1982 Prince Edward Island general election information
Canadian provincial election
1982 Prince Edward Island general election
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September 27, 1982 (1982-09-27)
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All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
78.2%[1]
First party
Second party
PC
Leader
James Lee
Joe Ghiz
Party
Progressive Conservative
Liberal
Leader since
November 7, 1981
October 24, 1981
Leader's seat
5th Queens
6th Queens
Last election
21 seats, 53.3%
11 seats, 45.3%
Seats won
21
11
Seat change
Popular vote
71,274
60,771
Percentage
53.7%
45.8%
Swing
0.4pp
0.5pp
Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts.
Premier before election
James Lee
Progressive Conservative
Premier after election
James Lee
Progressive Conservative
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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.
^"Saltwire | Prince Edward Island".
^"Provincial General Election Results, 1982" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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