| Election Name: | 1943 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Country: | Prince Edward Island |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1939 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Previous Year: | 1939 |
| Previous Mps: | 44th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Election: | 1947 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Next Year: | 1947 |
| Next Mps: | 46th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Leader1: | J. Walter Jones |
| Leader Since1: | 1943 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 4th Queens |
| Last Election1: | 27 seats, 53.0% |
| Seats1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 35,396 |
| Percentage1: | 51.3% |
| Swing1: | 1.7pp |
| Leader2: | William J. P. MacMillan |
| Leader Since2: | 1933 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 5th Queens |
| Last Election2: | 3 seats, 47.0% |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 31,849 |
| Percentage2: | 46.1% |
| Swing2: | 0.9pp |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Premier | |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| Before Election: | J. Walter Jones |
| After Election: | J. Walter Jones |
The 1943 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on September 15, 1943.[1]
The governing Liberals of Premier J. Walter Jones lost seven seats to the Progressive Conservatives led by former Premier William J.P. MacMillan, but were able to retain a strong majority in the Legislature. Jones became Premier in May 1943 following the elevation of his predecessor Thane Campbell to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island.
This election featured the first appearance of the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in provincial Island politics. Though they had formed an association in 1936, they did not run any candidates provincially until this election. The CCF ran nine candidates throughout the Island and earned just over 2% of the popular vote, though no seats.
This election also took place during the Second World War.
| 20 | 10 | |
| Liberal | PC |
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Kings | Harry S. Francis | Liberal | T. J. Kickham | Liberal | |||||
| 2nd Kings | Harry Cox | Liberal | Thomas R. Cullen | Liberal | |||||
| 3rd Kings | Leslie Hunter | Progressive Conservative | Francis MacPhee | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| 4th Kings | John A. Campbell | Liberal | Murdock McGowan | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| 5th Kings | William Hughes | Liberal | George Saville | Liberal | |||||
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Queens | Walter G. MacKenzie | Progressive Conservative | W. F. Alan Stewart | Liberal | |||||
| 2nd Queens | Philip Matheson | Progressive Conservative | Reginald Bell | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| 3rd Queens | Russell C. Clark | Liberal | Mark R. MacGuigan | Liberal | |||||
| 4th Queens | Dougald MacKinnon | Liberal | John Walter Jones | Liberal | |||||
| 5th Queens | William Prowse | Liberal | William J. P. MacMillan | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Prince | Joseph A. Bernard | Liberal | Fred Ramsay | Liberal | |||||
| 2nd Prince | George H. Barbour | Liberal | William H. Dennis | Liberal | |||||
| 3rd Prince | Marin Gallant | Liberal | Thomas Linkletter | Liberal | |||||
| 4th Prince | Heath Strong | Progressive Conservative | | Horace Wright | Liberal | ||||
| 5th Prince | Daniel F. MacNeill | Progressive Conservative | Ernest Strong | Progressive Conservative | |||||