1927 Prince Edward Island general election
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The 1927 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on June 25, 1927.[1]
The opposition Liberals led by Albert C. Saunders gained many seats to defeat the incumbent government of Conservative Premier James D. Stewart.
Party Standings
[edit]24 | 6 |
Liberal | Conservative |
Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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1923 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | |||
Liberal | Albert C. Saunders | 5 | 24 | +19 | 33,983 | 53.1% | +9.0% | |
Conservative | James D. Stewart | 25 | 6 | -19 | 30,072 | 46.9% | -5.4% |
Members Elected
[edit]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.[2]
Kings
[edit]Queens
[edit]Prince
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1927" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2015.
- ^ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.
Further reading
[edit]- Hopkins, J. Castell, ed. (1927). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1926–27. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.