48th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

General assembly of Edward Island

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.

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

There were four sessions of the 48th General Assembly:

Session  | Start  | End

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1st  | February 21, 1956  | March 29, 1956
2nd  | February 26, 1957  | April 18, 1957
3rd  | March 11, 1958  | April 12, 1958
4th  | February 10, 1959  | March 25, 1959

## Members

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### Kings

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District  | Assemblyman  | Party  | Councillor  | Party

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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

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District  | Assemblyman  | Party  | Councillor  | Party

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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

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District  | Assemblyman  | Party  | Councillor  | Party

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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

## References

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* Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1955-05-25
* O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN 0-921925-54-9

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