The 21st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between April 12, 1859 and 1863. An elected assembly had been dissolved by the governor earlier in 1859 because it could not choose a speaker.
The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Prince Edward Island, Dominick Daly. Donald Montgomery was elected speaker.
Edward Palmer was Premier.
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