/ According to the Centennial Protocol Handbook E.XPllttKlfOry NOICS tor Canada> published by the Department of Ca- / -/ nadian Heritage (for the purposes of this book), Honourable is awarded to present and former Lieu- 1 he discovery of every pertinent detail about tenant-Governors, PEI and Federal Supreme Court each Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1873 Judges, Members of the Privy Council of Canada, to 1993 was the ultimate goal of this volume. What and Senators. Current Premiers and Cabinet Min- has been achieved is obviously something less, isters are granted the title while in office, as are Nonetheless, a diligent effort was made to better Provincial Speakers. know each subject. In one sense, it was less diffi- Readers may assume that a Member of the cult to find out what was needed about modern Legislative Assembly represented the riding stated and living subjects. From another perspective, liv- in the first line of the second paragraph (political ing subjects have lives after their political careers history paragraph) throughout his or her career, end and continue to make history. To this end, a unless otherwise stated in the sentences lmmedi- questionnaire was circulated to the former Mem- ately following. At times the common name of the bers of the Legislative Assembly to update the events Member is used at the beginning of the third para- and involvements in which they are presently en- graph, with the exception of Premiers, as more than gaged. It was assumed that the former Members one paragraph has been devoted to the political are still involved in the activities they reported. career of the people who held this office. In gen- Information about former Members, par- eral, the biography of Members was limited to 250 ticularly those who have died, for the most part words, Members of Executive Council 500 words, was obtained from materials available in the pub- and Premiers 1,000 words. There are some excep- lic domain: archival records; birth, death, and mar- tions to this guideline. In some cases, there was riage records; newspapers; biographical compila- more biographical material available, tions; and family and community histories. For The terms councillor and assemblyman were those interested in reviewing the research, references designations used, in part, to distinguish the two have been included for each biography. Members from the riding. These terms were not Efforts were made to keep the form of each used in the biographies. For a more sufficient de- biography standard. The format for the biographies senption of the history of the terms, and the role was based in part on that utilized in the Dictio- the designations played, the reader is directed to nary ot Canadian Biography, published by Univer- Paul Connolly's Afterword, a concise history of sity of Toronto Press. The aim was to provide the the Legislative Assembly. name and titles of the Member, the Member's Readers will observe that Members ap- birthdate (b.), parents, marriage date (in.) and pointed to Executive Council (Cabinet) in the late spouse, children, religion, and, finally, date (d.) and 19th and early 20'1' centuries were required to run a place of death. The spouse's last name, previous to second time following their election. The subse- marriage, is mentioned in the first paragraph wher- quent by-election occurred in the appointed ever possible. In the final paragraph, the married Member's riding. This practice was discontinued name of the spouse is used. Due to time constraints, at an undetermined point early in the 20''1 century, locating all information concerning the spouse was Throughout the book, the two traditional not a primary goal of the research. Instead, any parties in the province are referred to as Conserva- matenal easily or quickly located regarding the tive and Liberal. This is for simplicity's sake so as spouse was included. In some cases, the authors to avoid confusion. Liberal-Conservative, a term were not certain whether the parents of Members' common in the late 19'1' and early 20"' centuries, spouses were still living. Efforts were made to in- and Progressive Conservative, the modern term, elude all named children of Members. The record fall under the umbrella term of Conservative, of children who died in infancy should not be In September 1873, a special federal elec- viewed by readers as complete. tion was held to determine the six Members ot The title Honourable is used frequently. The Parliament to represent Prince Edward Island as a criteria for the use of this term is based on conven- result ot the colony becoming a Canadian prov- tion. As a result, opinions on the convention vary. ince. Many members of the provincial House of XXII Assembly resigned to participate in the election. 5,h Kings The special federal election was not a general elec­ tion. 1966-1996: 16 ridings with one Councillor and one The provincial ridings have changed a num- Assemblyman representing each riding ber of times since Confederation. For more infor­ mation on the evolution to the present makeup of Is' Prince the Legislative Assembly, the reader is once again 2nd Prince directed to the Afterword. For quick reference, an 3rd Prince outline of the evolution of the riding system in 4th Prince the province is provided below: 5,h Prince 1873-1893: 15 ridings with two members represent­ 1st Queens ing each riding 2nd Queens 3rd Queens Is' Prince 4th Queens 2nd Prince 5th Queens 3rd Prince 6th Queens 4,h Prince 5th Prince Is' Kings 2nd Kings 1" Queens 3rd Kings 2nd Queens 4th Kings 3rd Queens 5th Kings 4lh Queens Charlottetown Royalty 1996-present 21 ridings with one member repre­ senting each riding 1" Kings 2nd Kings Number 1 Souns-F.lmira 3rd Kings Number 2 Morell-Fortune Bay 4,h Kings Number 3 Georgetown-Baldwin's Road Georgetown Royalty Number 4 Montague-Kilmuir Number 5 Murray River-Gaspereaux 1893-1966: 15 ridings with one Councillor and one Number 6 Belfast-Pownal Bay Assemblyman representing each riding Number 7 Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove Number 8 Tracadie-Fort Augustus r Number 9 Stanhope-East Royalty ^nd Prince Number 10 Sherwood-Hillsborough 3rd /Vince Number 11 Parkdale-Belvedere 4,h Prince Number 12 Charlottetown-King's Square 5lh /Vince Number 13 Charlottetown-Rochford Square Number 14 Charlottetown-Spring Park 1st Queens Number 15 Winsloe-West Royalty Tnc Queens Number 16 North River-Rice Point 3'd Queens Number 17 Crapaud-Hazel Grove 4* Queens Number 18 Park Corner-Oyster Bed 5'" Queens Number 19 Borden-Kinkora Number 20 Kensington-Malpeque p, Kings Number 21 Wilmot-Summerside Ond Kings Number 22 St. Eleanors-Summerside 3'd Kings Number 23 Cascumpec-Grand River 4.h Kings Number 24 Evangeline-Miscouche urn Number 25 West Point-Bloomfield 1915-1966: 4 seats, 2 in Queen's Number 26 Alberton-Miminegash Number 21 Tigmsh-Deblois Prince Queen's A number of Members of the Legislative King's Assembly of Prince Edward Island also served as Members of Parliament. As the names and num- 7966 to present. 4 seats ber of ridings have changed significantly since Confederation, it is worthwhile reviewing the his- Egmont tory of federal ridings in the province. At Confed- Malpeque eration, Prince Edward Island had six MPs in three Hillsborough dual-member ridings. In 1892 the number was re- Cardigan duced to five and reduced again to four in 1903. In 1911 it was lowered to three. In 1915 the number Finally, as Patrick Binns:;" is, as of this pub- of federal ridings in the province was fixed at four, lication, an active politician, it seemed prudent that through amendment to the British North America an assessment of his political program should oc- Act. The amendment stated that no province will cur following his career as Premier, have less seats in the House of Commons than it has in the Senate. 1873-1892: 6 seats, 2 in each riding Prince County Queen's County King's County 1892-1903: 5 seats West Prince East Prince West Queen's East Queen's Kng's 1903-1911: 4 seats, 2 in Queen's Prince Queen's Kng's 1911-1915: 3 seats Prince Queen's Kng's .LW .