| Election Name: | 1986 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Country: | Prince Edward Island |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1982 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Previous Year: | 1982 |
| Previous Mps: | 56th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Election: | 1989 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
| Next Mps: | 58th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Seats For Election: | All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Turnout: | 87.60%[1] |
| Leader1: | Joe Ghiz |
| Leader Since1: | October 24, 1981 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 6th Queens |
| Last Election1: | 11 seats, 45.8% |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 75,187 |
| Percentage1: | 50.3% |
| Swing1: | 4.5pp |
| Leader2: | James Lee |
| Leader Since2: | November 7, 1981 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 5th Queens (lost) |
| Last Election2: | 21 seats, 53.7% |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 68,062 |
| Percentage2: | 45.5% |
| Swing2: | 8.2pp |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Premier | |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| Before Election: | James Lee |
| After Election: | Joe Ghiz |
The 1986 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 21, 1986.[2]
The election resulted in the defeat of the two-term Progressive Conservative government by the Liberals led by Joe Ghiz. Ghiz, the son of a Lebanese store owner, went on to become the first Canadian premier that was not of complete European descent.[3]
| 21 | 11 | |
| 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 they were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.[4]
| 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 | Stanley Bruce | Liberal | Gilbert R. Clements | Liberal | |||||
| 5th Kings | Arthur J. MacDonald | Liberal | Barry Hicken | Liberal | |||||
| 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 | Stavert Huestis | Liberal | | Prowse Chappel | Progressive Conservative | ||||
| 5th Prince | George McMahon | Progressive Conservative | Peter Pope | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Queens | Marion Reid | Progressive Conservative | Leone Bagnall | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| 2nd Queens | Gordon MacInnis | Liberal | Ron MacKinley | Liberal | |||||
| 3rd Queens | Betty Jean Brown | Liberal | Tom Dunphy | Liberal | |||||
| 4th Queens | Wilbur MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Lynwood MacPherson | Liberal | |||||
| 5th Queens | Wayne Cheverie | Liberal | Tim Carroll | Liberal | |||||
| 6th Queens | Joseph Atallah Ghiz | Liberal | Paul Connolly | Liberal | |||||