1908 Prince Edward Island general election

Template:Short description The 1908 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on November 18, 1908.

The election was won by the governing Liberals, led by incumbent Premier Francis Haszard. Haszard had taken over from his predecessor, Arthur Peters, following his death in January 1908.

Haszard resigned as Premier in 1911 following appointment to the province's Supreme Court, and he was succeeded as Premier by H. James Palmer. Due to his designation as Premier, Palmer ran in a by-election in his district of 3rd Queens; traditionally, the Opposition does not run a candidate in these triggered by-elections, but the Conservatives did in the December, 1911 by-election and defeated Palmer in his own district.

The opposition Conservatives, led by John A. Mathieson, gained five seats in this election.

Party Standings

Party		Party Leader	Seats		Popular Vote
			1904	Elected	#	%	Liberal	Francis Haszard	22	17	15,488	51.6%	Template:Canadian party colour	John A. Mathieson	8	13	14,541	48.4%

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.

Kings

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	John McLean	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Lauchlin MacDonald	Liberal
2nd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Robert Cox	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	James McInnis	Liberal
3rd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Walter A. O. Morson	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	John A. MacDonald	Conservative
4th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Albert P. Prowse	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Murdock MacKinnon	Conservative
5th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Archibald J. MacDonald	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	John Alexander Mathieson	Conservative

Prince

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Benjamin Gallant	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	John Agnew	Liberal
2nd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	John Richards	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Alfred McWilliams	Liberal
3rd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Aubin Edmond Arsenault	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Hector Dobie	Conservative
4th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	James Kennedy	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Joseph Read	Liberal
5th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	James A. MacNeill	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	J. Edward Wyatt	Conservative

Queens

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Matthew Smith	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Murdock Kennedy	Conservative
2nd Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	William Laird	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	John McMillan	Liberal
3rd Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Herbert James Palmer	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	James H. Cummiskey	Liberal
4th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	David P. Irving	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Francis L. Haszard	Liberal
5th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	James Warburton	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	George E. Hughes	Liberal