1951 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1951 Prince Edward Island general election Prince Edward Island parliamentary no no no 1947 Prince Edward Island general election 1947 46th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island 1951 04 26 members 1955 Prince Edward Island general election 1955 All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 16 175x175px PE Liberal nohash J. Walter Jones 1943 PE Liberal name 4th Queens 24 seats, 50.3% 24 40,847 51.6% 1.3pp PC PE PC nohash Reginald Bell 1950 PE PC name 2nd Queens 6 seats, 45.3% 6 36,921 46.7% 1.4pp Premier Premier after election J. Walter Jones PE Liberal name J. Walter Jones PE Liberal name The 1951 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on April 26, 1951.http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1951Report.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150525203458/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1951Report.pdf dead May 25, 2015 Provincial General Election Results, 1951 Elections PEI The governing Liberals of Premier J. Walter Jones held on to their majority in the Legislature over the opposition Progressive Conservatives led by Reginald Bell, who was elected leader of the party in 1950. Both parties kept the same number of seats they earned in the previous election, though eight seats did change hands. The democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation fell back from their previous high in 1947, losing over half of their vote. This would be the last election contested by the CCF or any third party in provincial PEI elections until the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party, ran in by-elections in 1972. This election featured the first female candidate for office, Hilda Ramsay, who came in third while running for the CCF as Councillor in 3rd Prince.http://www.electionspei.ca/index.php?number=1046847&lang=E Women in Politics Elections PEI Party Standings + ↓ 24 6 Liberal PC PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1947ElectedChange#%Change PE Liberal rowLiberalJ. Walter Jones2424±040,84751.6%+1.3% PE PC rowPE PC nameReginald Bell66±036,92146.7%+1.4% CA CCF rowCA CCF name---1,3361.7%-2.6% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal PE Liberal 51.64 PC PE PC 46.67 CCF PE CCF 1.69Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal PE Liberal 80.00 PC PE PC 20.00 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.http://www.revparl.ca/11/2/11n2_88e_Driscoll.pdf History and Politics of Prince Edward Island Fred Driscoll Canadian Parliamentary Review Kings District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Kings     William Acorn Liberal     Brenton St. John Liberal 2nd Kings     Harvey Douglas Liberal     Thomas R. Cullen Liberal 3rd Kings     John A. MacDonald Progressive Conservative     Keir Clark Liberal 4th Kings     Lorne Bonnell Liberal     Alexander Wallace Matheson Liberal 5th Kings     William Hughes Liberal     George Saville Liberal Queens District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Queens     Frank Myers Progressive Conservative     W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal 2nd Queens     George Kitson Liberal     Reginald Bell Progressive Conservative 3rd Queens     Russell C. Clark Liberal     Eugene Cullen Liberal 4th Queens     Dougald MacKinnon Liberal     John Walter Jones Liberal 5th Queens     Earle MacDonald Liberal     William J. P. MacMillan Progressive Conservative Prince District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Prince     Hubert Gaudet Progressive Conservative     Don Campbell Progressive Conservative 2nd Prince     Walter Darby Liberal     Forrest Phillips Liberal 3rd Prince     J. Wilfred Arsenault Liberal     Frank MacNutt Liberal 4th Prince     J. George MacKay Liberal     Cleveland Baker Liberal 5th Prince     Edward P. Foley Liberal     Lorne H. MacFarlane Liberal Sources Category:1951 elections in Canada Category:Elections in Prince Edward Island Category:1951 in Prince Edward Island Category:April 1951 in Canada