The first general election in Georgeland as an independent dominion of the British Empire was held on Friday, September 4, 1891. While a limited form of self-government had been present in Georgeland for decades, the election was the first in which members of a new House of Commons and Senate were chosen and at which the winning party's leader became Prime Minister. Robert Pearce had been chosen as interim Prime Minister on July 1, and as leader of the governing Conservative Party, led the interim government into the election.