Prince Edward Island general election, 1900

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December 12, 1900 (1900-12-12)

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All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
		CON
Leader	Donald Farquharson	Daniel Gordon
Party	Liberal	Conservative
Leader since	1898	1894
Leader's seat	2nd Queens	5th Kings
Last election	19 seats	11 seats
Seats won	21	9
Seat change	+2	-2
Popular vote	16,916	14,699
Percentage	53.5%	46.5%

Premier before election

Donald Farquharson
Liberal

Premier-designate

Donald Farquharson
Liberal

The 34th Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 12, 1900.

The election was won by the governing Liberals, led by incumbent Premier Donald Farquharson. Farquharson would later give up his office in 1901 to run successfully for federal office. He was succeeded by Arthur Peters, who previously served as the province's Attorney General.

The opposition Conservatives, led by Daniel Gordon, lost two seats. This was Gordon's final election before stepping down as Conservative leader in 1903 - he was succeeded by John A. Mathieson

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.

Conservative

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