# 1993 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1993 Prince Edward Island general election was held on March 29, 1993.
The campaign resulted in the re-election of the governing Liberals under Premier Catherine Callbeck, the province's first female premier, who had taken over only two months previous from former premier Joe Ghiz. Despite dropping in the popular vote, the Liberals gained on its seat tally, taking 31 of 32 seats, with only PC leader Pat Mella as the sole opposition member in the Legislature.
This election featured several notable events. It was the first to see a female party leader lead her party to a victory in a general election, it was also the first to feature two women leading the two major parties. It was the last to use the dual-member constituencies that had been in place since 1893.

## Party standings

| 31 | 1 |
| Liberal | PC |
| Party | Party | Party Leader | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular Vote | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Party | Party | Party Leader | 1989 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change |
| | Liberal | Catherine Callbeck | 30 | 31 | +1 | 80,443 | 55.1% | -5.6% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Mella | 2 | 1 | -1 | 57,649 | 39.5% | +3.7% |
| | New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 0 | 0 | - | 7,819 | 5.4% | +1.9% |
Popular vote
Liberal
55.13%
PC
39.51%
New Democratic
5.36% :
Seats summary
Liberal
96.88%
PC
3.12% :

## 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. Assemblymen were elected by all eligible voters 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.

### Assemblymen

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | PC | PC | NDP | NDP | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 1st Kings | | Roger Soloman 1,681 | | Craig Norton 1,279 | | | Ross Young |
| 2nd Kings | | Claude Matheson 1,031 | | Henry Compton 786 | | Martin Kenny 85 | Claude Matheson |
| 3rd Kings | | Peter Doucette 1,436 | | John Callaghan 1,133 | | | Peter Doucette |
| 4th Kings | | Stanley Bruce 1,540 | | Marjory Tattrie 1,053 | | Janet MacDonald 164 | Stanley Bruce |
| 5th Kings | | Rose Marie MacDonald 1,098 | | Hal Jamieson 601 | | | Rose Marie MacDonald |
| 1st Queens | | Marion Murphy 1,598 | | Wilber Lamont 1,065 | | Karen Kelly-Fyfe 184 | Marion Murphy |
| 2nd Queens | | Gordon MacInnis 3,916 | | George Watts 2,783 | | Marlene Hunt 416 | Gordon MacInnis |
| 3rd Queens | | Betty Jean Brown 3,326 | | Pat Mella 4,486 | | Gerry Birt 301 | Betty Jean Brown |
| 4th Queens | | Alan Buchanan 1,343 | | Wilbur MacDonald 1,245 | | | Alan Buchanan |
| 5th Queens | | Wayne Cheverie 5,251 | | Lloyd McKenna 3,387 | | Barbara Boudreau 606 | Wayne Cheverie |
| 6th Queens | | Jeannie Lea 3,934 | | Diane Griffin 3,300 | | Heather DeMille 402 | Joe Ghiz |
| 1st Prince | | Bobby Morrissey 3,530 | | Larry Gaudet 2,600 | | Leroy Hiltz 273 | Bobby Morrissey |
| 2nd Prince | | Keith Milligan 1,660 | | Jimmy Stewart 816 | | Grace Coughlin 246 | Keith Milligan |
| 3rd Prince | | Robert Maddix 1,942 | | Emile Gallant 1,066 | | | Léonce Bernard |
| 4th Prince | | Stavert Huestis 4,215 | | Fred McCardle 2,568 | | Larry Duchesne 825 | Stavert Huestis |
| 5th Prince | | Walter McEwen 2,179 | | Greg Deighan 1,298 | | Neil Matthews 255 | Walter McEwen |

### Councillor

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | PC | PC | NDP | NDP | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 1st Kings | | Ross Young 1,702 | | Peter McQuaid 1,208 | | Brian MacDonald 83 | Albert Fogarty |
| 2nd Kings | | Walter Bradley 1,081 | | Kevin MacAdam 815 | | | Walter Bradley |
| 3rd Kings | | Roberta Hubley 1,369 | | Doug Johnston 1,123 | | Bruno Peripoli 106 | Roberta Hubley |
| 4th Kings | | Gilbert Clements 1,618 | | Philip Curley 912 | | Alan Hicken 235 | Gilbert Clements |
| 5th Kings | | Barry Hicken 1,202 | | Wesley Stead 506 | | | Barry Hicken |
| 1st Queens | | Catherine Callbeck 1,602 | | Ronald Myers 1,115 | | Marvyn Wells 150 | Leone Bagnall |
| 2nd Queens | | Ron MacKinley 4,043 | | Brian Dollar 2,729 | | Gerard Gallant 368 | Ron MacKinley |
| 3rd Queens | | Tom Dunphy 3,940 | | Mildred Dover 3,769 | | Paul McCarron 389 | Tom Dunphy |
| 4th Queens | | Lynwood MacPherson 1,553 | | Lou Douse 1,034 | | | Lynwood MacPherson |
| 5th Queens | | Tim Carroll 4,463 | | Chester Gillan 4,199 | | Mickey MacDonald 579 | Tim Carroll |
| 6th Queens | | Paul Connolly 4,365 | | Stuart Drummond 2,732 | | Ronald Kelly 515 | Paul Connolly |
| 1st Prince | | Hector MacLeod 3,354 | | Gary Morgan 2,751 | | Ed Kilfoil 297 | Bob Campbell |
| 2nd Prince | | Randy Cooke 1,459 | | Donna Williams 720 | | Herb Dickieson 540 | Allison Ellis |
| 3rd Prince | | Edward Clark 2,229 | | Lorne Ramsay 794 | | | Edward Clark |
| 4th Prince | | Libbe Hubley 4,342 | | Don MacFarlane 2,668 | | Margaret Arsenault 598 | Libbe Hubley |
| 5th Prince | | Nancy Guptill 2,441 | | Mac MacDonald 1,108 | | Gordon Whitlock 202 | Nancy Guptill |

## Sources

* ↑ "Provincial General Election Results, 1993" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
* ↑ "Canada's first elected female premier never set out to be a trailblazer". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
* ↑ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.