Louis Leoline Jenkins (September 3, 1860 – August 24, 1939) was a farmer and political figure on

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1912 to 1915 and from 1924 to 1927 as a

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. He was born in

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ...

, the son of

John Theophilus Jenkins John Theophilus Jenkins (October 12, 1829 – January 17, 1919) was a physician and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented Charlottetown in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1876 and Queen's Coun ...

and Jessie Esther Carson Rice, and was educated at the

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. In 1892, he married Hannah Sarah Holroyd. Jenkins served in the province's Executive Council as a

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from 1912 to 1915. He was speaker from 1924 to 1927. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1915, 1919, 1927 and 1931. Jenkins died at the Charlottetown Hospital at the age of 78. His brother Stephen Rice also served in the provincial assembly.

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* 1860 births 1939 deaths People from Charlottetown Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub