1915 Prince Edward Island general election information
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1915 Prince Edward Island general election
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September 16, 1915 (1915-09-16)
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All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 16 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
LIB
Leader
John A. Mathieson
unknown
Party
Conservative
Liberal
Leader since
1903
-
Leader's seat
5th Kings
-
Last election
28 seats, 59.2%
2 seats, 40.8%
Seats won
17
13
Seat change
11
11
Popular vote
17,179
17,097
Percentage
50.1%
49.9%
Swing
9.1pp
9.1pp
Premier before election
John A. Mathieson
Conservative
Premier after election
John A. Mathieson
Conservative
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The 1915 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on September 16, 1915.[1] The election was held in the midst of the First World War.
The election was won by the governing Conservatives, led by incumbent Premier John A. Mathieson, whose government lost a large number of seats as the opposition Liberals won back a number of districts lost in previous elections.
The Liberals in this election were able to climb up from one of their worst electoral defeats in 1912 to nearly topple the Mathieson government. However, it is unknown who the Liberal leader was during the election, if there was one at all. Previous Official Opposition Leader John Richards chose not to run in this election, while his successor John Howatt Bell was chosen as leader following the election. It is possible the Liberals did not have an official leader for this election.
^"Provincial General Election Results, 1915" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2015.
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