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	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		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	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		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	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		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:

1. resigned
2. 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