The 20th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between September 26, 1854 and 1859.
The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Prince Edward Island, Alexander Bannerman. Edward Thornton was elected speaker.
George Coles was Premier.
Read more about 20th General Assembly Of Prince Edward Island: Members
Famous quotes containing the words general, assembly, prince and/or island:
“Never alone
Did the King sigh, but with a general groan.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“That man is to be pitied who cannot enjoy social intercourse without eating and drinking. The lowest orders, it is true, cannot imagine a cheerful assembly without the attractions of the table, and this reflection alone should induce all who aim at intellectual culture to endeavor to avoid placing the choicest phases of social life on such a basis.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)
“Daddy?
That’s another kind of prison.
It’s not the prince at all,
but my father
drunkenly bent over my bed,
circling the abyss like a shark....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)