1959 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1959 Prince Edward Island general election Prince Edward Island parliamentary no no no 1955 Prince Edward Island general election 1955 48th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island 1959 09 1 members 1962 Prince Edward Island general election 1962 All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 16 Walter R. Shaw Sept. 1964 (cropped).jpg PE PC nohash Walter R. Shaw 1957 PE PC name 1st Queens 3 seats, 45.0% 22 19 43,845 50.9% 5.9pp 175x175px PE Liberal nohash Alex W. Matheson 1953 PE Liberal name 4th Kings 27 seats, 55.0% 8 19 42,214 49.1% 5.9pp Premier Premier after election Alex W. Matheson PE Liberal name Walter R. Shaw PE PC name x175px The 1959 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on September 1, 1959.http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1959Report.pdf Provincial General Election Results, 1959 Elections PEI 2015-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235117/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1959Report.pdf 2015-09-23 dead The governing Liberals of Premier Alex W. Matheson were defeated by the Progressive Conservatives led by Walter R. Shaw, who gained a massive number of districts across the Island to earn a majority government, despite a close result in the popular vote. The defeat of the Matheson-led Liberals marked the end of the longest serving government in Island history. The Liberals had governed for 24 straight years since their initial victory in the 1935 general election, a feat that would not be rivaled by any other provincial government on the Island. Party standings + ↓ 22 8 PC Liberal PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1955ElectedChange#%Change PE PC rowPE PC nameWalter R. Shaw322+1943,84550.9%+5.9% PE Liberal rowLiberalAlex W. Matheson278-1942,21449.1%-5.9% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC PE PC 50.95 Liberal PE Liberal 49.05Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC PE PC 73.33 Liberal PE Liberal 26.67 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     John R. McLean Progressive Conservative     Melvin J. McQuaid Progressive Conservative 2nd Kings     Walter Dingwell Progressive Conservative     Leo Rossiter Progressive Conservative 3rd Kings     Thomas A. Curran Progressive Conservative     Douglas McGowan Progressive Conservative 4th Kings     Lorne Bonnell Liberal     Alexander Wallace Matheson Liberal 5th Kings     Stephen Hessian Liberal     George Saville Liberal Queens District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Queens     Frank Myers Progressive Conservative     Walter Russell Shaw Progressive Conservative 2nd Queens     Philip Matheson Progressive Conservative     Reginald Bell Progressive Conservative 3rd Queens     Andrew B. MacRae Progressive Conservative     J. Russell Driscoll Progressive Conservative 4th Queens     J. Stewart Ross Liberal     Harold P. Smith Liberal 5th Queens     J. David Stewart Progressive Conservative     Alban Farmer Progressive Conservative Prince District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Prince     Hubert Gaudet Progressive Conservative     Don Campbell Progressive Conservative 2nd Prince     George Dewar Progressive Conservative     Robert Grindlay Progressive Conservative 3rd Prince     Henry Wedge Progressive Conservative     Keith Harrington Progressive Conservative 4th Prince     J. George MacKay Liberal     Cleveland Baker Liberal 5th Prince     Hubert B. MacNeill Progressive Conservative     G. Lorne Monkley Progressive Conservative Sources Category:1959 elections in Canada Category:Elections in Prince Edward Island Category:1959 in Prince Edward Island Category:September 1959 in Canada