Alexander Wallace Matheson

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Alexander Wallace Matheson (June 10, 1903 - March 3, 1976) was a Prince Edward Island politician.

He was born in Bellevue, Prince Edward Island. He was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1940 as a Liberal. Matheson became minister of health and welfare in the government of Premier J. Walter Jones in 1948 and succeeded Jones as premier and Attorney-General in 1953. His government was defeated in the 1959 election but remained Liberal Party leader until 1965 when he retired from politics. In 1967 he was appointed a County Court Judge.

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• Alexander Wallace Matheson at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Political offices
Preceded by John Walter Jones	Premier of Prince Edward Island 1953–1959	Succeeded by Walter Russell Shaw

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