# 1908 Prince Edward Island general election

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 | Party Leader | Seats | Seats | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Party | Party | Party Leader | 1904 | Elected | # | % |
| | Liberal | Francis Haszard | 22 | 17 | 15,488 | 51.6% |
| | Conservative | 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 | John McLean | Conservative | Lauchlin MacDonald | Liberal |
| 2nd Kings | Robert Cox | Liberal | James McInnis | Liberal |
| 3rd Kings | Walter A. O. Morson | Conservative | John A. MacDonald | Conservative |
| 4th Kings | Albert P. Prowse | Conservative | Murdock MacKinnon | Conservative |
| 5th Kings | Archibald J. MacDonald | Conservative | John Alexander Mathieson | Conservative |

### Prince

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

### Queens

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

## Sources

* ↑ "Provincial General Election Results, 1908" (PDF). Elections PEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
* ↑ Fred Driscoll. "History and Politics of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.