# 1970 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1970 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 11, 1970.
The incumbent Liberal government of Alex Campbell 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.
Jean Canfield, the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, was a victorious candidate in 1st Queens in this election.

## Party standings

| 27 | 5 |
| Liberal | PC |
| Party | Party | Party Leader | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular Vote | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Party | Party | Party Leader | 1966 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change |
| | Liberal | Alex Campbell | 17 | 27 | +10 | 64,484 | 58.4% | +7.9% |
| | Progressive Conservative | George Key | 15 | 5 | -10 | 46,015 | 41.6% | -7.9% |
Popular vote
Liberal
58.36%
PC
41.64% :
Seats summary
Liberal
84.38%
PC
15.62% :

## Members elected

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.
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 all eligible voters of within a district. Before 1963, Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district, but afterward were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.

### Kings

| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party |
| 1st Kings | Bruce L. Stewart | Liberal | Daniel J. MacDonald | Liberal Progressive Conservative |
| 2nd Kings | Walter Dingwell | Progressive Conservative | Leo Rossiter | Progressive Conservative |
| 3rd Kings | William Bennett Campbell | Liberal | Bud Ings | Liberal |
| 4th Kings | Lorne Bonnell | Liberal | Gilbert R. Clements | Liberal |
| 5th Kings | Arthur J. MacDonald | Liberal | George J. Ferguson | Liberal |

### Prince

| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party |
| 1st Prince | Russell Perry | Liberal | Robert E. Campbell | Liberal |
| 2nd Prince | George Dewar | Progressive Conservative | Joshua MacArthur | Liberal |
| 3rd Prince | William Gallant | Liberal | Edward Clark | Liberal |
| 4th Prince | Robert Schurman | Liberal | Frank Jardine | Liberal |
| 5th Prince | Earle Hickey | Progressive Conservative | Alexander B. Campbell | Liberal |

### Queens

| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party |
| 1st Queens | Jean Canfield | Liberal | Ralph Johnstone | Liberal |
| 2nd Queens | Sinclair Cutcliffe | Liberal | Lloyd MacPhail | Progressive Conservative |
| 3rd Queens | Cecil A. Miller | Liberal | Levi McNally | Liberal |
| 4th Queens | J. Stewart Ross | Liberal | Daniel Compton | Progressive Conservative |
| 5th Queens | Gordon L. Bennett | Liberal | Elmer Blanchard | Liberal |
| 6th Queens | Allison MacDonald | Liberal | John H. Maloney | Liberal |

## Sources

* ↑ "Provincial General Election Results, 1970" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
* ↑ "Big Grit Win in PEI (Pt. 1)". Ottawa Journal. May 12, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved March 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
* ↑ "Big Grit Win (Pt. 2)". Ottawa Journal. May 12, 1970. p. 25. Retrieved March 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
* ↑ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.