| Election Name: | 1982 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Country: | Prince Edward Island |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1986 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Seats For Election: | All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Turnout: | 78.2%[1] |
| Image1: | PC |
| Leader1: | James Lee |
| Leader Since1: | November 7, 1981 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 5th Queens |
| Last Election1: | 21 seats, 53.3% |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Popular Vote1: | 71,274 |
| Percentage1: | 53.7% |
| Swing1: | 0.4pp |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | James Lee |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| After Election: | James Lee |
| Previous Mps: | 55th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Mps: | 57th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Leader2: | Joe Ghiz |
| Leader Since2: | October 24, 1981 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 6th Queens |
| Last Election2: | 11 seats, 45.3% |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 60,771 |
| Percentage2: | 45.8% |
| Swing2: | 0.5pp |
The 1982 Prince Edward Island general election was held on September 27, 1982.[2]
In 1981, after just two years as premier, Angus MacLean resigned his position after the election of James Lee to the Progressive Conservative leadership. In the same year, the Liberals selected future premier Joe Ghiz as their leader. Lee called an early election (traditionally elections in PEI are held every four years) in which a few seats changed hands, but the overall count stayed the same as in 1979.
This election also marked the lowest point in popular support for the New Democrats on PEI, who were led by an interim leader.
| 21 | 11 | |
| PC | Liberal |
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.[3]
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Kings | Ross "Johnny" Young | Liberal | Albert Fogarty | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| 2nd Kings | Roddy Pratt | Progressive Conservative | Francis O'Brien | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| 3rd Kings | A. A. "Joey" Fraser | Progressive Conservative | Peter MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| 4th Kings | Pat Binns | Progressive Conservative | Gilbert R. Clements | Liberal | |||||
| 5th Kings | Arthur J. MacDonald | Liberal | Lowell Johnston | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| 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 | William MacDougall | Progressive Conservative | | Prowse Chappel | Progressive Conservative | ||||
| 5th Prince | George McMahon | Progressive Conservative | Peter Pope | Progressive Conservative | |||||