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 First elected
1st Kings Emmanuel McEachern[1] Conservative 1873
Lauchlin MacDonald (1875) Liberal 1875
1st Kings J.R. McLean Liberal 1873
2nd Kings William W. Sullivan Conservative 1873
2nd Kings Hilary McIsaac Conservative 1873
3rd Kings L.C. Owen Conservative 1873
3rd Kings A.C. MacDonald[2] Independent 1873
J.E. MacDonald (1873) Conservative 1873
4th Kings L.H. Davies Liberal 1873
4th Kings Manoah Rowe Liberal 1873
5th Kings T.H. Haviland Independent 1873
5th Kings A.J. MacDonald Conservative 1873
1st Prince G.W. Howlan[3] Independent 1873
N. Conroy (1873) Liberal 1873
1st Prince S.F. Perry[2] Liberal 1873
Francis Gallant (1875) Conservative 1873
2nd Prince John Yeo Conservative 1873
2nd Prince James Yeo[2] Independent 1873
James W. Richards (1873) Conservative 1873
3rd Prince John A. MacDonald Conservative 1873
3rd Prince J.O. Arsenault Conservative 1873
4th Prince A.E.C. Holland Conservative 1873
4th Prince C. Howatt Conservative 1873
5th Prince John Lefurgey Conservative 1873
5th Prince Thomas Kelly[4] Conservative 1873
James Colledge Pope (1875) Conservative 1875
1st Queens P. Sinclair[2] Liberal 1873
William Campbell (1873) Independent 1873
1st Queens W.D. Stewart Liberal 1873
2nd Queens H. Callbeck Liberal 1873
2nd Queens W.S. McNeill Liberal 1873
3rd Queens H. Beer Liberal 1873
3rd Queens F. Kelly Conservative 1873
4th Queens David Laird[2] Independent 1873
William Welsh (1873) Liberal 1873
4th Queens Benjamin Davies Liberal 1873
5th Queens James Colledge Pope[2] Conservative 1873
Frederick Brecken (1873) Conservative 1873
5th Queens Frederick Brecken[5] Conservative 1873
John Theophilus Jenkins (1873) Conservative 1873

Notes:

  1. ^ died
  2. ^ a b c d e f elected to federal seat
  3. ^ appointed to Canadian Senate
  4. ^ resigned seat
  5. ^ ran unsuccessfully for federal seat