46th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 46th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from February 24, 1948, to March 31, 1951. The Liberal Party led by John Walter Jones formed the government.

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Eugene Cullen was elected speaker. Forest W. Phillips replaced Cullen as speaker in 1949.

There were five sessions of the 46th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stFebruary 24, 1948March 25, 1948
2ndFebruary 22, 1949March 23, 1949
3rdFebruary 27, 1950March 30, 1950
4thSeptember 7, 1950November 29, 1950
5thMarch 6, 1951March 30, 1951

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    John R. McLean Progressive
Conservative 		   T. J. Kickham [1]

Brenton St. John (1949)

 Liberal
2nd Kings    Harry Cox [2]

Harvey Douglas (1950)

 Liberal    Lou Burge Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings    Joseph G. Campbell Liberal    Keir Clark Liberal
4th Kings    John A. Campbell [3]

Daniel A. MacRae (1949)

 Liberal    Alexander Wallace Matheson Liberal
5th Kings    William Hughes Liberal    George Saville Liberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Hector Richard Liberal    Fred Ramsay Liberal
2nd Prince    George H. Barbour [4]

Walter Darby (1949)

 Liberal    Forrest Phillips Liberal
3rd Prince    J. Wilfred Arsenault Liberal    Thomas Linkletter Liberal
4th Prince    Cleveland Baker Liberal   
 Horace Wright [3]

J. George MacKay (1949)

 Liberal
5th Prince    Carrol Delaney Liberal    Lorne H. MacFarlane Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Frederic Large Liberal    W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal
2nd Queens    Philip Matheson Progressive
Conservative 		   Reginald Bell Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal    Eugene Cullen Liberal
4th Queens    Dougald MacKinnon Liberal    John Walter Jones Liberal
5th Queens    David L. Matheson Progressive
Conservative 		   William J. P. MacMillan Progressive
Conservative

Notes:

  1. ↑ elected to federal seat
  2. ↑ died
  3. 1 2 resigned
  4. ↑ named to Senate

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