The 1986 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 21, 1986.
The election resulted in the defeat of the two-term Progressive Conservative government by the Liberals led by
Joe Ghiz
Joseph Atallah Ghiz (January 27, 1945 – November 9, 1996) was the 27th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1993, an educator of law and a justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. He was the father of Robert Ghiz, the ...
. Ghiz, the son of a
Lebanese store owner, went on to become the first
Canadian premier that was not of complete
European
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descent.
Party standings
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
Prince
Queens
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1986 elections in Canada
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April 1986 events in Canada