Prince Edward Island general election, 1974

Results of the 1974 PEI general election.

The Prince Edward Island general election, 1974 was the first election that the NDP contested as a provincial party on PEI. Not since the CCF in 1951 had there been a third party competing for votes on the island. Many Liberals worried that the introduction of the NDP would split the vote on the Left, and cause more Progressive Conservative governments, but history shows that in ridings the NDP does well in, Liberals are more likely to win. In the 12 elections the NDP has taken part in, 7 have been won by the Liberals, 5 have been won by the Progressive Conservatives. In this election the NDP was able to pick up 5.9% of the vote, a number they would only better in 1996 and 2000.

Results

	Party leader	# of candidates	Seats	Popular vote
Liberal	Alex Campbell	32	26	53.9
Progressive Conservative	Melvin McQuaid	32	6	40.2
New Democrat	Aquinas Ryan	20	0	5.9

References

http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1974Report.pdf

Elections and referendums in Prince Edward Island

General elections	1873 1876 1879 1882 1886 1890 1893 1897 1900 1904 1908 1912 1915 1919 1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1979 1982 1986 1989 1993 1996 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Referendums	1878 1893 1898 1901 1913 1923 1929 1940 1948 1954 (May) 1954 (Nov) 1988 2005

See also: List of Prince Edward Island by-elections

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