44th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

The 44th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 2, 1940, to August 20, 1943. The Liberal Party led by Thane Campbell formed the government. John Walter Jones became premier and party leader in May 1943 after Campbell accepted an appointment as a judge.

Walter F. Alan Stewart was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 44th General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	March 20, 1940	May 2, 1940
2nd	March 24, 1941	April 10, 1941
3rd	March 16, 1942	April 2, 1942
4th	March 5, 1943	April 2, 1943

Members

Kings

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Kings		Herbert H. Acorn John R. McLean (1940)	Liberal Conservative/ Prog. Conservative		Peter A. MacIsaac	Liberal
2nd Kings		Harry Cox	Liberal		James P. McIntyre	Liberal
3rd Kings		John Mustard	Liberal		Francis MacPhee	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative
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		Horace Wright	Liberal
5th Prince		Edward P. Foley	Liberal		Brewer W. Robinson	Liberal

Queens

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Queens		Donald N. McKay	Liberal		W. F. Alan Stewart	Liberal
2nd Queens		Angus McPhee George Kitson	Liberal		Bradford W. LePage Alexander W. Matheson (1940)	Liberal
3rd Queens		Russell C. Clark	Liberal		Mark R. MacGuigan	Liberal
4th Queens		Dougald MacKinnon	Liberal		John Walter Jones	Liberal
5th Queens		William Allan Stewart	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative		William J. P. MacMillan	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative

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References

• Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1939-05-18
• O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN 0-921925-54-9