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

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Kings William Acorn Liberal 1951
   2nd Kings Harvey Douglas Liberal 1950
   3rd Kings John A. MacDonald Progressive
Conservative
1945, 1951
   4th Kings Lorne Bonnell Liberal 1951
   5th Kings William Hughes Liberal 1935
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Kings Brenton St. John Liberal 1949
   2nd Kings Thomas R. Cullen Liberal 1943, 1951
   3rd Kings Keir Clark Liberal 1947
   4th Kings Alexander Wallace Matheson Liberal 1940, [a] 1947
   5th Kings George Saville Liberal 1935

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Prince Hubert Gaudet Progressive
Conservative
1951
   2nd Prince Walter Darby Liberal 1949
   3rd Prince J. Wilfred Arsenault [b] Liberal 1947
  Augustin Gallant (1954) Liberal 1954
   4th Prince J. George MacKay Liberal 1949
   5th Prince Edward P. Foley Liberal 1935, 1951
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Prince Don Campbell Progressive
Conservative
1951
   2nd Prince Forrest Phillips Liberal 1946
   3rd Prince Frank MacNutt Liberal 1951
  
4th Prince Cleveland Baker Liberal 1935, 1947
   5th Prince Lorne H. MacFarlane Liberal 1947

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Queens Frank Myers Progressive
Conservative
1951
   2nd Queens George Kitson Liberal 1940, 1951
   3rd Queens Russell C. Clark Liberal 1927, 1935
   4th Queens Dougald MacKinnon Liberal 1935
   5th Queens Earle MacDonald Liberal 1951
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
   1st Queens W. F. Alan Stewart Liberal 1927, 1935
   2nd Queens Reginald Bell Progressive
Conservative
1943
   3rd Queens Eugene Cullen Liberal 1944
   4th Queens John Walter Jones [c] Liberal 1935
  Harold P. Smith (1953) Liberal 1953
   5th Queens William J. P. MacMillan Progressive
Conservative
1923, 1939

Notes

  1. 2nd Queens (Assemblyman)
  2. resigned
  3. named to Senate

References