43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Majority parliament
25 September 1935 – 21 April 1939
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Parliament leaders
Premier Walter Lea
August 15, 1935 – January 10, 1936
Thane Campbell
January 14, 1936 – May 11, 1943
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition Liberal Party shadow cabinet*
* The Liberal Party won every seat in the Assembly, so Premier Lea named named several members of his own caucus to act as an opposition.
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly 		Stephen Hessian
Members15 MLA seats
Counsellors15 counsellor seats
Sovereign
Monarch George V
6 May 1910 – 20 Jan. 1936
Edward VIII
20 Jan. 1936 – 11 Dec. 1936
George VI
11 Dec. 1936 – 6 Feb. 1952
Lieutenant
Governor 		George Des Brisay de Blois
December 28, 1933 – October 1, 1939
Sessions
1st Session
September 25, 1935 – September 25, 1935
2nd Session
March 30, 1936 – April 18, 1936
3rd Session
April 16, 1937 – March 22, 1937
4th Session
April 22, 1938 – March 28, 1938
5th Session
April 20, 1939 – March 20, 1939
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The 43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from September 25, 1935, to April 21, 1939. The Liberal Party led by Walter Lea formed the government, winning all the seats in the legislature. Thane Campbell became Premier and party leader following Lea's death in 1936.

Contents

Stephen Hessian was elected speaker.

There were five sessions of the 43rd General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stSeptember 25, 1935September 25, 1935
2ndMarch 30, 1936April 18, 1936
3rdMarch 22, 1937April 16, 1937
4thMarch 28, 1938April 22, 1938
5thMarch 20, 1939April 20, 1939

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Peter A. MacIsaac Liberal    Herbert H. Acorn Liberal
2nd Kings    Harry Cox Liberal    James P. McIntyre Liberal
3rd Kings    John Mustard Liberal    Stephen Hessian Liberal
4th Kings    John A. Campbell Liberal    Montague Annear Liberal
5th Kings    William Hughes Liberal    George Saville Liberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Aeneas Gallant Liberal    Thane Alexander Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince    George H. Barbour Liberal    William H. Dennis Liberal
3rd Prince    Marin Gallant Liberal    Thomas Linkletter Liberal
4th Prince    Cleveland Baker Liberal   
 Walter Lea [1]

Horace Wright (1936)

 Liberal
5th Prince    Edward P. Foley Liberal    Lucas R. Allan Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Donald N. McKay Liberal    W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal
2nd Queens    Angus McPhee Liberal    Bradford W. LePage Liberal
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal    Mark R. MacGuigan Liberal
4th Queens    Dougald MacKinnon Liberal    John Walter Jones Liberal
5th Queens    T. William L. Prowse Liberal    C. St. Clair Trainor Liberal

Notes:

  1. ↑ died in 1936

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