Note : The results for Queens County include special votes. The same - though unstated by the newspapers - is assumed for both Kings and Prince counties.
Note : This election would prove to be the last for the Legislative Council as a body separate from the Island’s House of Assembly. By 1893, after years of debate on the matter, the Legislative Council was abolished as an upper house, and amalgamated with the House of Assembly to create the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.
Citation : Weekly Examiner and Island Argus - January 6 1888 to May 29 1891 (Microfilm @ Robertson Library, UPEI): 27 June 1890, p.2 col.3 - Legislative Council Elections, 25 July 1890, p.2 col.7 - Nomination of Candidates,1 August 1890, p.2 col.4 - A Close Contest, 8 August 1890, p.2 col.5 - Returns With Special Votes, and 15 August 1890, p.2 col.6 - Legislative Council Election
Results
Districts
Charts
Legislature
Result
Total Electors
Valid Ballots
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Turnout Rate
Unavailable
Unavailable
9,388
Unavailable
Unavailable
Party
Candidates
Seats Won
% of Seats Won
% of Vote
Liberal-Conservative
6
3
50.00%
48.26%
Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island
6
3
50.00%
51.74%
Additional information for Liberal-Conservative
Citation : The Liberal-Conservatives were a political party that came to prominence in March of 1878. The party's origins can be traced back to the general election of 1876. While the Island’s political scene had been the mainstay of Liberals and Conservatives, these two traditional parties gave way to coalitions. The issue of public vs. sectarian schools, and the provincial government’s stance on the matter, reigned supreme, and polarized politicians and the Island into two groups based largely on religion: The Free School Coalition (Protestant Liberals, and some Conservative Liberals), and the Denominationalist Coalition (remaining Conservatives, and some Liberal Catholics). The “Free Schoolers” advocated for adherence to the Free Education Act (passed in 1855), and supported public/secular schools. The sitting Free School Coalition (Liberals) resigned in March of 1878, placing the Opposition party - which had morphed from the Denominationalists into the Liberal-Conservatives - in power, at which point a general election was called.
Citation : Source: Patriot - July 14 1877 to June 28 1879 (Microfilm @ Robertson Library, UPEI)
8 March 1879 p.2 col.5 - The Situation
13 March 1879 p.2 col.6-7 - After Many Days
3 April 1879 p.2 col.4 - Nomination Day
3 April 1879 p.3 col.4 - The Nominations
5 April 1879 p.2 col.1 - The Candidates
5 April 1879 p.3 col.4 - To the Free and Independent Electors of the Fourth District of Queens County
10 April 1879 p.2 cols.5-6 - The Result
10 April 1879 p.3 col.1 - The Result
26 April 1879 p.1 col.7 - To the Editor of the Patriot
Source: Examiner - December 16 1878 to June 25 1879 (Microfilm @ Robertson Library, UPEI)
10 April 1879, p.2 cols.1-2 “The Victory”; “The Contest and the Result”
