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 districtMemberPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings John McLean Conservative 1876, 1882
1st Kings James R. McLean Liberal 1882
2nd Kings William Hooper Liberal 1876
2nd Kings William W. Sullivan Conservative 1873
3rd Kings John McDougall Conservative 1882
3rd KingsPeter McLaren Conservative 1882
4th Kings Malcolm McFadyen Liberal 1882
4th Kings J.E. Robertson [1] Independent1876, 1882
Samuel Prowse (1882) Conservative 1876, 1882
5th Kings Archibald J. MacDonald Conservative 1873, 1879
5th Kings Daniel Gordon Conservative 1876
1st Prince Stanislaus F. Perry Liberal 1879
1st Prince John A. Matheson Liberal 1882
2nd Prince John Yeo Conservative 1873
2nd Prince J. W. Richards Conservative 1873
3rd Prince John A. MacDonald Conservative 1873
3rd Prince Joseph O. Arsenault Conservative 1873
4th Prince George W. Bentley Conservative 1879
4th Prince A.E.C. Holland Conservative 1873, 1879
5th Prince John F. Gillis Conservative 1882
5th Prince John Lefurgey Conservative 1873
1st Queens William Campbell Conservative 1873
1st Queens Peter Sinclair Conservative 1873, 1882
2nd Queens Donald Farquharson Liberal 1876
2nd Queens Donald McKay Conservative 1876
3rd Queens Henry Beer Liberal 1873, 1882
3rd Queens Donald Ferguson Conservative 1878
4th Queens Donald C. Martin Liberal 1882
4th Queens A.D. MacMillan [2] Liberal 1882
Alex Martin (1884) Conservative 1884
5th Queens Patrick Blake Conservative 1882
5th Queens Neil McLeod Conservative 1879

Notes:

  1. resigned seat
  2. died in 1884

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