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

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Augustine A. MacDonald Conservative    John McLean [1]

Harry D. McLean (1916)

 Conservative
2nd Kings    Harvey D. McEwen Conservative    James D. McInnis [2]

R. J. MacDonald (1917)

 Liberal

Conservative

3rd Kings    John A. Dewar Conservative    James J. Johnston Liberal
4th Kings    Albert P. Prowse Conservative    Murdock MacKinnon Conservative
5th Kings    Roderick J. McLellan Conservative    John Alexander Mathieson [3]

James David Stewart (1917)

 Conservative

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Benjamin Gallant Liberal    Charles E. Dalton Conservative
2nd Prince    Albert Charles Saunders Liberal    William H. Dennis Liberal
3rd Prince    Aubin Edmond Arsenault Conservative    Alfred E. MacLean Liberal
4th Prince    John Howatt Bell Liberal   
 Walter Lea Liberal
5th Prince    James A. MacNeill Conservative    Hubert Howatt [4] Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Murdock Kennedy Conservative    Alexander McNevin Conservative
2nd Queens    George E. Hughes Liberal    John McMillan Liberal
3rd Queens    Leonard Wood Conservative    David McDonald Liberal
4th Queens    John S. Martin Conservative    George Forbes Liberal
5th Queens    James Paton Conservative    Stephen R. Jenkins Conservative

Notes:

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

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