title: 18th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
text: # 18th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
  
  The 18th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between March 5, 1850, and 1854.
  
  The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Prince Edward Island, Donald Campbell. Alexander Rae was elected speaker.
  
  Responsible government was granted to the island in 1851 and George Coles became the first Premier.
  
  ## Members
  
  The members of the Prince Edward Island Legislature after the general election of 1850 were:
  
  | Riding | Name |
  | - | - |
  | 1st Prince | James Warburton |
  | | James Yeo |
  | 2nd Prince | Alexander Rae |
  | | Allan Fraser |
  | 3rd Prince | William Lord |
  | | Joseph Pope |
  | 1st Queens | George Coles |
  | | Alexander Laird |
  | 2nd Queens | Robert Mooney |
  | | Neil McNeill |
  | 3rd Queens | Benjamin Davies |
  | | William Douse |
  | 1st Kings | Daniel Flynn |
  | | Donald Beaton |
  | 2nd Kings | John Jardine |
  | | Edward Whelan |
  | 3rd Kings | Edward Thornton |
  | | John LaLacheur |
  | Charlottetown | Edward Palmer |
  | | Francis Longworth |
  | Georgetown | Thomas Heath Haviland |
  | | James Macdonald |
  | Princetown | William E. Clark |
  | | Donald Montgomery |
  