38th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 38th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 29, 1916, to June 26, 1919. The Conservative Party led by John Alexander Mathieson formed the government. Aubin-Edmond Arsenault succeeded Mathieson as Premier and party leader in 1917.

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John S. Martin was elected speaker. Albert P. Prowse became speaker in 1918.

There were five sessions of the 38th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 29, 1916May 4, 1916
2ndAugust 4, 1916August 5, 1916
3rdMarch 15, 1917April 26, 1917
4thMarch 26, 1918April 26, 1918
5thApril 2, 1919May 4, 1919

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Augustine A. MacDonald Conservative 1915
2nd Kings    Harvey D. McEwen Conservative 1915
3rd Kings    John A. Dewar Conservative 1910
4th Kings    Albert P. Prowse Conservative 1899, 1904
5th Kings    Roderick J. McLellan Conservative 1915
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    John McLean [1] Conservative 1882, 1900
  Harry D. McLean (1916) Conservative 1916
2nd Kings    James D. McInnis [2] Liberal 1904, 1915
  R. J. MacDonald (1917) Conservative 1917
3rd Kings    James J. Johnston Liberal 1915
4th Kings    Murdock MacKinnon Conservative 1897, 1902
5th Kings    John Alexander Mathieson [3] Conservative 1900
  James David Stewart (1917) Conservative 1917

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Benjamin Gallant Liberal 1900, 1915
2nd Prince    Albert Charles Saunders Liberal 1915
3rd Prince    Aubin Edmond Arsenault Conservative 1908
4th Prince    John Howatt Bell Liberal 1886, 1915
5th Prince    James A. MacNeill Conservative 1908
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Charles E. Dalton Conservative 1912
2nd Prince    William H. Dennis Liberal 1915
3rd Prince    Alfred E. MacLean Liberal 1915
4th Prince   
Walter Lea Liberal 1915
5th Prince    Hubert Howatt [4] Liberal 1915

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Murdock Kennedy Conservative 1906
2nd Queens    George E. Hughes Liberal 1900 [a] , 1915
3rd Queens    Leonard Wood Conservative 1904, 1915
4th Queens    John S. Martin Conservative 1912
5th Queens    James Paton Conservative 1915
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Alexander McNevin Conservative 1915
2nd Queens    John McMillan Liberal 1904, 1915
3rd Queens    David McDonald Liberal 1915
4th Queens    George Forbes Liberal 1886, 1915
5th Queens    Stephen R. Jenkins Conservative 1912

Notes:

  1. named to Senate
  2. died in 1917
  3. named judge
  4. died in 1919

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