1947 Prince Edward Island general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The 1947 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 11, 1947.

The governing Liberals of Premier J. Walter Jones were able to increase their majority in the Legislature over the opposition Progressive Conservatives, led by former Premier William J.P. MacMillan. This would be MacMillan's last election as PC leader.

The democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased their share of the vote marginally, but were unable to capture any seats. Cyrus Gallant, the CCF's candidate for Assembleyman in 3rd Prince, made history as the first third party candidate to place second in an electoral contest over one of the two major party candidates.

Party Standings

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Liberal	PC

Party		Party Leader	Seats			Popular Vote
			1943	Elected	Change	#	%	Change	Liberal	J. Walter Jones	20	24	+4	40,758	50.3%	-1.0%	Template:Canadian party colour	William J. P. MacMillan	10	6	-4	36,661	45.3%	-0.8%	Template:Canadian party colour		-	-	-	3,509	4.3%	+2.2%	Template:Canadian party colour		-	-	-	89	0.1%	+0.1%

Popular vote Liberal   50.31% PC   42.25% CCF   4.33% Others   0.11%

Seats summary Liberal   80.00% PC   20.00%

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 R. McLean	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	T. J. Kickham	Liberal
2nd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Harry Cox	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Lou Burge	Progressive Conservative
3rd Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	Joseph G. Campbell	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Keir Clark	Liberal
4th Kings	Template:Canadian party colour |	John A. Campbell	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Alexander Wallace Matheson	Liberal
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 |	Frederic Large	Liberal	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 |	Eugene Cullen	Liberal
4th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	Dougald MacKinnon	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	John Walter Jones	Liberal
5th Queens	Template:Canadian party colour |	David L. Matheson	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian party colour |	William J. P. MacMillan	Progressive Conservative

Prince

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Hector Richard	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Fred Ramsay	Liberal
2nd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	George H. Barbour	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Forrest Phillips	Liberal
3rd Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	J. Wilfred Arsenault	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Thomas Linkletter	Liberal
4th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Cleveland Baker	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Horace Wright	Liberal
5th Prince	Template:Canadian party colour |	Carrol Delaney	Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour |	Lorne H. MacFarlane	Liberal