political power in March, 1859, taking sixteen of the thirty- seats in the legislature . Table 7 shows the results for the Fourth (formerly Third) in . 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 Popery?; and the editor of the Examiner agreed it was a definite "put down" of the Catholics. (20) The Catholic Lieutenant Governor , uominic Paly, a frequent target for anti-Catholic attacks, resigned and left P.E.I. in Kay, 1859- (21) And'in August, 1859 Catholics found ■\\cyjj e y i s -f e X out that an Orange Association tfcaisiMa&jaj^JKitettAtt on the Island. (22) Table 7; Voting Results for Fourth Liberal Conservative John Clark James Muirhead J.C. Pope Cornelius Howatt Lot 27: 171 160 70 60 ur-lk. District: 532 514 655 655 _____________________________________________________________(23) How involved in this religious conflict were the people in Sou' West is uncertain. Certaintly their allegiance to was Bishop Macdonald and to their religion w«**a 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. (24) 2<*.