Malcolm McFadyen (9 June 1838 – c. 15 April 1883) was a

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politician, who represented 4th Kings in the

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from 1882 to 1886. He was a member of the

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. A school teacher, farmer and general merchant in Murray Harbour,

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, McFadyen ran unsuccessfully in the 1876 provincial election, the 1878 federal election and the 1879 provincial election before being elected in the 1882 provincial election. During his term he became embroiled in a controversy when

James Edwin Robertson James Edwin Robertson (October 8, 1840 – October 30, 1915) was a Canadian physician and politician. Born in New Perth, Prince Edward Island, the son of Peter Robertson and Annie McFarlane, Robertson was educated at McGill University where ...

was declared ineligible for election to the

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after winning a seat in the 1882 federal election, on the grounds that he was still a sitting member of Prince Edward Island's legislative assembly, and therefore ineligible to run in the federal election. According to Robertson, in accordance with the process for resigning from the legislature he had submitted his resignation notice to two fellow MLAs, McFadyen and Peter McLaren, but a procedural error in McFadyen and McLaren's handling of the document had left the resignation improperly registered.''Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada'', Volume 17. MacLean, Roger & Co., 1883.

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1838 births 1883 deaths People from Kings County, Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs {{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub