1893 Prince Edward Island Election
Overview
The 1893 Prince Edward Island Election was held on December 13th, 1893.
Result
Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island won the most seats in the election
Held on
December 13th, 1893
Number of Electoral Districts
15
Legislature
Legislative Assembly (1893 - 1993)
Fixed Date
No
Election Notes
Note : Some of the corrected returns printed in the Weekly Examiner and Island Argus of December 29, 1893, have been incorrectly attributed to competing candidates. The results in this database have corrected these errors.
Citation : Weekly Examiner and Island Argus - June 5 1891 to December 29 1893 (Microfilm @ Robertson Library, UPEI; 8 December 1893, p.2 col.7 - Nomination Day; 15 December 1893, p.2 cols.3&4 - Provincial Election: The Returns As Received; 22 December 1893, p.5 col.5 - The Special Votes Opened: Mr. Cyrus Shaw Elected; 29 December 1893, p.2 cols.5&6 - The Provincial Elections: The Corrected Returns
Patriot - July 3 1893 to July 10 1894 (Microfilm @ Robertson Library, UPEI; 4 January 1894, p.2 col.2 - Mr. Shaw’s Election; 17 January 1894, p.1 col.5 - Cardigan Election Notes; 25 January 1894, p.1 cols.4&5 - Letters; 5 February 1894, p.2 cols.2&3 - Another Letter from Ex-Speaker McLellan; 15 February 1894, p.2 cols.3&4 - Another Letter from Hon. B. Rogers; 2 March 1894, p.1 cols.4&5 - Another Letter from Ex-Speaker McLellan
Note : The corrected returns for all of the electoral districts in Kings County do not indicate whether or not special votes had been cast, or the numbers that were cast. Since the special votes for both Queens and Prince have been stated (and included as such in this database's vote totals), it is assumed that the Kings County results are similarly inclusive.
Electoral system : After many years of debate on the matter, the Legislative Council, the upper house of the Island government, was abolished, and amalgamated with the House of Assembly to form the Legislative Assembly. In the 1893 general election, the voting districts remained unchanged, as did the number of representatives elected (two); however, voters were now to elect one Assemblyman, and one Councilor per district. That said, something of the old system was still present. Assemblymen were to be elected by popular franchise (males of voting age), whereas Councilors were to be elected by property franchise (males of voting age who met the minimum property qualifications). See Minding the House p.206.
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