47th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 47th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from October 23, 1951, to April 27, 1955. The Liberal Party led by John Walter Jones formed the government. Alexander Wallace Matheson replaced Jones as Premier and party leader in 1953.

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Forest W. Phillips was elected speaker.

There were five sessions of the 47th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stOctober 23, 1951October 24, 1951
2ndMarch 11, 1952April 9, 1952
3rdMarch 3, 1953April 7, 1953
4thMarch 2, 1954April 10, 1954
5thFebruary 8, 1955March 18, 1955

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    William Acorn Liberal    Brenton St. John Liberal
2nd Kings    Harvey Douglas Liberal    Thomas R. Cullen Liberal
3rd Kings    John A. MacDonald Progressive
Conservative
   Keir Clark Liberal
4th Kings    Lorne Bonnell Liberal    Alexander Wallace Matheson Liberal
5th Kings    William Hughes Liberal    George Saville Liberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Hubert Gaudet Progressive
Conservative
   Don Campbell Progressive
Conservative
2nd Prince    Walter Darby Liberal    Forrest Phillips Liberal
3rd Prince    J. Wilfred Arsenault [1]

Augustin Gallant (1954)

Liberal    Frank MacNutt Liberal
4th Prince    J. George MacKay Liberal   
Cleveland Baker Liberal
5th Prince    Edward P. Foley Liberal    Lorne H. MacFarlane Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Frank Myers Progressive
Conservative
   W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal
2nd Queens    George Kitson Liberal    Reginald Bell Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal    Eugene Cullen Liberal
4th Queens    Dougald MacKinnon Liberal    John Walter Jones [2]

Harold P. Smith (1953)

Liberal
5th Queens    Earle MacDonald Liberal    William J. P. MacMillan Progressive
Conservative

Notes:

  1. resigned
  2. named to Senate

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