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 elected
1st Kings    Harry S. Francis Liberal 1943
2nd Kings    Harry Cox Liberal 1927
3rd Kings    Leslie Hunter Progressive
Conservative
1923, 1931, 1943
4th Kings    John A. Campbell Liberal 1927
5th Kings    William Hughes Liberal 1935
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    T. J. Kickham Liberal 1943
2nd Kings    Thomas R. Cullen Liberal 1943
3rd Kings    Francis MacPhee [1] Progressive
Conservative
1926, 1931, 1939
  John A. MacDonald (1945) Progressive
Conservative
1945
4th Kings    Murdock McGowan Progressive
Conservative
1943
5th Kings    George Saville Liberal 1935

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Joseph A. Bernard [2] Liberal 1943
  Clarence Morrissey (1945) Progressive Conservative 1945
2nd Prince    George H. Barbour Liberal 1935
3rd Prince    Marin Gallant Liberal 1935
4th Prince    Heath Strong Progressive
Conservative
1931, 1943
5th Prince    Daniel F. MacNeill [3] Progressive
Conservative
1943
  Francis J. MacNeill (1946) Progressive
Conservative
1946
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Fred Ramsay Liberal 1943
2nd Prince    William H. Dennis [4] Liberal 1915
  Forrest Phillips (1946) Liberal 1946
3rd Prince    Thomas Linkletter Liberal 1935
4th Prince   
Horace Wright Liberal 1927 [a] , 1936
5th Prince    Ernest Strong [1] Progressive
Conservative
1943
  Morley M. Bell (1945) Liberal 1945

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Walter G. MacKenzie Progressive
Conservative
1931, 1943
2nd Queens    Philip Matheson Progressive
Conservative
1943
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal 1927, 1935
4th Queens    Dougald MacKinnon Liberal 1935
5th Queens    William Prowse Liberal 1935, 1943
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal 1927, 1935
2nd Queens    Reginald Bell Progressive
Conservative
1943
3rd Queens    Mark R. MacGuigan [5] Liberal 1935
  Eugene Cullen (1944) Liberal 1944
4th Queens    John Walter Jones Liberal 1935
5th Queens    William J. P. MacMillan Progressive
Conservative
1923, 1939

Notes:

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

Notes

  1. Assemblyman

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