48th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 48th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from February 21, 1956, to August 3, 1959. The Liberal Party led by Alexander Wallace Matheson formed the government.

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Augustin Gallant was elected speaker. Edward Foley replaced Gallant as speaker in 1959.

There were four sessions of the 48th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stFebruary 21, 1956March 29, 1956
2ndFebruary 26, 1957April 18, 1957
3rdMarch 11, 1958April 12, 1958
4thFebruary 10, 1959March 25, 1959

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    William Acorn Liberal    Brenton St. John Liberal
2nd Kings    Harvey Douglas Liberal    Leo Rossiter Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings    Joseph Campbell Liberal    Keir Clark Liberal
4th Kings    Lorne Bonnell Liberal    Alexander Wallace Matheson Liberal
5th Kings    Stephen Hessian Liberal    George Saville Liberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Prosper Arsenault Liberal    Fred Ramsay Liberal
2nd Prince    George Dewar Progressive
Conservative 		   Forrest Phillips Liberal
3rd Prince    Augustin Gallant Liberal    Frank MacNutt Liberal
4th Prince    J. George MacKay Liberal   
 Cleveland Baker Liberal
5th Prince    Edward P. Foley Liberal    Morley Bell Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Frederic Large Liberal    W. F. Alan Stewart [1]

Frank Myers (1957)

 Liberal

Progressive
Conservative

2nd Queens    George Kitson Liberal    Reginald Bell Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens    Russell C. Clark Liberal    Eugene Cullen Liberal
4th Queens    Dougald MacKinnon Liberal    Harold P. Smith Liberal
5th Queens    Earle MacDonald Liberal    Alex MacIsaac Liberal

Notes:

  1. ↑ died in 1956

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