1939 Prince Edward Island general election

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1939 Prince Edward Island general election
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg
  1935 May 18, 1939 (1939-05-18) 1943  

All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Thane Campbell.jpg William Macmillan.jpg
Leader Thane Campbell William J. P. MacMillan
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since19361933
Leader's seat 1st Prince 5th Queens
Last election30 seats, 57.9%0 seats, 42.1%
Seats won273
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg3
Popular vote40,20135,600
Percentage53.0%47.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.9pp Increase2.svg4.9pp

Premier before election

Thane Campbell
Liberal

Premier after election

Thane Campbell
Liberal

The 1939 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on May 18, 1939. [1]

Contents

The governing Liberals of Premier Thane Campbell were able to retain a strong majority in the Legislature, though not as impressive as their total sweep of all 30 seats in the previous election. Campbell became Premier in 1936 following the death of his predecessor Walter Lea. This election was the first to see a government re-elected to a second term since the 1915 election.

The Conservatives, led by former Premier William J.P. MacMillan were able to win back three districts and return an Official Opposition to Legislature. Following the lead of the federal Conservatives in 1942, the party changed its name to the "Progressive Conservatives" (or PCs), which remains the party's name today.

Party standings

273
LiberalConservative
PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote
1935ElectedChange#%Change
  Liberal Thane Campbell 3027-340,20153.0%-4.9%
  Conservative William J. P. MacMillan -3+335,60047.0%+4.9%

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    Herbert H. Acorn Liberal    Peter A. MacIsaac Liberal
2nd Kings    Harry Cox Liberal    James P. McIntyre Liberal
3rd Kings    John Mustard Liberal    Francis MacPhee Conservative
4th Kings    John A. Campbell Liberal    Montague Annear Liberal
5th Kings    William Hughes Liberal    George Saville Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Donald N. McKay Liberal    W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal
2nd Queens    Angus McPhee Liberal    Bradford W. LePage Liberal
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal    Mark R. MacGuigan Liberal
4th Queens    Dougald MacKinnon Liberal    John Walter Jones Liberal
5th Queens    W. F. Alan Stewart Conservative    William J. P. MacMillan Conservative

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Aeneas Gallant Liberal    Thane Alexander Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince    George H. Barbour Liberal    William H. Dennis Liberal
3rd Prince    Marin Gallant Liberal    Thomas Linkletter Liberal
4th Prince    Cleveland Baker Liberal   
Horace Wright Liberal
5th Prince    Edward P. Foley Liberal    Brewer W. Robinson Liberal

Sources

  1. "Provincial General Election Results, 1939" (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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