1935 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1935 Prince Edward Island general election Prince Edward Island parliamentary no no 1931 Prince Edward Island general election 1931 42nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island 1939 Prince Edward Island general election 1935 07 23 members 1939 30 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 16 175x175px PE Liberal nohash Walter Lea 1930 PE Liberal name 4th Prince 12 seats, 48.3% 30 18 43,824 57.9% 9.6pp 175x175px PE PC nohash William J. P. MacMillan 1933 PE Conservative name 5th Queens (lost) 18 seats, 51.7% 0 18 31,840 42.1% 9.6pp Prince_Edward_Island_General_Election_1935.png 300px Map of PEI's ridings coloured in based on how they voted Premier Premier after election William J. P. MacMillan PE Conservative name Walter Lea PE Liberal name The 1935 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on 23 July 1935.http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1935Report.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150518220221/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1935Report.pdf dead May 18, 2015 Provincial General Election Results, 1935 Elections PEI The Liberal Party led by Walter Lea swept the board by winning every seat in every constituency. This was the first time that a government in the British Commonwealth would face no opposition in an elected chamber.http://www.peildo.ca/fedora/repository/leg:25457 Walter Maxfield Lea PEI Legislative Documents Online To date, that feat has only been accomplished one other time in Canadian history, the 1987 New Brunswick election. It was also the first time that a ruling party lost all of their seats. Background The 1935 election took place in the shadow of the Great Depression. In 1931, the Conservative Party, then under James David Stewart, defeated the incumbent Liberal government, installing Stewart as Premier. As Premier, Stewart worked to get federal assistance in combating the Depression, but stress caused him to die in office in 1933. When Stewart's health was failing, he was replaced by Acting Premier William J. P. MacMillan, who took over for Stewart upon his death. MacMillan continued Stewart's policies of increased economic spending and government assistance, until the election in 1935. Walter Lea, a farmer by trade, had been elected to the Legislature in 1915, and had been Premier before Stewart from 1930–31. During his time as Premier, he "undertook many initiatives to improve and diversify the island’s agricultural industry".Lea's Landslide http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Exclusive/Articles/Lea-s-Landslide#.UpdiUwJGBJc.email Canada's History 28 November 2013 After his loss to James Stewart, he continued in opposition until 1935. By the time the 1935 election came around, Lea was very ill. He coordinated most of the campaign "from a hospital bed for six weeks, and then from his home for the remainder of the election. He made only one public appearance during the entire campaign". Results + ↓ 30 Liberal PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1931ElectedChange#%Change PE Liberal rowPE Liberal nameWalter Lea1230+1843,82457.9%+9.6% PE PC rowPE Conservative nameWilliam J. P. MacMillan18--1831,84042.1%-9.6% The Liberal Party, under Lea, won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly, a feat that had never been accomplished before in the Commonwealth. News media across the Commonwealth broadcast the story. When faced with this unusual institutional setup, Lea had several members of his own party act as members of the opposition, as an actual opposition party did not exist within the legislature. This step was also used in the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly after the 1987 election, in which the New Brunswick Liberal Party won all 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Lea died a few months into his mandate, and was replaced by Thane Campbell, who served as Premier until 1943. Members 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     Peter A. MacIsaac Liberal     Herbert H. Acorn Liberal 2nd Kings     Harry Cox Liberal     James P. McIntyre Liberal 3rd Kings     John Mustard Liberal     Stephen Hessian Liberal 4th Kings     John A. Campbell Liberal     Montague Annear Liberal 5th Kings     William Hughes Liberal     George Saville Liberal Queens District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 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     T. William L. Prowse Liberal     C. St. Clair Trainor Liberal Prince District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 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     Walter Lea Liberal 5th Prince     Edward P. Foley Liberal     Lucas R. Allan Liberal References Further reading The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1935 and 1936 1939 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k4i7 Category:1935 elections in Canada Category:July 1935 in Canada General election 1935