political power in March, 1859, taking sixteen of the thirty seats in the legislature . Table 7 shows the results for the Fourth (formerly Third) Electoral District in Prince County. The Tory government included only two Catholics, neither of whom was selected for an executive office. Protestant leaders hailed the win as a"Victory of Protestantism over Poperyfi; and the editor of the Examiner agreed it was a definite "put down" of the Catholics. (20) The Catholic Lieutenant Governor, Dominic Daly, a frequent target for anti-Catholic attacks, resigned and left P.E.I.

in May, 1859. (21) And’in August, 1859 Catholics found hpuj @Y{s+e&

out that an Orange Association ha&ubaankfimrmefl on the Island.(22)

Table 7: Voting Results for Fourth Electoral District

Liberal Conservative John Clark James Nuirhead J.C. Pope Cornelius Howatt Lot 27: 171 160 70 60 ur+k,District: 532 514 655 655

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How involved in this religious conflict were the people in Sou' West is uncertain. Certaintly their allegiance to Bishop Macdonuld and to their religion Q33: being tested. Yet all the political candidates were Protestant. What then can be concluded from the election results? It seems that they reflect both a desire not to have the Bible introduced

into the schools; and perhaps equally clear, a message to

Mr. Pope that they disapproved of his perpetuation of tenancy.

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