1919 Prince Edward Island general election

1919 Prince Edward Island general election

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All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader John Howatt Bell Aubin E. Arsenault Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since 1915 1917 Leader's seat 4th Prince 3rd Prince Last election 13 seats, 49.9% 17 seats, 50.1% Seats won 24 5 Seat change 11 12 Popular vote 19,910 16,669 Percentage 53.5% 44.8% Swing 3.6pp 5.3pp
Premier before election Aubin E. Arsenault Conservative Premier after election John Howatt Bell Liberal

The 1919 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on July 24, 1919. ^[1]

The opposition Liberals led by John Howatt Bell gained eleven seats to defeat the incumbent government of Conservative Premier Aubin E. Arsenault, who had succeeded former Premier John A. Mathieson in 1917.

John A. Dewar, a former Conservative member, was elected as an Independent Assemblyman for 3rd Kings. ^[2]

Party Standings

Party		Party Leader	Seats			Popular Vote
			1915	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	John Howatt Bell	13	24	+11	19,910	53.5%	+3.6%
	Conservative	Aubin E. Arsenault	17	5	-12	16,669	44.8%	-5.3%
	Independent		-	1	+1	646	1.7%	+1.7%

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. Assembly men were elected by all eligible voters of within a district, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district. ^[3]

Kings

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Kings		Daniel C. MacDonald	Liberal		Harry D. McLean	Conservative
2nd Kings		Robert Cox	Liberal		James P. McIntyre	Liberal
3rd Kings		John A. Dewar	Independent		James J. Johnston	Liberal
4th Kings		Wallace B. Butler	Liberal		William G. Sutherland	Liberal
5th Kings		Stephen Hessian	Liberal		James David Stewart	Conservative

Queens

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Queens		Murdock Kennedy	Conservative		Cyrus Crosby	Liberal
2nd Queens		Bradford W. LePage	Liberal		George E. Hughes	Liberal
3rd Queens		Peter Brodie	Liberal		David McDonald	Liberal
4th Queens		James C. Irving	Liberal		Frederick J. Nash	Liberal
5th Queens		Edmund Higgs	Liberal		Gavan Duffy	Liberal

Prince

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Prince		Benjamin Gallant	Liberal		Christopher Metherall	Liberal
2nd Prince		Albert Charles Saunders	Liberal		William H. Dennis	Liberal
3rd Prince		Aubin Edmond Arsenault	Conservative		Alfred E. MacLean	Liberal
4th Prince		John Howatt Bell	Liberal		Walter Lea	Liberal
5th Prince		James A. MacNeill	Conservative		Creelman McArthur	Liberal

Sources

1. "Provincial General Election Results, 1919" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2015.
2. Dewar won election and sat as an "Independent Farmer", from "John Alexander Dewar". Prince Edward Island Legislative Documents Online. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
3. Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1920). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1919. Toronto: The Annual Review.