45th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 45th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from February 15, 1944, to October 27, 1947. The Liberal Party led by John Walter Jones formed the government.

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Thomas R. Cullen was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 45th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stFebruary 15, 1944March 17, 1944
2ndMarch 13, 1945April 19, 1945
3rdFebruary 26, 1946March 30, 1946
4thMarch 18, 1947April 25, 1947

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Harry S. Francis Liberal 1943   T. J. Kickham Liberal 1943
2nd Kings    Harry Cox Liberal 1927   Thomas R. Cullen Liberal 1943
3rd Kings    Leslie Hunter Progressive
Conservative 		1923, 1931, 1943   Francis MacPhee [1]

John A. MacDonald(1945)

 Progressive
Conservative 		1926, 1931, 1939
1945
4th Kings    John A. Campbell Liberal 1927   Murdock McGowan Progressive
Conservative 		1943
5th Kings    William Hughes Liberal 1935   George Saville Liberal 1935

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Joseph A. Bernard [2]

Clarence Morrissey(1945)

 Liberal
Progressive Conservative 		1943
1945		   Fred Ramsay Liberal 1943
2nd Prince    George H. Barbour Liberal 1935   William H. Dennis [3]

Forrest Phillips (1946)

 Liberal 1915
1946
3rd Prince    Marin Gallant Liberal 1935   Thomas Linkletter Liberal 1935
4th Prince    Heath Strong Progressive
Conservative 		1931, 1943  
 Horace Wright Liberal 1927 [a] , 1936
5th Prince    Daniel F. MacNeill [4]

Francis J. MacNeill (1946)

 Progressive
Conservative 		1943
1946		   Ernest Strong [1]

Morley M. Bell (1946)

 Progressive
Conservative

Liberal

1943
1945

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously electedCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Walter G. MacKenzie Progressive
Conservative 		1931, 1943   W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal 1927, 1935
2nd Queens    Philip Matheson Progressive
Conservative 		1943   Reginald Bell Progressive
Conservative 		1943
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal 1927, 1935   Mark R. MacGuigan [5]

Eugene Cullen (1944)

 Liberal 1935
1944
4th Queens    Dougald MacKinnon Liberal 1935   John Walter Jones Liberal 1935
5th Queens    William Prowse Liberal 1935, 1943   William J. P. MacMillan Progressive
Conservative 		1923, 1939

Notes:

  1. 1 2 ran for federal seat
  2. ↑ named Lieutenant Governor
  3. ↑ died in 1946
  4. ↑ died
  5. ↑ named to provincial Supreme Court

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