37th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 37th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 7, 1912, to August 21, 1915. The Conservative Party led by John Alexander Mathieson formed the government.

John Alexander Mathieson Canadian politician

John Alexander Mathieson was a Prince Edward Island politician and jurist, the 12th Premier.

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J. Edward Wyatt was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 37th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 7, 1912April 26, 1912
2ndMarch 12, 1913April 24, 1913
3rdMarch 11, 1914April 22, 1914
4thMarch 17, 1915April 24, 1915

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    John McLean Conservative    John Kickham Conservative
2nd Kings    Albert E. Simpson Conservative    Aeneas A. Macdonald Conservative
3rd Kings    John A. Dewar Conservative    John A. MacDonald Conservative
4th Kings    Albert P. Prowse Conservative    Murdock MacKinnon Conservative
5th Kings    Temple W. Macdonald Conservative    John Alexander Mathieson Conservative

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Sylvain Gallant Conservative    Charles E. Dalton Conservative
2nd Prince    John Richards Liberal    Alfred McWilliams Liberal
3rd Prince    Aubin Edmond Arsenault Conservative    Hector Dobie Conservative
4th Prince    James Kennedy Conservative   
Michael C. Delaney Conservative
5th Prince    James A. MacNeill Conservative    J. Edward Wyatt Conservative

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Murdock Kennedy Conservative    John H. Myers Conservative
2nd Queens    John Buntain Conservative    Louis Jenkins Conservative
3rd Queens    George F. Dewar Conservative    Henry F. Feehan Conservative
4th Queens    John S. Martin Conservative    Alexander Macphail Conservative
5th Queens    Stephen R. Jenkins Conservative    William S. Stewart Conservative

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