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9th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 9th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between August 10, 1812, and 1818.

The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Prince Edward Island, William Townshend. Ralph Brecken was elected speaker; James Curtis became speaker after Brecken's death in 1813.

Townshend was named acting governor in August 1812; he was replaced by Charles Douglass Smith the following year.

Members

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The members of the Prince Edward Island Legislature after the general election of 1812 were:

Riding Name
Prince County J.B. Palmer
William Clark
David Murray
Daniel Montgomery
Queens County Ralph Brecken[1]
William Hyde
Angus McAulay
William Duckendorff
Kings County Lemuel Cambridge
James Curtis
Benjamin Coffin
Charles Worrell
Charlottetown Samuel Nelson
George Birnie
Georgetown Fade Goff
John Gardiner
Princetown Charles Stewart
James Townsend

Notes:

  1. ^ died in 1813
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