1962 Prince Edward Island general election

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 3 3 Popular vote 44,707 43,604 Percentage 50.6% 49.4% Swing 0.3pp 0.3pp
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 1962 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 10, 1962.^[1]

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

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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

• Saywell, John T., ed. (1963). Canadian Annual Review for 1962. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.