Prince Edward Island general election, 1996

Map of PEI's ridings showing winning parties and their popular vote.

The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island conducted a general election on November 18, 1996, to elect the 27 members of the Island legislature. It was the first election since Prince Edward Island became a province that there were new boundaries.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island was elected to its first majority government in 14 years. The Tories, led by their new leader Pat Binns, won 18 seats.

The Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island, led by new Premier Keith Milligan (who succeeded Catherine Callbeck, a month earlier on October 9), only won eight seats. In the previous government, the Liberals held 31 of 32 seats.

The Island New Democrats won their first ever seat, that of leader Herb Dickieson.

This election also marked only the second time in PEI history that the winning party did not win a majority of votes, the other being the Prince Edward Island general election, 1947.

Standings

Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1993 election Elected % Change # %
     Progressive Conservative Pat Binns 27 1 18 +1700% 37,910 47.39%
     Liberal Keith Milligan 27 31 8 -74.19% 35,802 44.76%
     New Democrats Herb Dickieson 27 - 1   6,283 7.85
Total   80 32 27 - 79,995 100%

Results

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP
1. Souris-Elmira Andy Mooney
1,287		 Ross Young
1,159		 Brian MacDonald
54		 new districts
2. Morell-Fortune Bay Kevin MacAdam
1,347		 Walter Bradley
1,269		 Kathy Murphy
40
3. Georgetown-Baldwin's Road Michael Currie
1,463		 Rose Marie MacDonald
1,182		 Patricia Allen
43
4. Montague-Kilmuir Jim Bagnall
1,259		 Beverly Deelstra
964		 Janet Gillis
71
5. Murray River-Gaspereaux Pat Binns
1,309		 Barry Hicken
1,022		 Alan Hicken
112
6. Belfast-Pownal Bay Wilbur MacDonald
1,275		 Lynwood MacPherson
1,242		 Edith Perry
99
7. Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove Pat Mella
2,357		 Mary Hughes
914		 Pat Burgoyne
146
8. Tracadie-Fort Augustus Mildred Dover
1,511		 Alan McIsaac
1,279		 Suzanne Gibler
90
9. Stanhope-East Royalty Jamie Ballem
1,625		 Eddie Reardon
1,404		 Leo Cheverie
165
10. Sherwood-Hillsborough Elmer MacFadyen
1,585		 Larry Hughes
1,212		 Ronald Kelly
207
11. Parkdale-Belvedere Chester Gillan
1,584		 Stephen Dowling
1,008		 Larry Duchesne
169
12. Charlottetown-Kings Square Brian McKenna
1,075		 Wayne Cheverie
1,345		 Sybil Frei
363
13. Charlottetown-Rochford Square Jeff Lantz
1,242		 Paul Connolly
1,348		 Mark Forrest
226
14. Charlottetown-Spring Park Wes MacAleer
1,481		 Ian MacDonald
1,119		 Leo Broderick
862
15. Winsloe-West Royalty Don MacKinnon
1,751		 Perley MacNeill
1,575		 James Rodd
190
16. North River-Rice Point Brian Dollar
1,606		 Ron MacKinley
1,958		 Marlene Hunt
224
17. Crapaud-Hazel Grove Norman MacPhee
1,666		 Eric MacArthur
1,529		 J'Nan Brown
312
18. Park Corner-Oyster Bed Beth MacKenzie
1,824		 Gordon MacInnis
1,652		 Gerard Gallant
187
19. Borden-Kinkora Eric Hammill
1,521		 Stavert Huestis
1,310		 Gerard Sexton
195
20. Kensington-Malpeque Mitch Murphy
2,020		 Bill Campbell
1,312		 Calvin Roberts
227
21. Wilmot-Summerside Greg Deighan
1,506		 Walter McEwen
1,394		 Bill McKinnon
492
22. St. Eleanors-Summerside Gardiner MacNeill
1,145		 Nancy Guptill
1,716		 Marsha Arseneault
307
23. Cascumpec-Grand River Barry Balsom
715		 Keith Milligan
1,823		 Donna Lewis
162
24. Evangeline-Miscouche Gerard Richard
735		 Robert Maddix
1,519		 Gerard Bernard
188
25. West Point-Bloomfield Gary Morgan
695		 Fairley Yeo
783		 Herb Dickieson
921
26. Alberton-Miminegash Eddie Trail
1,127		 Hector MacLeod
1,351		 Ed Kilfoil
175
27. Tignish-DeBlois Gail Shea
1,149		 Bobby Morrissey
1,413		 Howard Waite
56

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