31st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 31st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 27, 1890, to November 13, 1893. The Liberal Party led by Frederick Peters formed a government after the Conservatives lost their majority in the 1890 election.

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There were four sessions of the 31st General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 27, 1890May 7, 1890
2ndApril 23, 1891July 15, 1891
3rdMarch 23, 1892May 5, 1892
4thMarch 8, 1893April 20, 1893

Patrick Blake was elected speaker in 1890; after Blake resigned his seat in 1891, Bernard D. McLellan was chosen as speaker.

Members

Electoral districtMemberPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings John McLean [1] Conservative 1876, 1882
Alexander Robertson (1891) Liberal 1891
1st Kings James R. McLean Liberal 1882
2nd Kings J.P. Sullivan Conservative 1890
2nd Kings J.C. Underhay Conservative 1879, 1886
3rd Kings H.L. McDonald [2] Conservative 1886
James E. MacDonald (1890) Conservative 1890
3rd Kings Cyrus Shaw Conservative 1886
4th Kings James Clow Conservative 1890
4th Kings Angus MacLeod Liberal 1886
5th Kings Daniel Gordon Conservative 1876
5th Kings Archibald J. MacDonald Conservative 1873, 1879
1st Prince John A. Matheson Liberal 1882
1st Prince Bernard D. McLellan Liberal 1888
2nd Prince John Yeo [1] Liberal 1873
Alfred McWilliams (1891) Liberal 1891
2nd Prince James Richards Conservative 1873
3rd Prince J.M. Montgomery Liberal 1890
3rd Prince Joseph O. Arsenault Conservative 1873
4th Prince George W. Bentley Conservative 1879
4th Prince John H. Bell Liberal 1886
5th Prince Angus McMillan Liberal 1876, 1890
5th Prince David Rogers Conservative 1890
1st Queens James M. Sutherland [3] Conservative 1886
Alexander Bannerman Warburton (1891) Liberal 1888 [a] , 1891
1st Queens Peter Sinclair Conservative 1873, 1882
2nd Queens Donald Farquharson Liberal 1876
2nd Queens Donald McKay Conservative 1876, 1890
3rd Queens Donald Ferguson [4] Conservative 1878
J. H. Cummiskey (1891) Liberal 1891
3rd Queens Frederick Peters Liberal 1890
4th Queens George Forbes Liberal 1886
4th Queens Hector C. McDonald Liberal 1890
5th Queens Neil McLeod Conservative 1879
5th Queens Patrick Blake [4] Conservative 1882
John Theophilus Jenkins (1891) Conservative 1891

Notes

  1. ↑ 4th Queens
  1. 1 2 elected to federal seat
  2. ↑ died in 1890
  3. ↑ resigned seat
  4. 1 2 ran unsuccessfully for federal seat

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