40th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 40th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 12, 1924, to June 2, 1927. The Conservative Party led by James David Stewart formed the government.

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Louis L. Jenkins was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 40th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 12, 1924April 11, 1924
2ndMarch 17, 1925April 9, 1925
3rdMarch 9, 1926March 31, 1926
4thMarch 15, 1927April 12, 1927

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Augustine A. MacDonald Conservative    Harry D. McLean Conservative
2nd Kings    Harvey D. McEwen Conservative    James B. McDonald Conservative
3rd Kings    Leslie Hunter Conservative    John Alexander Macdonald [1]

H. Frank McPhee (1926)

 Conservative

Independent

4th Kings    Maynard F. McDonald Conservative    Albert P. Prowse [2]

Norman MacLeod (1926)

 Conservative

Independent

5th Kings    J. Howard MacDonald Conservative    James David Stewart Conservative

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Jeremiah Blanchard Liberal    Wilfred Tanton Conservative
2nd Prince    Albert Charles Saunders Liberal    William H. Dennis Liberal
3rd Prince    Adrien Arsenault Conservative    Thomas MacNutt Conservative
4th Prince    Whitefield Bentley Conservative   
 John H. Myers Conservative
5th Prince    James A. MacNeill Conservative    Creelman McArthur [3]

George D. Pope(1926)

 Liberal

Conservative

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Murdock Kennedy Conservative    Alexander McNevin Conservative
2nd Queens    John Buntain Conservative    Louis Jenkins Conservative
3rd Queens    Leonard J. Wood Conservative    J. Augustine MacDonald Conservative
4th Queens    James C. Irving Liberal    Shaw McMillan Conservative
5th Queens    W. Chester S. McLure Conservative    William Joseph Parnell MacMillan Conservative

Notes:

  1. ↑ elected to federal seat
  2. ↑ died in 1925
  3. ↑ named to Senate

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