1912 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1912 Prince Edward Island general election Prince Edward Island parliamentary no no no 1908 Prince Edward Island general election 1908 36th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island 1912 01 03 members 1915 Prince Edward Island general election 1915 All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 16 150px PE PC nohash John A. Mathieson 1903 PE Conservative name 5th Kings 13 seats, 48.4% 28 15 15,963 59.2% 10.8pp 150px PE Liberal nohash H. James Palmer 1911 PE Liberal name did not run 17 seats, 51.6% 2 15 10,994 40.8% 10.8pp Premier Premier after election John A. Mathieson PE Conservative name John A. Mathieson PE Conservative name The 1912 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on January 3, 1912.http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1912Report.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170926191028/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1912Report.pdf dead September 26, 2017 Provincial General Election Results, 1912 Elections PEI The election was won by the governing Conservatives, led by incumbent Premier John A. Mathieson, nearly sweeping the island's 30 districts and granting the Conservatives their first clear general election victory since the 1886 election. Mathieson was designated Premier in December 1911 at the behest of the Lieutenant Governor, following the defeat of his predecessor, Liberal Premier H. James Palmer in a by-election, one that ultimately shifted the balance of power in the Legislature from a bare Liberal majority to a situation in the Conservative's favour. H. James Palmer, having no seat in the Legislature and ultimately having lost the confidence of the Legislature, resigned from politics and did not run in this election. It is therefore unknown if Palmer led the Liberals in this election, though his biography at the PEI Legislative Documents Online https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031235/http://www.peildo.ca/fedora/repository/leg:25447 March 4, 2016 archive makes reference to the "Palmer-led Liberals." There is no other listed leader for the Liberals during the election; Assemblyman John Richards led the Liberals as Leader of the Opposition in the 37th Legislature. Party Standings PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1908Elected#% PE PC rowPE Conservative nameJohn A. Mathieson132815,96359.2% PE Liberal rowLiberalH. James Palmer17210,99440.8% 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. Assemblymen 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 McLean Conservative     John Kickham Conservative 2nd Kings     Albert E. Simpson Conservative     Aeneas A. Macdonald Conservative 3rd Kings     John A. Dewar Conservative     John A. MacDonald Conservative 4th Kings     Albert P. Prowse Conservative     Murdock MacKinnon Conservative 5th Kings     Temple W. Macdonald Conservative     John Alexander Mathieson Conservative Prince District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Prince     Sylvain Gallant Conservative     Charles E. Dalton Conservative 2nd Prince     John Richards Liberal     Alfred McWilliams Liberal 3rd Prince     Aubin Edmond Arsenault Conservative     Hector Dobie Conservative 4th Prince     James Kennedy Conservative     Michael C. Delaney Conservative 5th Prince     James A. MacNeill Conservative     J. Edward Wyatt Conservative Queens District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Queens     Murdock Kennedy Conservative     John H. Myers Conservative 2nd Queens     John Buntain Conservative     Louis Jenkins Conservative 3rd Queens     George F. Dewar Conservative     Henry F. Feehan Conservative 4th Queens     John S. Martin Conservative     Alexander Macphail Conservative 5th Queens     Stephen R. Jenkins Conservative     William S. Stewart Conservative Sources Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1912 1913 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_j8v1 Category:1912 elections in Canada Category:Elections in Prince Edward Island Category:1912 in Prince Edward Island Category:January 1912 in Canada