30th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 30th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 29, 1887, to January 7, 1890. The majority party was the Conservative Party led by William Wilfred Sullivan. After Sullivan resigned to serve in the province's Supreme Court, Neil McLeod became party leader and premier.

There were three sessions of the 30th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 29, 1887May 7, 1887
2ndMarch 22, 1888April 28, 1888
3rdMarch 14, 1889April 17, 1889

The speaker was John A. MacDonald.

Members

Electoral districtMemberParty
1st Kings John McLean Conservative
1st Kings James R. McLean Liberal
2nd Kings William W. Sullivan Conservative
2nd Kings J.C. Underhay Conservative
3rd Kings H.L. McDonald Conservative
3rd Kings Cyrus Shaw Conservative
4th Kings Samuel Prowse Conservative
4th Kings Angus MacLeod Liberal
5th Kings Daniel Gordon Conservative
5th Kings Archibald J. MacDonald Conservative
1st Prince Stanislaus F. Perry [1] Liberal
1st Prince John A. Matheson Liberal
2nd Prince John Yeo Conservative
2nd Prince J. W. Richards Conservative
3rd Prince Joseph O. Arsenault Conservative
3rd Prince John A. MacDonald Conservative
4th Prince George W. Bentley Conservative
4th Prince John H. Bell Liberal
5th Prince John Lefurgey Conservative
5th Prince John F. Gillis Conservative
1st Queens Peter Sinclair Conservative
1st Queens James M. Sutherland Conservative
2nd Queens Donald Farquharson Liberal
2nd Queens Joseph Wise Liberal
3rd Queens Donald Ferguson Conservative
3rd Queens Lucius O. Kelly Conservative
4th Queens George Forbes Liberal
4th Queens Donald C. Martin [2] Liberal
5th Queens Patrick Blake Conservative
5th Queens Neil McLeod Conservative

Notes:

  1. elected to federal seat in 1887
  2. died in 1888

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