26th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
The 26th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 4, 1874, to July 1, 1876. It was the first assembly after Prince Edward Island became a Canadian province. The majority party was the Conservative Party led by Premier James Colledge Pope. After Pope resigned to run for a federal seat, Lemuel Owen became party leader and premier.
There were three sessions of the 26th General Assembly:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | March 4, 1874 | April 28, 1874 |
| 2nd | March 18, 1875 | April 27, 1875 |
| 3rd | March 16, 1876 | April 29, 1876 |
Cornelius Howatt was elected speaker.
Members[]
| Electoral district | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Kings | Emmanuel McEachern[1] | Conservative |
| Lauchlin MacDonald (1875) | Liberal | |
| 1st Kings | J.R. McLean | Liberal |
| 2nd Kings | William W. Sullivan | Conservative |
| 2nd Kings | Hilary McIsaac | Conservative |
| 3rd Kings | L.C. Owen | Conservative |
| 3rd Kings | A.C. MacDonald[2] | Independent |
| J.E. MacDonald (1873) | Conservative | |
| 4th Kings | L.H. Davies | Liberal |
| 4th Kings | Manoah Rowe | Liberal |
| 5th Kings | T.H. Haviland | Independent |
| 5th Kings | A.J. MacDonald | Conservative |
| 1st Prince | G.W. Howlan[3] | Independent |
| N. Conroy (1873) | Liberal | |
| 1st Prince | S.F. Perry[2] | Liberal |
| Francis Gallant (1875) | Conservative | |
| 2nd Prince | John Yeo | Conservative |
| 2nd Prince | James Yeo[2] | Independent |
| James W. Richards (1873) | Conservative | |
| 3rd Prince | John A. MacDonald | Conservative |
| 3rd Prince | J.O. Arsenault | Conservative |
| 4th Prince | A.E.C. Holland | Conservative |
| 4th Prince | C. Howatt | Conservative |
| 5th Prince | John Lefurgey | Conservative |
| 5th Prince | Thomas Kelly[4] | Conservative |
| James Colledge Pope (1875) | Conservative | |
| 1st Queens | P. Sinclair[2] | Liberal |
| William Campbell (1873) | Independent | |
| 1st Queens | W.D. Stewart | Liberal |
| 2nd Queens | H. Callbeck | Liberal |
| 2nd Queens | W.S. McNeill | Liberal |
| 3rd Queens | H. Beer | Liberal |
| 3rd Queens | F. Kelly | Conservative |
| 4th Queens | David Laird[2] | Independent |
| William Welsh (1873) | Liberal | |
| 4th Queens | Benjamin Davies | Liberal |
| 5th Queens | James Colledge Pope[2] | Conservative |
| Frederick Brecken (1873) | Conservative | |
| 5th Queens | Frederick Brecken [5] | Conservative |
| John Theophilus Jenkins (1873) | Conservative |
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Categories:
- Terms of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
- 1874 establishments in Prince Edward Island
- 1876 disestablishments in Prince Edward Island