December 11 1947 (PE)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1947-12-11
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Prince Edward Island
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 0
Invalid Votes 0
Total Electors 0
Turnout Rate 0
Valid Ballots 81,017
Valid Votes 81,017

Notes

  • Franchise: Fifteen members of the Assembly elected by male property owners as Councillors, and the other one-half by all male residents over the age of 21 as Assemblymen. Elected to 15 dual-member ridings, five in each county.
  • Sources: Prince Edward Island Historical Review of Provincial Election Results: 1900 to 26 February 2001. Elections Prince Edward Island. Muddling Through: the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly A paper prepared for the Canadian Study of Parliament Group by Wayne MacKinnon. http://www.studyparliament.ca/English/pdf/PEI-MacKinnon.pdf

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 16 0 0.00% 4.33%
Independent 1 0 0.00% 0.11%
Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island 30 24 80.00% 50.31%
Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island 30 6 20.00% 45.25%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
David L Mathieson Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 5th District 4,888 ✅
Thomas William Prowse Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 5th District 4,008 ❌
William Joseph Parnell MacMillan Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 5th District 2,519 ✅
Carrol W Delaney Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 5th District 2,148 ✅
Joseph Hector Richard Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 1st District 1,942 ✅
F Charles Dougan Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 5th District 1,887 ❌
Russell C Clark Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 3rd District 1,885 ✅
Chester Cleveland Baker Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 4th District 1,806 ✅
Frederick Carr Ramsay Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 1st District 1,706 ✅
Francis J McNeill Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 5th District 1,670 ❌
Heath Edward Strong Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 4th District 1,630 ❌
John Philip Matheson Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 2nd District 1,630 ✅
Laughlin E MacKinnon Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 2nd District 1,584 ❌
Frederic Alfred Large Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 1st District 1,528 ✅
Richard Reginald Bell Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 2nd District 1,431 ✅
Lorne H MacFarlane Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 5th District 1,429 ✅
Clarence F Morrissey Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 1st District 1,419 ❌
Walter Grant MacKenzie Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 1st District 1,396 ❌
Eugene Patrick Cullen Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 3rd District 1,393 ✅
J A Gilles Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 3rd District 1,393 ❌
Walter Fitz-Alan Stewart Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 1st District 1,336 ✅
Horace Wright Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 4th District 1,324 ✅
T Campbell Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 1st District 1,290 ❌
Dougald MacKinnon Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 4th District 1,290 ✅
George Hilton Barbour Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 2nd District 1,283 ✅
Gordon R Holmes Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 2nd District 1,241 ❌
John J MacDonald Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 3rd District 1,203 ❌
John C Pillman Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 4th District 1,201 ❌
Ernest C Holmes Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 1st District 1,163 ❌
John Robert McLean Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 1st District 1,124 ✅
John A Campbell Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 4th District 1,119 ✅
D J Riley Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 4th District 1,095 ❌
Ernest H Strong Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 5th District 1,093 ❌
Harry S Francis Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 1st District 1,079 ❌
Joseph Wilfred Arsenault Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 3rd District 1,057 ✅
Forrest William Phillips Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 2nd District 1,052 ✅
John Walter Jones Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 4th District 1,040 ✅
Matthew W Wood Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Queens County 4th District 993 ❌
Harry H Cox Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 2nd District 935 ✅
William Wade Hughes Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 5th District 934 ✅
Frank D Macfarlane Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 4th District 915 ❌
Thomas Joseph Kickham Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 1st District 914 ✅
Peter M McCaull Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 2nd District 904 ❌
Joseph G Campbell Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 3rd District 872 ✅
Alexander W Matheson Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 4th District 871 ✅
Augustine A MacDonald Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 1st District 855 ❌
Thomas Maxfield Linkletter Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 3rd District 851 ✅
John A MacDonald (PE) Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 3rd District 832 ❌
Milton Rogerson Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 2nd District 824 ❌
J Foster Sharpe Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 2nd District 817 ❌
Murdock Neil McGowan Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 4th District 808 ❌
George Edward Saville Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 5th District 778 ✅
Keir Clark Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 3rd District 765 ✅
Edward F Arnett Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 3rd District 763 ❌
R Louis Burge Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 2nd District 744 ✅
Daniel MacLean Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 5th District 724 ❌
Thomas Reid Cullen Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 2nd District 701 ❌
Leslie Stewart Hunter Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 3rd District 643 ❌
Fred C Johnson Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Kings County 5th District 605 ❌
D R Campbell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 1st District 427 ❌
Cyrus F Gallant Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 3rd District 365 ❌
Daniel MacKay Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 1st District 291 ❌
David Rosco Walker Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 4th District 291 ❌
Irving M Toombs Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 4th District 279 ❌
Donald F MacLean Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 2nd District 274 ❌
J Raeford Locke Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 2nd District 273 ❌
Edward Larkin Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 3rd District 257 ❌
William A Kells Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens County 5th District 255 ❌
Murdoch Macleod Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens County 1st District 182 ❌
Douglas H. MacFarlane Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens County 5th District 169 ❌
George Wotton Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens County 1st District 115 ❌
Chester Gaudet Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 5th District 100 ❌
Lorne Ellsworth Houston Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens County 2nd District 93 ❌
Peter Gallant Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Prince County 3rd District 89 ❌
John L Read Independent Prince County 4th District 89 ❌
Ernest C Houston Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens County 2nd District 83 ❌
Chesley M Woodside Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince County 5th District 55 ❌

Districts

Kings County 1st District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 39 elections (1873–1993)

John Robert McLean · Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island

1,124 votes
Kings County 2nd District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 39 elections (1873–1993)

Harry H Cox · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

935 votes
Kings County 3rd District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 34 elections (1873–1993)

Joseph G Campbell · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

872 votes
Kings County 4th District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 34 elections (1873–1993)

John A Campbell · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

1,119 votes
Kings County 5th District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 34 elections (1873–1993)

William Wade Hughes · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

934 votes
Prince County 1st District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 39 elections (1873–1993)

Joseph Hector Richard · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

1,942 votes
Prince County 2nd District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 39 elections (1873–1993)

George Hilton Barbour · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

1,283 votes
Prince County 3rd District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 34 elections (1873–1993)

Joseph Wilfred Arsenault · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

1,057 votes
Prince County 4th District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 34 elections (1873–1993)

Chester Cleveland Baker · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

1,806 votes
Prince County 5th District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 34 elections (1873–1993)

Carrol W Delaney · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

2,148 votes
Queens County 1st District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 39 elections (1873–1993)

Frederic Alfred Large · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

1,528 votes
Queens County 2nd District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 39 elections (1873–1993)

John Philip Matheson · Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island

1,630 votes
Queens County 3rd District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 34 elections (1873–1993)

Russell C Clark · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

1,885 votes
Queens County 4th District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 34 elections (1873–1993)

Dougald MacKinnon · Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island

1,290 votes
Queens County 5th District
Prince Edward Island (PE) Provincial 35 elections (1873–1993)

David L Mathieson · Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island

4,888 votes

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