| Election Name: | 1974 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Country: | Prince Edward Island |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1970 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Previous Year: | 1970 |
| Next Election: | 1978 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| Seats For Election: | All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Image1: | Lib |
| Leader1: | Alex Campbell |
| Leader Since1: | December 11, 1965 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 5th Prince |
| Last Election1: | 27 seats, 58.4% |
| Seats1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 64,212 |
| Percentage1: | 54.0% |
| Swing1: | 4.4pp |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Alex Campbell |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| After Election: | Alex Campbell |
| Previous Mps: | 52nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Mps: | 54th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Leader2: | Melvin McQuaid |
| Leader Since2: | February 3, 1973 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 1st Kings |
| Last Election2: | 5 seats, 41.6% |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 47,470 |
| Percentage2: | 39.9% |
| Swing2: | 1.7pp |
The 1974 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 29, 1974.[1]
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.
| 26 | 6 | |
| Liberal | PC |
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.[2]
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||