1915 Prince Edward Island general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The 1915 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on September 16, 1915. 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.

Party Standings

Party		Party Leader	Seats		Popular Vote
			1912	Elected	#	%	Template:Canadian party colour	John A. Mathieson	28	17	17,179	50.1%	Liberal	unknown	2	13	17,097	49.9%

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.

Kings

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Augustine A. MacDonald	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	John McLean	Conservative
2nd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Harvey D. McEwen	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	James D. McInnis	Liberal
3rd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	John A. Dewar	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	James J. Johnston	Liberal
4th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Albert P. Prowse	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Murdock MacKinnon	Conservative
5th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Roderick J. McLellan	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	John Alexander Mathieson	Conservative

Queens

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Murdock Kennedy	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Alexander McNevin	Conservative
2nd Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	George E. Hughes	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	John McMillan	Liberal
3rd Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Leonard Wood	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	David McDonald	Liberal
4th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	John S. Martin	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	George Forbes	Liberal
5th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	James Paton	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Stephen R. Jenkins	Conservative

Prince

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Benjamin Gallant	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Charles E. Dalton	Conservative
2nd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Albert Charles Saunders	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	William H. Dennis	Liberal
3rd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Aubin Edmond Arsenault	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Alfred E. MacLean	Liberal
4th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	John Howatt Bell*	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Walter Lea	Liberal
5th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	James A. MacNeill	Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Hubert Howatt	Liberal

• John Howatt Bell named Leader of the Official Opposition and Liberal Party Leader following the election