43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Majority parliament
September 25, 1935  April 21, 1939
Prince Edward Island coat of arms.svg
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 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
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
  42nd   44th

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

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Kings Peter A. MacIsaac Liberal 1935
   2nd Kings Harry Cox Liberal 1927
   3rd Kings John Mustard Liberal 1927, 1935
   4th Kings John A. Campbell Liberal 1927
   5th Kings William Hughes Liberal 1935
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Kings Herbert H. Acorn Liberal 1935
   2nd Kings James P. McIntyre Liberal 1919, 1927
   3rd Kings Stephen Hessian Liberal 1919, 1935
   4th Kings Montague Annear Liberal 1931
   5th Kings George Saville Liberal 1935

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Prince Aeneas Gallant Liberal 1931
   2nd Prince George H. Barbour Liberal 1935
   3rd Prince Marin Gallant Liberal 1935
   4th Prince Cleveland Baker Liberal 1935
   5th Prince Edward P. Foley Liberal 1935
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Prince Thane Alexander Campbell Liberal 1931
   2nd Prince William H. Dennis Liberal 1915
   3rd Prince Thomas Linkletter Liberal 1935
  
4th Prince Walter Lea [a] Liberal 1915, 1927
  Horace Wright (1936) Liberal 1927, [b] 1936
   5th Prince Lucas R. Allan Liberal 1927

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Queens Donald N. McKay Liberal 1935
   2nd Queens Angus McPhee Liberal 1927, 1935
   3rd Queens Russell C. Clark Liberal 1927, 1935
   4th Queens Dougald MacKinnon Liberal 1935
   5th Queens T. William L. Prowse Liberal 1935
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Queens W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal 1927, 1935
   2nd Queens Bradford W. LePage Liberal 1919, 1927
   3rd Queens Mark R. MacGuigan Liberal 1935
   4th Queens John Walter Jones Liberal 1935
   5th Queens C. St. Clair Trainor Liberal 1935

Notes

  1. died in 1936
  2. Assemblyman

References