32nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 32nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 28, 1894, to June 25, 1897. The Liberal Party led by Frederick Peters formed the government.

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In late 1893, after the dissolution of the 31st General Assembly, the Legislative Council was combined with the House of Assembly into a unicameral body known as the Legislative Assembly. An assemblyman and councillor was elected from each electoral district.

There were four sessions of the 32nd General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 28, 1894May 9, 1894
2ndMarch 21, 1895April 19, 1895
3rdMarch 24, 1896April 30, 1896
4thMarch 30, 1897May 1, 1897

James H. Cummiskey was elected speaker.

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    James R. McLean Liberal 1876, 1882   A.D. Robertson Liberal 1891
2nd Kings    Arthur Peters Liberal 1893   Anthony McLaughlin Liberal 1893
3rd Kings    Cyrus Shaw Conservative 1886   James E. MacDonald Conservative 1890
4th Kings    Donald A. MacKinnon Liberal 1893   George B. Aitken Liberal 1893
5th Kings    Archibald J. MacDonald Conservative 1873, 1879   Daniel Gordon Conservative 1876

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    J. Blanchard Conservative 1893   Benjamin Rogers Liberal 1893
2nd Prince    James W. Richards Liberal 1873   Alfred McWilliams Liberal 1891
3rd Prince    Joseph Octave Arsenault [1]

S.E. Gallant (1895)

 Conservative 1873
1895		   John A. MacDonald Conservative 1873, 1876, 1893
4th Prince    John H. Bell Liberal 1886  
 Alexander Laird [2]

William Campbell (1896)

 Liberal
Conservative 		1893
1873 [a] , 1896
5th Prince    George Godkin Liberal 1893   Angus McMillan Liberal 1876, 1890

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Alexander Bannerman Warburton Liberal 1888 [b] , 1891   Peter Sinclair Liberal 1873, 1882
2nd Queens    Joseph Wise Liberal 1886, 1893   Donald Farquharson Liberal 1876
3rd Queens    Frederick Peters Liberal 1890   James H. Cummisky Liberal 1891
4th Queens    Hector C. McDonald Liberal 1890   George Forbes Liberal 1886
5th Queens    Lemuel E. Prowse Liberal 1893   Benjamin Rogers Liberal 1893

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  1. ↑ named to Senate
  2. ↑ died in 1896
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