29th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 29th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 20, 1883, to June 5, 1886. The majority party was the Conservative Party led by William Wilfred Sullivan.

There were four sessions of the 29th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 20, 1883April 27, 1883
2ndMarch 6, 1884April 17, 1884
3rdMarch 11, 1885April 11, 1885
4thApril 8, 1886May 14, 1886

The speaker was John A. MacDonald.

Members

Electoral districtMemberParty
1st Kings John McLean Conservative
1st Kings James R. McLean Liberal
2nd Kings William Hooper Liberal
2nd Kings William W. Sullivan Conservative
3rd Kings John McDougall Conservative
3rd KingsPeter McLaren Conservative
4th Kings Malcolm McFadyen Liberal
4th Kings J.E. Robertson [1] Independent
Samuel Prowse (1882) Conservative
5th Kings Archibald J. MacDonald Conservative
5th Kings Daniel Gordon Conservative
1st Prince Sranislaus F. Perry Liberal
1st Prince John A. Matheson Liberal
2nd Prince John Yeo Conservative
2nd Prince J. 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 F. Gillis Conservative
5th Prince John Lefurgey Conservative
1st Queens William Campbell Conservative
1st Queens Peter Sinclair Conservative
2nd Queens Donald Farquharson Liberal
2nd Queens Donald McKay Conservative
3rd Queens Henry Beer Liberal
3rd Queens Donald Ferguson Conservative
4th Queens Donald C. Martin Liberal
4th Queens A.D. MacMillan [2] Liberal
Alex Martin (1884) Conservative
5th Queens Patrick Blake Conservative
5th Queens Neil McLeod Conservative

Notes:

  1. resigned seat
  2. died in 1884

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