
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97:17 seats needed for a majority
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1417:Canadian Parliamentary Review
1331:"Big Grit Win in PEI (Pt. 1)"
1878:1970 in Prince Edward Island
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365:was held on May 11, 1970.
1883:May 1970 events in Canada
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1868:1970 elections in Canada
768:William Bennett Campbell
503:Progressive Conservative
164:Progressive Conservative
325:Premier before election
1370:"Big Grit Win (Pt. 2)"
340:Premier after election
50:May 11, 1970
1044:Alexander B. Campbell
92:All 32 seats in the
1734:Municipal elections
834:Arthur J. MacDonald
814:Gilbert R. Clements
703:Daniel J. MacDonald
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204:Last election
185:Leader's seat
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1124:Sinclair Cutcliffe
906:Robert E. Campbell
847:George J. Ferguson
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386:in this election.
249:Popular vote
179:September 21, 1968
170:Leader since
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1260:Allison MacDonald
1227:Gordon L. Bennett
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207:17 seats, 50.5%
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1104:Ralph Johnstone
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994:Robert Schurman
961:William Gallant
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597:Seats summary
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475:Alex Campbell
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441:Popular Vote
435:Party Leader
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112:Second party
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1386:– via
1380:. Retrieved
1373:
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1347:– via
1341:. Retrieved
1334:
1325:
1313:. Retrieved
1306:the original
1293:
1212:Conservative
1210:Progressive
1172:Levi McNally
1144:Conservative
1142:Progressive
1068:Assemblyman
1042:
1035:Conservative
1033:Progressive
1028:Earle Hickey
974:Edward Clark
933:Conservative
931:Progressive
926:George Dewar
870:Assemblyman
753:Conservative
751:Progressive
746:Leo Rossiter
738:Conservative
736:Progressive
715:Conservative
713:Progressive
711:
667:Assemblyman
651:
647:
542:Popular vote
420:
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374:
367:
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343:
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324:
265:
252:
218:
193:
131:
122:
109:First party
49:
18:
1760:Referendums
1074:Councillor
876:Councillor
673:Councillor
262:Percentage
1862:Categories
1847:See also:
1817:1954 (Nov)
1812:1954 (May)
1252:6th Queens
1219:5th Queens
1184:4th Queens
1151:3rd Queens
1116:2nd Queens
1083:1st Queens
1020:5th Prince
986:4th Prince
953:3rd Prince
918:2nd Prince
885:1st Prince
508:George Key
384:1st Queens
196:2nd Prince
189:5th Prince
149:George Key
54:1970-05-11
1065:District
867:District
826:5th Kings
793:4th Kings
760:3rd Kings
723:2nd Kings
682:1st Kings
664:District
1382:March 1,
1343:March 1,
781:Bud Ings
449:Elected
1315:May 25,
1286:Sources
1278:Liberal
1265:Liberal
1245:Liberal
1232:Liberal
1197:Liberal
1177:Liberal
1164:Liberal
1129:Liberal
1109:Liberal
1096:Liberal
1050:Liberal
1013:Liberal
999:Liberal
979:Liberal
966:Liberal
946:Liberal
911:Liberal
898:Liberal
852:Liberal
839:Liberal
819:Liberal
806:Liberal
786:Liberal
773:Liberal
708:Liberal
695:Liberal
627:
614:
610:Liberal
572:
559:
555:Liberal
521:46,015
499:
488:64,484
470:Liberal
466:
461:Change
452:Change
414:Liberal
349:Liberal
334:Liberal
257:46,015
194:Ran in
159:Liberal
140:Leader
117:
106:
82:members
52: (
1448:
1077:Party
1071:Party
1058:Queens
879:Party
873:Party
860:Prince
676:Party
670:Party
631:15.62%
618:84.38%
576:41.64%
563:58.36%
527:-7.9%
524:41.6%
494:+7.9%
491:58.4%
438:Seats
432:Party
275:Swing
253:64,484
198:(lost)
155:Party
1413:(PDF)
1309:(PDF)
1302:(PDF)
657:Kings
446:1966
270:41.6
266:58.4%
1837:2019
1832:2016
1827:2005
1822:1988
1807:1948
1802:1940
1797:1929
1792:1923
1787:1913
1782:1901
1777:1898
1772:1893
1767:1878
1751:2022
1746:2018
1741:2014
1724:Next
1718:2023
1713:2019
1708:2015
1703:2011
1698:2007
1693:2003
1688:2000
1683:1996
1678:1993
1673:1989
1668:1986
1663:1982
1658:1979
1653:1978
1648:1974
1643:1970
1638:1966
1633:1962
1628:1959
1623:1955
1618:1951
1613:1947
1608:1943
1603:1939
1598:1935
1593:1931
1588:1927
1583:1923
1578:1919
1573:1915
1568:1912
1563:1908
1558:1904
1553:1900
1548:1897
1543:1893
1538:1890
1533:1886
1528:1882
1523:1879
1518:1876
1513:1873
1446:ISBN
1384:2015
1345:2015
1317:2015
518:-10
485:+10
361:The
62:1974
45:1966
512:15
482:27
479:17
294:7.9
283:7.9
244:10
236:10
123:Lib
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