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

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Harry S. Francis Liberal    T. J. Kickham Liberal
2nd Kings    Harry Cox Liberal    Thomas R. Cullen Liberal
3rd Kings    Leslie Hunter Progressive
Conservative 		   Francis MacPhee [1]

John A. MacDonald(1945)

 Progressive
Conservative
4th Kings    John A. Campbell Liberal    Murdock McGowan Progressive
Conservative
5th Kings    William Hughes Liberal    George Saville Liberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Joseph A. Bernard [2]

Clarence Morrissey(1945)

 Liberal    Fred Ramsay Liberal
2nd Prince    George H. Barbour Liberal    William H. Dennis [3]

Forrest Phillips (1946)

 Liberal
3rd Prince    Marin Gallant Liberal    Thomas Linkletter Liberal
4th Prince    Heath Strong Progressive
Conservative 		  
 Horace Wright Liberal
5th Prince    Daniel F. MacNeill [4]

Francis J. MacNeill (1946)

 Progressive
Conservative 		   Ernest Strong [1]

Morley M. Bell (1946)

 Progressive
Conservative

Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Walter G. MacKenzie Progressive
Conservative 		   W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal
2nd Queens    Philip Matheson Progressive
Conservative 		   Reginald Bell Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal    Mark R. MacGuigan [5]

Eugene Cullen (1944)

 Liberal
4th Queens    Dougald MacKinnon Liberal    John Walter Jones Liberal
5th Queens    William Prowse Liberal    William J. P. MacMillan Progressive
Conservative

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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