49th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 49th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 1, 1960, to November 8, 1962. The Progressive Conservative Party led by Walter Russell Shaw formed the government.

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John R. MacLean was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 49th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 1, 1960March 29, 1960
2ndFebruary 9, 1961March 16, 1961
3rdDecember 4, 1961December 7, 1961
4thFebruary 22, 1962April 6, 1962

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    John R. McLean Progressive
Conservative 		   Melvin J. McQuaid Progressive
Conservative
2nd Kings    Walter Dingwell Progressive
Conservative 		   Leo Rossiter Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings    Thomas A. Curran Progressive
Conservative 		   Douglas McGowan Progressive
Conservative
4th Kings    Lorne Bonnell Liberal    Alexander Wallace Matheson Liberal
5th Kings    Stephen Hessian Liberal    George Saville [1]

George J. Ferguson (1961)

 Liberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Hubert Gaudet Progressive
Conservative 		   Don Campbell Progressive
Conservative
2nd Prince    George Dewar Progressive
Conservative 		   Robert Grindlay Progressive
Conservative
3rd Prince    Henry Wedge Progressive
Conservative 		   Keith Harrington Progressive
Conservative
4th Prince    J. George MacKay Liberal   
 Cleveland Baker Liberal
5th Prince    Hubert B. MacNeill Progressive
Conservative 		   G. Lorne Monkley Progressive
Conservative

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Frank Myers Progressive
Conservative 		   Walter Russell Shaw Progressive
Conservative
2nd Queens    Philip Matheson Progressive
Conservative 		   Reginald Bell [2]

Lloyd MacPhail (1961)

 Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens    Andrew B. MacRae Progressive
Conservative 		   J. Russell Driscoll Progressive
Conservative
4th Queens    J. Stewart Ross Liberal    Harold P. Smith Liberal
5th Queens    J. David Stewart Progressive
Conservative 		   Alban Farmer Progressive
Conservative

Notes:

  1. ↑ died
  2. ↑ resigned

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