47th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

The 47th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from October 23, 1951, to April 27, 1955. The Liberal Party led by John Walter Jones formed the government. Alexander Wallace Matheson replaced Jones as Premier and party leader in 1953.

Forest W. Phillips was elected speaker.

There were five sessions of the 47th General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	October 23, 1951	October 24, 1951
2nd	March 11, 1952	April 9, 1952
3rd	March 3, 1953	April 7, 1953
4th	March 2, 1954	April 10, 1954
5th	February 8, 1955	March 18, 1955

Members

Kings

District		Party		Party
1st Kings	William Acorn	Liberal	Brenton St. John	Liberal
2nd Kings	Harvey Douglas	Liberal	Thomas R. Cullen	Liberal
3rd Kings	John A. MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	Keir Clark	Liberal
4th Kings	Lorne Bonnell	Liberal	Alexander Wallace Matheson	Liberal
5th Kings	William Hughes	Liberal	George Saville	Liberal

Prince

District		Party		Party
1st Prince	Hubert Gaudet	Progressive Conservative	Don Campbell	Progressive Conservative
2nd Prince	Walter Darby	Liberal	Forrest Phillips	Liberal
3rd Prince	J. Wilfred Arsenault^[1] Augustin Gallant (1954)	Liberal	Frank MacNutt	Liberal
4th Prince	J. George MacKay	Liberal	Cleveland Baker	Liberal
5th Prince	Edward P. Foley	Liberal	Lorne H. MacFarlane	Liberal

Queens

District		Party		Party
1st Queens	Frank Myers	Progressive Conservative	W. F. Alan Stewart	Liberal
2nd Queens	George Kitson	Liberal	Reginald Bell	Progressive Conservative
3rd Queens	Russell C. Clark	Liberal	Eugene Cullen	Liberal
4th Queens	Dougald MacKinnon	Liberal	John Walter Jones^[2] Harold P. Smith (1953)	Liberal
5th Queens	Earle MacDonald	Liberal	William J. P. MacMillan	Progressive Conservative

Notes:

^ resigned
^ named to Senate

References

Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1951-04-26
O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN 0-921925-54-9

[1] resigned

[2] to Senate

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