Election Name: | 1927 Prince Edward Island general election |
Country: | Prince Edward Island |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1923 Prince Edward Island general election |
Previous Year: | 1923 |
Previous Mps: | 40th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
Elected Mps: | members |
Next Election: | 1931 Prince Edward Island general election |
Next Year: | 1931 |
Next Mps: | 42nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
Seats For Election: | All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
Leader1: | Albert C. Saunders |
Leader Since1: | 1923 |
Leaders Seat1: | 2nd Prince |
Last Election1: | 5 seats, 44.1% |
Seats1: | 24 |
Seat Change1: | 19 |
Popular Vote1: | 33,983 |
Percentage1: | 53.1% |
Swing1: | 9.0pp |
Leader2: | James D. Stewart |
Leader Since2: | 1921 |
Leaders Seat2: | 5th Kings |
Last Election2: | 25 seats, 52.3% |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 19 |
Popular Vote2: | 30,072 |
Percentage2: | 46.9% |
Swing2: | 5.4pp |
Premier | |
Posttitle: | Premier after election |
Before Election: | James D. Stewart |
After Election: | Albert C. Saunders |
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.
24 | 6 | |
Liberal | Conservative |
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]
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||
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1st Kings | Augustine A. MacDonald | Conservative | Harry D. McLean | Conservative | |||||
2nd Kings | Harry Cox | Liberal | James P. McIntyre | Liberal | |||||
3rd Kings | John Mustard | Liberal | Thomas V. Grant | Liberal | |||||
4th Kings | John A. Campbell | Liberal | Walter Bruce Butler | Liberal | |||||
5th Kings | Paul A. Scully | Liberal | James David Stewart | Conservative |
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Queens | Peter Sinclair | Liberal | W. F. Alan Stewart | Liberal | |||||
2nd Queens | Angus McPhee | Liberal | Bradford W. LePage | Liberal | |||||
3rd Queens | Russell C. Clark | Liberal | David McDonald | Liberal | |||||
4th Queens | J. James Larabee | Liberal | George S. Inman | Liberal | |||||
5th Queens | W. Chester S. McLure | Conservative | William J. P. MacMillan | Conservative |
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||
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1st Prince | Jeremiah Blanchard | Liberal | Robert H. Gordon | Liberal | |||||
2nd Prince | Albert Charles Saunders | Liberal | William H. Dennis | Liberal | |||||
3rd Prince | Adrien Arsenault | Conservative | Harry A. Darby | Liberal | |||||
4th Prince | Horace Wright | Liberal | | Walter Lea | Liberal | ||||
5th Prince | John F. MacNeill | Conservative | Lucas R. Allan | Liberal |