1959 Prince Edward Island general election
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The 1959 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on September 1, 1959.[1]
The governing
The defeat of the Matheson-led Liberals marked the end of the longest serving government in Island history. The Liberals had governed for 24 straight years since their initial victory in the 1935 general election, a feat that would not be rivaled by any other provincial government on the Island.
Party standings
22 | 8 |
PC | Liberal |
Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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1955 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | |||
Progressive Conservative | Walter R. Shaw | 3 | 22 | +19 | 43,845 | 50.9% | +5.9% | |
Liberal
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Alex W. Matheson | 27 | 8 | -19 | 42,214 | 49.1% | -5.9% |
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.[2]
Kings
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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1st Kings | John R. McLean | Progressive
Conservative |
Melvin J. McQuaid | Progressive
Conservative | ||
2nd Kings | Walter Dingwell | Progressive
Conservative |
Leo Rossiter | Progressive
Conservative | ||
3rd Kings | Thomas A. Curran | Progressive
Conservative |
Douglas McGowan | Progressive
Conservative | ||
4th Kings | Lorne Bonnell | Liberal | Alexander Wallace Matheson | Liberal | ||
5th Kings | Stephen Hessian | Liberal | George Saville | Liberal |
Queens
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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1st Queens | Frank Myers | Progressive
Conservative |
Walter Russell Shaw | Progressive
Conservative | ||
2nd Queens | Philip Matheson | Progressive
Conservative |
Reginald Bell | Progressive
Conservative | ||
3rd Queens | Andrew B. MacRae | Progressive
Conservative |
J. Russell Driscoll | Progressive
Conservative | ||
4th Queens | J. Stewart Ross | Liberal | Harold P. Smith | Liberal | ||
5th Queens | J. David Stewart | Progressive
Conservative |
Alban Farmer | Progressive
Conservative |
Prince
District | Assemblyman | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
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1st Prince | Hubert Gaudet | Progressive
Conservative |
Don Campbell | Progressive
Conservative | ||
2nd Prince | George Dewar | Progressive
Conservative |
Robert Grindlay | Progressive
Conservative | ||
3rd Prince | Henry Wedge | Progressive
Conservative |
Keith Harrington | Progressive
Conservative | ||
4th Prince | J. George MacKay | Liberal | |
Cleveland Baker | Liberal | |
5th Prince | Hubert B. MacNeill | Progressive
Conservative |
G. Lorne Monkley
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Progressive
Conservative |
Sources
- ^ "Provincial General Election Results, 1959" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.