33rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 33rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from April 5, 1898, to November 12, 1900. The Liberal Party led by Alexander Bannerman Warburton formed the government. In August 1898, Donald Farquharson became Liberal party leader and Premier.

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There were three sessions of the 33rd General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stApril 5, 1898May 14, 1898
2ndApril 17, 1899May 19, 1899
3rdMay 28, 1900June 19, 1900

James H. Cummiskey was elected speaker.

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    James R. McLean Liberal 1876, 1882   John Kickham Conservative 1897
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 [1]

Albert P. Prowse (1899)

 Liberal
Conservative 		1893
1899		   Murdock MacKinnon Liberal 1897
5th Kings    Archibald J. MacDonald Conservative 1873, 1879   Daniel Gordon Conservative 1876

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Edward Hackett [2]

Meddie Gallant (1898) [3]
Henry Pineau (1899)

 Conservative
Liberal
Conservative 		1876, 1897
1898
1899		   James Birch Liberal 1897
2nd Prince    James W. Richards Liberal 1873   Alfred McWilliams Liberal 1891
3rd Prince    Joseph F. Arsenault Conservative 1895   John A. MacDonald Conservative 1873, 1876, 1893
4th Prince    John H. Bell [4]

Samuel E. Reid (1899)

 Liberal 1886
1899		  
 Peter MacNutt Liberal 1897
5th Prince    Alfred A. LeFurgey [2]

Gilbert DesRoches (1899)

 Liberal

Independent

1897
1899		   Angus McMillan Liberal 1876, 1890

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Alexander Bannerman Warburton [5]

William Campbell (1898)

 Liberal

Independent

1888 [a] , 1891
1898		   Peter Sinclair Liberal 1873, 1882
2nd Queens    Joseph Wise [6]

Albert E. Douglas (1900)

 Liberal 1886, 1893
1900		   Donald Farquharson Liberal 1876
3rd Queens    Frederick Peters Liberal 1890   James H. Cummiskey Liberal 1891
4th Queens    Hector C. McDonald [5]

Angus A. MacLean (1899)

 Liberal

Independent

1890
1899		   George Forbes Liberal 1886
5th Queens    Lemuel E. Prowse Liberal 1893   Benjamin Rogers Liberal 1893

Notes:

  1. ↑ named to Executive Council
  2. 1 2 resigned to run for federal seat
  3. ↑ election declared void in 1899
  4. ↑ elected to federal seat
  5. 1 2 appointed judge
  6. ↑ resigned

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