1962 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1962 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 10, 1962.[1]

1962 Prince Edward Island general election
December 10, 1962 (1962-12-10)
All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
PC
Leader Walter R. Shaw Alex W. Matheson
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since 1957 1953
Leader's seat 1st Queens 4th Kings
Last election 22 seats, 50.9% 8 seats, 49.1%
Seats won 19 11
Seat change Decrease3 Increase3
Popular vote 44,707 43,604
Percentage 50.6% 49.4%
Swing Decrease0.3pp Increase0.3pp
Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts.
Premier before election

Walter R. Shaw
Progressive Conservative

 Premier after election

Walter R. Shaw
Progressive Conservative

The governing Progressive Conservatives of Premier Walter R. Shaw won re-election with a majority government over the opposition Liberals, led by former Premier Alex W. Matheson.

Party Standings
↓
19 11
PC Liberal
Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
1959 Elected Change # % Change
  Progressive Conservative Walter R. Shaw 22 19 -3 44,707 50.6% -0.3%
  Liberal Alex W. Matheson 8 11 +3 43,604 49.4% +0.3%
Popular vote
PC
 
 50.62%
Liberal
 
 49.38%
Seats summary
PC
 
 63.33%
Liberal
 
 36.67%

Members Elected

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, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district. This landowner requirement would be abolished before the next election[2]

Kings
District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Kings     John R. McLean Progressive
Conservative		     Daniel J. MacDonald Liberal
2nd Kings     Walter Dingwell Progressive
Conservative		     Leo Rossiter Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings     Thomas A. Curran Progressive
Conservative		     Douglas McGowan Progressive
Conservative
4th Kings     Lorne Bonnell Liberal     Alexander Wallace Matheson Liberal
5th Kings     Arthur MacDonald Liberal     George J. Ferguson Liberal

Queens
District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Queens     Frank Myers Progressive
Conservative		     Walter Russell Shaw Progressive
Conservative
2nd Queens     Philip Matheson Progressive
Conservative		     Lloyd MacPhail Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens     Andrew B. MacRae Progressive
Conservative		     J. Russell Driscoll Progressive
Conservative
4th Queens     J. Stewart Ross Liberal     Harold P. Smith Liberal
5th Queens     J. David Stewart Progressive
Conservative		     Alban Farmer Progressive
Conservative

Prince
District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party
1st Prince     Prosper Arsenault Liberal     Robert E. Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince     George Dewar Progressive
Conservative		     Robert Grindlay Progressive
Conservative
3rd Prince     Henry Wedge Progressive
Conservative		     Keith Harrington Progressive
Conservative
4th Prince     J. George MacKay Liberal    
Frank Jardine Liberal
5th Prince     Hubert B. MacNeill Progressive
Conservative		     G. Lorne Monkley Progressive
Conservative

Sources
  1. "Provincial General Election Results, 1962" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.

Further reading
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