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The 1923 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on July 24, 1923. [1]
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The opposition Conservatives led by James D. Stewart gained many seats to defeat the incumbent government of Liberal Premier John Howatt Bell.
This election had a number of firsts for PEI. It was the first election in which women on the Island could vote, following legislation passed in 1921. [2]
It also featured the first organized third party in a PEI election, when local members of the Progressive Party ran four candidates in three Prince County districts and collected just over 2% of the vote.
