39th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island explained

The 39th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from April 6, 1920, to June 23, 1923. The Liberal Party led by John Howatt Bell formed the government.

C. Gavin Duffy was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 39th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stApril 6, 1920May 1, 1920
2ndMarch 10, 1921April 27, 1921
3rdMarch 14, 1922May 3, 1922
4thMarch 20, 1923May 2, 1923

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings   Daniel C. MacDonaldLiberal   Harry D. McLeanConservative
2nd Kings   Robert CoxLiberal   James P. McIntyreLiberal
3rd Kings   John A. Dewar[1] Conservative   James J. JohnstonLiberal
4th Kings   Wallace B. ButlerLiberal   William G. Sutherland[2]
Mark Bonnell (1922)
Liberal
5th Kings   Stephen HessianLiberal   James David StewartConservative

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince   Benjamin Gallant[3]
Jeremiah Blanchard (1922)
Liberal   Christopher MetherallLiberal
2nd Prince   Albert Charles SaundersLiberal   William H. DennisLiberal
3rd Prince   Aubin Edmond Arsenault[4]
Adrien Arsenault (1922)
Conservative   Alfred E. MacLean[5]
Thomas MacNutt (1922)
Liberal
4th Prince   John Howatt BellLiberal   
Walter LeaLiberal
5th Prince   James A. MacNeill[6]
John F. MacNeill (1922)
Conservative
Independent
   Creelman McArthurLiberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens   Murdock KennedyConservative   Cyrus CrosbyLiberal
2nd Queens   Bradford W. LePageLiberal   George E. HughesLiberal
3rd Queens   Peter BrodieLiberal   David McDonaldLiberal
4th Queens   James C. IrvingLiberal   Frederick J. NashLiberal
5th Queens   Edmund HiggsLiberal   Gavan DuffyLiberal

Notes:

  1. Dewar won election and sat as an "Independent Farmer", from Web site: John Alexander Dewar . Prince Edward Island Legislative Documents Online . 2015-06-06 . 2018-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204221/http://www.peildo.ca/fedora/repository/leg:27498 . dead .
  2. died
  3. died in 1921
  4. named judge
  5. elected to House of Commons
  6. ran for federal seat

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