Prince Edward Island general election, 1904

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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

Leader	Arthur Peters	John A. Mathieson
Party	Liberal	Conservative
Leader since	1901	1903
Leader's seat	2nd Kings	5th Kings
Last election	21 seats, 53.5%	9 seats, 46.5%
Seats won	22	8
Seat change	+1	-1
Popular vote	17,011	14,427
Percentage	54.1%	45.9%
Swing	+0.6pp	-0.6pp

Premier before election

Arthur Peters
Liberal

Premier-designate

Arthur Peters
Liberal

The 35th Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 7, 1904.

The election was won by the governing Liberals, led by incumbent Premier Arthur Peters. Peters' own election in the district of 2nd Kings was almost in doubt, due to a tie vote of 515 votes each for him and his Conservative opponent; following a judicial recount, a by-election was held where Peters was acclaimed as the district's Assemblyman.

Peters died in January 1908, and was succeeded as Premier by Francis Haszard.

The opposition Conservatives, led by John A. Mathieson, lost one seat.

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.

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