| Election Name: | 1989 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Country: | Prince Edward Island |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1986 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Previous Mps: | 57th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Election: | 1993 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
| Next Mps: | 59th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Seats For Election: | All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Leader1: | Joe Ghiz |
| Leader Since1: | October 24, 1981 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 6th Queens |
| Last Election1: | 21 seats, 50.3% |
| Seats1: | 30 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 85,982 |
| Percentage1: | 60.7% |
| Swing1: | 10.4pp |
| Leader2: | Mel Gass |
| Leader Since2: | June 11, 1988 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Ran in 2nd Queens (lost) |
| Last Election2: | 11 seats, 45.5% |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 50,731 |
| Percentage2: | 35.8% |
| Swing2: | 9.7pp |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Premier | |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| Before Election: | Joe Ghiz |
| After Election: | Joe Ghiz |
The 1989 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 29, 1989.[1]
The campaign resulted in the re-election of the Liberal government of Premier Joe Ghiz. In this election, the Liberals won 60.7% of the popular vote, the highest percentage that a winning party has taken on record in Prince Edward Island. The Progressive Conservatives won 2 seats despite taking 36 percent of the popular vote; they were due 12 seats. This was the lowest share of the vote that the Progressive Conservatives ever received, 35.8%. Only 5 times has the Opposition had 2 or fewer seats in the history of Prince Edward Island; this was one of them.
One of the two members from each constituency is styled a Councillor, and the other an Assemblyman. In electoral contests Councillor candidates run against Councillor candidates; Assemblyman candidates against Assemblyman candidates.[2]
| Polling firm | Last day of survey | Source | PEILA | PCPEI | NDPPEI | Sample | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election 1989 | May 29, 1989 | 60.7 | 35.8 | 3.5 | ||||
| Baseline Research | May 10, 1989 | [3] | 68 | 26 | 6 | |||
| Election 1986 | April 21, 1986 | 50.3 | 45.5 | 4.0 |
| 30 | 2 | |
| 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 | Claude Matheson | Liberal | Walter Bradley | Liberal | |||||
| 3rd Kings | Peter Doucette | Liberal | Roberta Hubley | Liberal | |||||
| 4th Kings | Stanley Bruce | Liberal | Gilbert R. Clements | Liberal | |||||
| 5th Kings | Rose Marie 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 | | Libbe Hubley | Liberal | ||||
| 5th Prince | Walter McEwen | Liberal | Nancy Guptill | Liberal | |||||