Prince Edward Island general election, 1989

Results of the 1993 PEI general election.

The 1989 Prince Edward Island general election which was held on May 29, 1989, saw a huge victory for Premier Joe Ghiz's Liberal Party. In this election, the Liberals won 60.7% of the popular vote, the highest percentage that a winning party has taken on record in Prince Edward Island. The Progressive Conservatives were able to win 2 seats despite taking their lowest share of the vote ever, 35.8%. Only 5 times has the Opposition had 2 or fewer seats in the history of Prince Edward Island; this was one of them.

1989 Prince Edward Island Election Results
Party	Leader	Results
Party	Leader	Seats	% of votes cast
Liberal	Joe Ghiz	30	60.7%
Progressive Conservative	Mel Gass	2	35.8%
New Democratic	Jim Mayne	0	3.5%
Independents		0	0.0%
Total		32	100.0%

References

http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1989Report.pdf

Elections and referendums in Prince Edward Island

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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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