48th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island explained

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
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

Kings

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
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

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
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

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
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

• Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1955-05-25
• O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994