48th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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 ISBN 0-921925-54-9