43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Majority parliament
25 September 1935 – 21 April 1939
Parliament leaders
Premier	Walter Lea August 15, 1935 – January 10, 1936
	Thane Campbell January 14, 1936 – May 11, 1943
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Liberal Party shadow cabinet*
* The Liberal Party won every seat in the Assembly, so Premier Lea named several members of his own caucus to act as an opposition.
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Stephen Hessian
Members	15 MLA seats
Counsellors	15 counsellor seats
Sovereign
Monarch	George V 6 May 1910 – 20 Jan. 1936
	Edward VIII 20 Jan. 1936 – 11 Dec. 1936
	11 Dec. 1936 – 6 Feb. 1952
Lieutenant Governor	George Des Brisay de Blois December 28, 1933 – October 1, 1939
Sessions
1st session September 25, 1935 – September 25, 1935
2nd session March 30, 1936 – April 18, 1936
3rd session April 16, 1937 – March 22, 1937
4th session April 22, 1938 – March 28, 1938
5th session April 20, 1939 – March 20, 1939
← 42nd → 44th

The 43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from September 25, 1935, to April 21, 1939. The Liberal Party led by Walter Lea formed the government, winning all the seats in the legislature. Thane Campbell became Premier and party leader following Lea's death in 1936.

Stephen Hessian was elected speaker.

There were five sessions of the 43rd General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	September 25, 1935	September 25, 1935
2nd	March 30, 1936	April 18, 1936
3rd	March 22, 1937	April 16, 1937
4th	March 28, 1938	April 22, 1938
5th	March 20, 1939	April 20, 1939

Members

Kings

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Kings		Peter A. MacIsaac	Liberal		Herbert H. Acorn	Liberal
2nd Kings		Harry Cox	Liberal		James P. McIntyre	Liberal
3rd Kings		John Mustard	Liberal		Stephen Hessian	Liberal
4th Kings		John A. Campbell	Liberal		Montague Annear	Liberal
5th Kings		William Hughes	Liberal		George Saville	Liberal

Prince

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Prince		Aeneas Gallant	Liberal		Thane Alexander Campbell	Liberal
2nd Prince		George H. Barbour	Liberal		William H. Dennis	Liberal
3rd Prince		Marin Gallant	Liberal		Thomas Linkletter	Liberal
4th Prince		Cleveland Baker	Liberal		Walter Lea Horace Wright (1936)	Liberal
5th Prince		Edward P. Foley	Liberal		Lucas R. Allan	Liberal

Queens

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Queens		Donald N. McKay	Liberal		W. F. Alan Stewart	Liberal
2nd Queens		Angus McPhee	Liberal		Bradford W. LePage	Liberal
3rd Queens		Russell C. Clark	Liberal		Mark R. MacGuigan	Liberal
4th Queens		Dougald MacKinnon	Liberal		John Walter Jones	Liberal
5th Queens		T. William L. Prowse	Liberal		C. St. Clair Trainor	Liberal

Notes:

References

• Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1935-07-23
• O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN 0-921925-54-9