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27th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Legislature, 1877–1879
Legislature, 1877–1879
The 27th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in existence from March 15, 1877, to March 12, 1879. It was elected in the 1876 general election.
The first government formed was a Protestant coalition led by Louis Henry Davies. After the coalition failed, the Conservative Party led by William Wilfred Sullivan formed a government.
There were three sessions of the 27th General Assembly:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | March 15, 1877 | April 18, 1877 |
| 2nd | March 14, 1878 | April 18, 1878 |
| 3rd | February 27, 1879 | March 11, 1879 |
Henry Beer was elected speaker.
Members
| Electoral district | Member | Party | First elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Kings | James R. McLean | Liberal | 1873 |
| 1st Kings | Lauchlin MacDonald | Liberal | 1875 |
| 2nd Kings | William W. Sullivan | Conservative | 1873 |
| 2nd Kings | Hilary McIsaac | Conservative | 1873 |
| 3rd Kings | James E. MacDonald | Conservative | 1873 |
| 3rd Kings | John G. Scrimgeour | Liberal | 1876 |
| Donald Ferguson | Conservative | 1878 | |
| 4th Kings | James Robertson | Liberal | 1876 |
| 4th Kings | Samuel Prowse | Conservative | 1876 |
| 5th Kings | Daniel Gordon | Conservative | 1876 |
| 5th Kings | Lewis J. Westaway | Liberal | 1876 |
| 1st Prince | Nicholas Conroy | Liberal | 1873 |
| 1st Prince | Edward Hackett | Independent | 1876 |
| Peter Gavin (1878) | Conservative | 1878 | |
| 2nd Prince | John Yeo | Conservative | 1873 |
| 2nd Prince | James W. Richards | Conservative | 1873 |
| 3rd Prince | Joseph O. Arsenault | Conservative | 1873 |
| 3rd Prince | John A. MacDonald | Conservative | 1873 |
| 4th Prince | John R. Calhoun | Liberal | 1876 |
| 4th Prince | William C. Lea | Liberal | 1876 |
| 5th Prince | Angus McMillan | Liberal | 1876 |
| 5th Prince | John Lefurgey | Conservative | 1873 |
| 1st Queens | William Dunbar Stewart | Conservative | 1873 |
| 1st Queens | William Campbell | Conservative | 1873 |
| 2nd Queens | Donald McKay | Conservative | 1876 |
| 2nd Queens | Donald Farquharson | Liberal | 1876 |
| 3rd Queens | Francis Kelly | Conservative | 1873 |
| 3rd Queens | Henry Beer | Liberal | 1873 |
| 4th Queens | William Welsh | Liberal | 1873 |
| 4th Queens | John F. Robertson | Independent | 1876 |
| Donald Montgomery (1878) | Independent | 1878 | |
| James Nicholson (1878) | Conservative | 1878 | |
| 5th Queens | Louis H. Davies | Liberal | 1873 |
| 5th Queens | George W. Deblois | Conservative | 1876 |
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