1st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 1st General Assembly of the Island of St. John represented the colony of Prince Edward Island, then known as St. John's Island, between July 7, 1773 and 1774.

The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of St. John's Island, Walter Patterson. Robert Stewart was elected speaker. The first and only session lasted ten days.

[edit] Members

The members of the legislature after the general election of July 4, 1773 were:

Name
Alexander Fletcher
Robert Stewart
John Budd
Graves Aichen
Dugald Stewart
David Lawson
Elisha Coffin
William Craig
John Lawson
John Lord
William Warren
George Burns
Alexander Farquhar
William Lawson
Nathaniel Coffin
James McCallum
Thomas Hopkin
James Hawthorne

[edit] References

  • Canada's Smallest Province, a history of prince edward island, ed. FWP Bolger (1973)

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