1943 Prince Edward Island general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The 1943 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on September 15, 1943.

The governing Liberals of Premier J. Walter Jones lost seven seats to the Progressive Conservatives led by former Premier William J.P. MacMillan, but were able to retain a strong majority in the Legislature. Jones became Premier in May 1943 following the elevation of his predecessor Thane Campbell to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island.

This election featured the first appearance of the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in provincial Island politics. Though they had formed an association in 1936, they did not run any candidates provincially until this election. The CCF ran nine candidates throughout the Island and earned just over 2% of the popular vote, though no seats.

This election also took place during the Second World War.

Party Standings

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Liberal	PC

Party		Party Leader	Seats			Popular Vote
			1939	Elected	Change	#	%	Change	Liberal	J. Walter Jones	27	20	-7	35,396	51.3%	-1.7%	Template:Canadian party colour	William J. P. MacMillan	3	10	+7	31,849	46.1%	-0.9%	Template:Canadian party colour		-	-	-	1,436	2.1%	+2.1%	Template:Canadian party colour		-	-	-	379	0.5%	+0.5%

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 |	Harry S. Francis	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	T. J. Kickham	Liberal
2nd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Harry Cox	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Thomas R. Cullen	Liberal
3rd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Leslie Hunter	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Francis MacPhee	Progressive Conservative
4th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	John A. Campbell	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Murdock McGowan	Progressive Conservative
5th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	William Hughes	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	George Saville	Liberal

Queens

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Walter G. MacKenzie	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	W. F. Alan Stewart	Liberal
2nd Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Philip Matheson	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Reginald Bell	Progressive Conservative
3rd Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Russell C. Clark	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Mark R. MacGuigan	Liberal
4th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Dougald MacKinnon	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	John Walter Jones	Liberal
5th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	William Prowse	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	William J. P. MacMillan	Progressive Conservative

Prince

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Joseph A. Bernard	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Fred Ramsay	Liberal
2nd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	George H. Barbour	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	William H. Dennis	Liberal
3rd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Marin Gallant	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Thomas Linkletter	Liberal
4th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Heath Strong	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Horace Wright	Liberal
5th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Daniel F. MacNeill	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	Ernest Strong	Progressive Conservative