# 1974 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1974 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 29, 1974.
This election was the first that the New Democratic Party contested as a provincial party on PEI, and the first third party to run candidates since the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the NDP's predecessor, contested their last election in 1951.

## Party standings

| 26 | 6 |
| 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 | 27 | 26 | -1 | 64,212 | 54.0% | -4.4% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Melvin McQuaid | 5 | 6 | +1 | 47,470 | 39.9% | -1.7% |
| | New Democratic | Aquinas Ryan | - | 0 | - | 7,327 | 6.2% | +6.2% |
Popular vote
Liberal
53.96%
PC
39.89%
New Democratic
6.16% :
Seats summary
Liberal
81.25%
PC
18.75% :

## 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 | Melvin J. McQuaid | Progressive Conservative Liberal |
| 2nd Kings | Walter Dingwell | Progressive Conservative | Leo Rossiter | Progressive Conservative |
| 3rd Kings | William Bennett Campbell | Liberal | Bud Ings | Liberal |
| 4th Kings | Charles Fraser | Liberal | Gilbert R. Clements | Liberal |
| 5th Kings | Arthur J. MacDonald | Liberal | Waldron Lavers | Liberal |

### Prince

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

### Queens

| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party |
| 1st Queens | Jean Canfield | Liberal | Ralph Johnstone | Liberal |
| 2nd Queens | David Ford | Liberal | Lloyd MacPhail | Progressive Conservative |
| 3rd Queens | Cecil A. Miller | Liberal | Levi McNally | Liberal |
| 4th Queens | Vernon MacIntyre | Progressive Conservative | Daniel Compton | Progressive Conservative |
| 5th Queens | Gordon L. Bennett | Liberal Progressive Conservative | George Proud | Liberal |
| 6th Queens | Allison MacDonald | Liberal | John H. Maloney | Liberal |

## Sources

* ↑ "Provincial General Election Results, 1974" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
* ↑ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.