The 10th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between November 3, 1818, and 1820.
Prince Edward Island is a province of Canada consisting of the Atlantic island of the same name along with several much smaller islands nearby. Prince Edward Island is one of the three Maritime Provinces and is the smallest province in both land area and population, but the most densely populated. It is part of the traditional lands of the Mi'kmaq, and became a British colony in the 1700s and was federated into Canada as a province in 1873. Its capital is Charlottetown. According to the 2016 census, the province of Prince Edward Island has 142,907 residents.
The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Prince Edward Island, Charles Douglass Smith. Angus McAulay was elected speaker.
Charles Douglass Smith was a British army officer and colonial administrator.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature.
The members of the Prince Edward Island Legislature after the general election of 1818 were:
Riding | Name |
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Prince County | Alexander Campbell |
David Murray | |
Charles Binns | |
William McNeill | |
Queens County | Angus McAulay |
William Hyde | |
Ewan Cameron | |
Lemuel Cambridge | |
Kings County | Benjamin Coffin |
James McLaren | |
Charles Worrell | |
Charles Kelly | |
Charlottetown | Samuel Nelson |
Paul Mabey | |
Georgetown | Thomas Alley |
Theophilus Chappell | |
Princetown | James Townsend |
Dugald Stewart |
The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, along with the Queen of Canada in Right of Prince Edward Island, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island, forms the parliament of the province. The General Assembly meets at Province House, which is located at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown.
The General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the legislature of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The legislature was first established in 1773.
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