1927 Prince Edward Island general election

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1927 Prince Edward Island general election
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  1923 June 25, 1927 (1927-06-25) 1931  

All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Albert Saunders.jpg James David Stewart.jpg
Leader Albert C. Saunders James D. Stewart
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since19231921
Leader's seat 2nd Prince 5th Kings
Last election5 seats, 44.1%25 seats, 52.3%
Seats won246
Seat changeIncrease2.svg19Decrease2.svg19
Popular vote33,98330,072
Percentage53.1%46.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.0pp Decrease2.svg5.4pp

Premier before election

James D. Stewart
Conservative

Premier after election

Albert C. Saunders
Liberal

The 1927 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on June 25, 1927. [1]

Contents

The opposition Liberals led by Albert C. Saunders gained many seats to defeat the incumbent government of Conservative Premier James D. Stewart.

Party Standings

246
LiberalConservative
PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote
1923ElectedChange#%Change
  Liberal Albert C. Saunders 524+1933,98353.1%+9.0%
  Conservative James D. Stewart 256-1930,07246.9%-5.4%

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. [2]

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Augustine A. MacDonald Conservative    Harry D. McLean Conservative
2nd Kings    Harry Cox Liberal    James P. McIntyre Liberal
3rd Kings    John Mustard Liberal    Thomas V. Grant Liberal
4th Kings    John A. Campbell Liberal    Walter Bruce Butler Liberal
5th Kings    Paul A. Scully Liberal    James David Stewart Conservative

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Peter Sinclair Liberal    W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal
2nd Queens    Angus McPhee Liberal    Bradford W. LePage Liberal
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal    David McDonald Liberal
4th Queens    J. James Larabee Liberal    George S. Inman Liberal
5th Queens    W. Chester S. McLure Conservative    William J. P. MacMillan Conservative

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Jeremiah Blanchard Liberal    Robert H. Gordon Liberal
2nd Prince    Albert Charles Saunders Liberal    William H. Dennis Liberal
3rd Prince    Adrien Arsenault Conservative    Harry A. Darby Liberal
4th Prince    Horace Wright Liberal   
Walter Lea Liberal
5th Prince    John F. MacNeill Conservative    Lucas R. Allan Liberal

Sources

  1. "Provincial General Election Results, 1927" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2015.
  2. Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.

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