1951 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1951 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on April 26, 1951.

1951 Prince Edward Island general election
April 26, 1951 (1951-04-26)
All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
PC
Leader J. Walter Jones Reginald Bell
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since 1943 1950
Leader's seat 4th Queens 2nd Queens
Last election 24 seats, 50.3% 6 seats, 45.3%
Seats won 24 6
Seat change
Popular vote 40,847 36,921
Percentage 51.6% 46.7%
Swing 1.3pp 1.4pp
Premier before election

J. Walter Jones
Liberal

 Premier after election

J. Walter Jones
Liberal

The governing Liberals of Premier J. Walter Jones held on to their majority in the Legislature over the opposition Progressive Conservatives led by Reginald Bell, who was elected leader of the party in 1950. Both parties kept the same number of seats they earned in the previous election, though eight seats did change hands.

The democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation fell back from their previous high in 1947, losing over half of their vote. This would be the last election contested by the CCF or any third party in provincial PEI elections until the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party, ran in by-elections in 1972.

This election featured the first female candidate for office, Hilda Ramsay, who came in third while running for the CCF as Councillor in 3rd Prince.

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