1931 Prince Edward Island general election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1931 Prince Edward Island general election

| country = Prince Edward Island

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = no

| party_name = no

| previous_election = 1927 Prince Edward Island general election

| previous_year = 1927

| previous_mps = 41st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

| election_date = {{Start date|1931|08|06}}

| elected_mps = members

| next_election = 1935 Prince Edward Island general election

| next_year = 1935

| next_mps = 43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

| seats_for_election = All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

| majority_seats = 16

| opinion_polls =

| turnout =

| image1 = 150px

| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|nohash}}

| leader1 = James D. Stewart

| leader_since1 = 1921

| party1 = Conservative

| leaders_seat1 = 5th Kings

| last_election1 = 6 seats, 46.9%

| seats_before1 =

| seats1 = 18

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}12

| popular_vote1 = 36,219

| percentage1 = 51.7%

| swing1 = {{increase}}4.8pp

| image2 = 150px

| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|nohash}}

| leader2 = Walter Lea

| leader_since2 = 1930

| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|name}}

| leaders_seat2 = 4th Prince

| last_election2 = 24 seats, 53.1%

| seats_before2 =

| seats2 = 12

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}12

| popular_vote2 = 33,836

| percentage2 = 48.3%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}4.8pp

| map_image = Prince_Edward_Island_General_Election_1931.png

| map_size = 300px

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Map of PEI's ridings coloured in based on how they voted

| title = Premier

| posttitle = Premier after election

| before_election = Walter Lea

| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|name}}

| after_election = James D. Stewart

| after_party = Conservative

}}

The 1931 Prince Edward Island general election was held on 6 August 1931 in the Canadian Province of Prince Edward Island.{{cite web | url=http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1931Report.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100456/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1931Report.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 18, 2015 | title=Provincial General Election Results, 1931 | publisher=Elections PEI }} The governing Liberals of Premier Walter Lea were defeated by the Conservatives led by James D. Stewart.

Party Standings

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|+ ↓

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| style="background:#9999FF; width:60.00%;" | 18

| style="background:#EA6D6A; width:40.00%;" | 12

Conservative

| Liberal

class="wikitable" !rowspan="2" colspan="2"\|Party !rowspan="2"\|Party Leader !colspan="3"\|Seats !colspan="3"\|Popular Vote
1927 !Elected !Change !# !% !Change {{Canadian party colour\|PE\|PC\|row}} \|{{Canadian party colour\|PE\|Conservative\|name}} \|James D. Stewart \| align=right\|6 ! align=right\|18 \| align=right\|+12 ! align=right\|36,219 ! align=right\|51.7% \| align=right\|+4.8% {{Canadian party colour\|PE\|Liberal\|row}} \|Liberal \|Walter Lea ! align=right\|24 \| align=right\|12 \| align=right
12 \| align=right\|33,836 \| align=right\|48.3% \| align=right
4.8%

class="wikitable"

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party

!rowspan="2"|Party Leader

!colspan="3"|Seats

!colspan="3"|Popular Vote

1927

!Elected

!Change

!#

!%

!Change

|{{Canadian party colour|PE|Conservative|name}}

|James D. Stewart

| align=right|6

! align=right|18

| align=right|+12

! align=right|36,219

! align=right|51.7%

| align=right|+4.8%

|Liberal

|Walter Lea

! align=right|24

| align=right|12

| align=right

12

| align=right|33,836

| align=right|48.3%

| align=right

4.8%

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.revparl.ca/11/2/11n2_88e_Driscoll.pdf | title=History and Politics of Prince Edward Island | author=Fred Driscoll | publisher=Canadian Parliamentary Review}}

=Kings=

class="wikitable"

! District

! colspan="2" | Assemblyman

! Party

! colspan="2" | Councillor

! Party

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 1st Kings

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} |

1931 Prince Edward Island general election

Party Standings

Members Elected

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