# 1989 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1989 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 29, 1989.
The campaign resulted in the re-election of the Liberal government of Premier Joe Ghiz. 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 won 2 seats despite taking 36 percent of the popular vote; they were due 12 seats. This was the lowest share of the vote that the Progressive Conservatives ever received, 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.
One of the two members from each constituency is styled a Councillor, and the other an Assemblyman. In electoral contests Councillor candidates run against Councillor candidates; Assemblyman candidates against Assemblyman candidates.

## Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level :
| Polling firm | Last day of survey | PEILA | PCPEI | NDPPEI | ME | Sample |
| Election 1989 | May 29, 1989 | 60.7 | 35.8 | 3.5 | | |
| Baseline Research | May 10, 1989 | 68 | 26 | 6 | 6−7 | 200 |
| Election 1986 | April 21, 1986 | 50.3 | 45.5 | 4.0 | | |

## Party standings

| 30 | 2 |
| Liberal | PC |
| Party | Party | Party Leader | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular Vote | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Party | Party | Party Leader | 1986 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change |
| | Liberal | Joe Ghiz | 21 | 30 | +9 | 85,982 | 60.7% | +10.4% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mel Gass | 11 | 2 | -9 | 50,731 | 35.8% | -9.7% |
| | New Democratic | Jim Mayne | 0 | 0 | - | 4,902 | 3.5% | -0.5% |
Popular vote
Liberal
60.72%
PC
35.82%
New Democratic
3.46% :
Seats summary
Liberal
93.75%
PC
6.25% :

## 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 they were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.

### Kings

| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party |
| 1st Kings | Ross "Johnny" Young | Liberal | Albert Fogarty | Progressive Conservative |
| 2nd Kings | Claude Matheson | Liberal | Walter Bradley | Liberal |
| 3rd Kings | Peter Doucette | Liberal | Roberta Hubley | Liberal |
| 4th Kings | Stanley Bruce | Liberal | Gilbert R. Clements | Liberal |
| 5th Kings | Rose Marie MacDonald | Liberal | Barry Hicken | Liberal |

### Prince

| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party |
| 1st Prince | Robert Morrissey | Liberal | Robert E. Campbell | Liberal |
| 2nd Prince | Keith Milligan | Liberal | Allison Ellis | Liberal |
| 3rd Prince | Léonce Bernard | Liberal | Edward Clark | Liberal |
| 4th Prince | Stavert Huestis | Liberal | Libbe Hubley | Liberal |
| 5th Prince | Walter McEwen | Liberal | Nancy Guptill | Liberal |

### Queens

| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party |
| 1st Queens | Marion Murphy | Liberal | Leone Bagnall | Progressive Conservative |
| 2nd Queens | Gordon MacInnis | Liberal | Ron MacKinley | Liberal |
| 3rd Queens | Betty Jean Brown | Liberal | Tom Dunphy | Liberal |
| 4th Queens | Alan Buchanan | Liberal | Lynwood MacPherson | Liberal |
| 5th Queens | Wayne Cheverie | Liberal | Tim Carroll | Liberal |
| 6th Queens | Joseph Atallah Ghiz | Liberal | Paul Connolly | Liberal |

## Sources

* ↑ "Provincial General Election Results, 1989" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
* ↑ "Canadian Parliamentary Review - Article". Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
* ↑ "Ghiz to win handily, Islander poll shows". The Windsor Star. May 17, 1989. p. E7.
* ↑ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.