28th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 28th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from April 24, 1879, to April 15, 1882. The majority party was the Conservative Party led by William Wilfred Sullivan.

There were four sessions of the 28th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stApril 24, 1879June 7, 1879
2ndMarch 4, 1880April 26, 1880
3rdMarch 1, 1881April 5, 1881
4thMarch 8, 1882April 8, 1882

The speaker was John A. MacDonald.

Members

Electoral districtMemberParty
1st Kings Lauchlin MacDonald Liberal
1st Kings John C. Underhay Liberal
2nd Kings William W. Sullivan Conservative
2nd Kings William Hooper Independent
3rd Kings James E. MacDonald Conservative
3rd Kings Donald Ferguson Conservative
4th Kings Samuel Prowse Conservative
4th Kings W.A. Poole Conservative
5th Kings Daniel Gordon Conservative
5th Kings Archibald J. MacDonald Independent
1st Prince Peter Gavin Conservative
1st Prince Nicholas Conroy [1] Liberal
S.F. Perry (1879) Liberal
2nd Prince John Yeo Conservative
2nd Prince James W. Richards Conservative
3rd Prince John A. MacDonald Conservative
3rd Prince Joseph O. Arsenault Conservative
4th Prince George W. Bentley Conservative
4th Prince A.E.C. Holland Conservative
5th Prince John Lefurgey Conservative
5th Prince Angus McMillan Liberal
1st Queens William Campbell Conservative
1st Queens Donald Cameron Conservative
2nd Queens Donald McKay Conservative
2nd Queens Donald Farquharson Liberal
3rd Queens Francis Kelly [2] Conservative
Donald A. MacDonald (1879) Conservative
3rd Queens Robert Shaw [3] Conservative
4th Queens James Nicholson Conservative
4th Queens Donald Montgomery [4] Independent
Duncan Crawford (1879) Conservative
5th Queens Neil McLeod Conservative
5th Queens George W. Deblois Conservative

Notes:

  1. resigned seat
  2. died in 1879
  3. died in 1882
  4. resigned to accept appointment

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