The 26th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 4, 1874, to July 1, 1876. It was elected in the 1873 general election, which had been held when PEI was still a colony.
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: SessionStartEnd 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 districtMemberPartyFirst elected1st KingsEmmanuel McEacherndiedConservative1873Lauchlin MacDonald (1875)Liberal18751st KingsJ.R. McLeanLiberal18732nd KingsWilliam W. SullivanConservative18732nd KingsHilary McIsaacConservative18733rd KingsL.C. OwenConservative18733rd KingsA.C. MacDonaldIndependent1873J.E. MacDonald (1873)Conservative18734th KingsL.H. DaviesLiberal18734th KingsManoah RoweLiberal18735th KingsT.H. HavilandIndependent18735th KingsA.J. MacDonaldConservative18731st PrinceG.W. Howlanappointed to Canadian SenateIndependent1873N. Conroy (1873)Liberal18731st PrinceS.F. PerryLiberal1873Francis Gallant (1875)Conservative18732nd PrinceJohn YeoConservative18732nd PrinceJames YeoIndependent1873James W. Richards (1873)Conservative18733rd PrinceJohn A. MacDonaldConservative18733rd PrinceJ.O. ArsenaultConservative18734th PrinceA.E.C. HollandConservative18734th PrinceC. HowattConservative18735th PrinceJohn LefurgeyConservative18735th PrinceThomas Kellyresigned seatConservative1873James Colledge Pope (1875)Conservative18751st QueensP. SinclairLiberal1873William Campbell (1873)Independent18731st QueensW.D. StewartLiberal18732nd QueensH. CallbeckLiberal18732nd QueensW.S. McNeillLiberal18733rd QueensH. BeerLiberal18733rd QueensF. KellyConservative18734th QueensDavid Lairdelected to federal seatIndependent1873William Welsh (1873)Liberal18734th QueensBenjamin DaviesLiberal18735th QueensJames Colledge PopeConservative1873Frederick Brecken (1873)Conservative18735th QueensFrederick Breckenran unsuccessfully for federal seatConservative1873John Theophilus Jenkins (1873)Conservative1873
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External links Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1873-04-01 Prince Edward Island, garden province of Canada, WH Crosskill (1904)