1908 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1908 Prince Edward Island general election Prince Edward Island parliamentary no no no 1904 Prince Edward Island general election 1904 35th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island 1908 11 18 members 1912 Prince Edward Island general election 1912 37th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 16 150px PE Liberal nohash Francis Haszard 1908 PE Liberal name 4th Queens 22 seats, 54.1% 17 5 15,488 51.6% 2.5pp 150px PE PC nohash John A. Mathieson 1903 PE Conservative name 5th Kings 8 seats, 45.9% 13 5 14,541 48.4% 2.5pp Premier Premier after election Francis Haszard PE Liberal name Francis Haszard PE Liberal name The 1908 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on November 18, 1908.http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1908Report.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233108/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1908Report.pdf dead March 4, 2016 Provincial General Election Results, 1908 Elections PEI The election was won by the governing Liberals, led by incumbent Premier Francis Haszard. Haszard had taken over from his predecessor, Arthur Peters, following his death in January 1908. Haszard resigned as Premier in 1911 following appointment to the province's Supreme Court, and he was succeeded as Premier by H. James Palmer. Due to his designation as Premier, Palmer ran in a by-election in his district of 3rd Queens; traditionally, the Opposition does not run a candidate in these triggered by-elections, but the Conservatives did in the December, 1911 by-election and defeated Palmer in his own district. The opposition Conservatives, led by John A. Mathieson, gained five seats in this election. Party Standings PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1904Elected#% PE Liberal rowLiberalFrancis Haszard221715,48851.6% PE PC rowPE Conservative nameJohn A. Mathieson81314,54148.4% 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.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     Lauchlin MacDonald Liberal 2nd Kings     Robert Cox Liberal     James McInnis Liberal 3rd Kings     Walter A. O. Morson Conservative     John A. MacDonald Conservative 4th Kings     Albert P. Prowse Conservative     Murdock MacKinnon Conservative 5th Kings     Archibald J. MacDonald Conservative     John Alexander Mathieson Conservative Prince District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Prince     Benjamin Gallant Liberal     John Agnew Liberal 2nd Prince     John Richards Liberal     Alfred McWilliams Liberal 3rd Prince     Aubin Edmond Arsenault Conservative     Hector Dobie Conservative 4th Prince     James Kennedy Conservative     Joseph Read Liberal 5th Prince     James A. MacNeill Conservative     J. Edward Wyatt Conservative Queens District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Queens     Matthew Smith Liberal     Murdock Kennedy Conservative 2nd Queens     William Laird Liberal     John McMillan Liberal 3rd Queens     Herbert James Palmer Liberal     James H. Cummiskey Liberal 4th Queens     David P. Irving Liberal     Francis L. Haszard Liberal 5th Queens     James Warburton Liberal     George E. Hughes Liberal Sources Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1908 1909 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k9g5 Category:1908 elections in Canada Category:Elections in Prince Edward Island Category:1908 in Prince Edward Island Category:November 1908 in Canada