4th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 4th General Assembly of the Island of St. John represented the colony of Prince Edward Island, then known as St. John's Island, between 1785 and 1787.

Prince Edward Island Province of Canada

Prince Edward Island is a province of Canada consisting of the Atlantic island of the same name along with several much smaller islands nearby. Prince Edward Island is one of the three Maritime Provinces and is the smallest province in both land area and population, but the most densely populated. It is part of the traditional lands of the Mi'kmaq, and became a British colony in the 1700s and was federated into Canada as a province in 1873. Its capital is Charlottetown. According to the 2016 census, the province of Prince Edward Island has 142,907 residents.

The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of St. John's Island, Walter Patterson.

Walter Patterson (governor) Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island

Walter Patterson was the first British colonial Governor of Prince Edward Island.

An election was held in March 1784 and the elected members met on March 6, 1784. The assembly spent several weeks discussing the members' grievances against the Governor and then adjourned without Patterson's consent. The Governor declared that the assembly had dissolved itself and called a new election in March 1785.

Alexander Fletcher was chosen as speaker.

Members

The members of the legislature after the general election of 1785 were:

Name
James Campbell
John Throckmorton
William Lawson
James Curtis
James McNutt
John Webster
Dugald Stewart
Alexander Fletcher
David Lawson
John Clark
William Craig
John Brecken
George Hardy
Cornelius Higgins
William Warren
William Douglas
William Schurman
Hugh Fraser

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The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, along with the Queen of Canada in Right of Prince Edward Island, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island, forms the parliament of the province. The General Assembly meets at Province House, which is located at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown.

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The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island is the viceregal representative in Prince Edward Island of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties.

General Assembly of Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly and Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island

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The 12th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between January 14, 1825, and 1831.

The 3rd General Assembly of the Island of St. John represented the colony of Prince Edward Island, then known as St. John's Island, between 1779 and January 1784.

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John Brecken was an English-born United Empire Loyalist, merchant and political figure. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1785 to 1787.

Phillips Callbeck was a merchant, lawyer and political figure in St. John's Island. He served as administrator for the island from 1775 to 1780.

Benjamin Chappell was a machinist and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1774 to 1784.

Joseph Aplin was a lawyer and political figure in colonial Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. He represented Barrington township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1785 to 1787.

John Stewart was a Scottish-born army officer and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1787 to 1801 and from 1824 to 1831.

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