Alexander Wallace Matheson was a Prince Edward Island politician. He was born in Bellevue, Prince Edward Island. He was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1940 as a Liberal. Matheson became minister of health and welfare in the government of Premier J. Walter Jones in 1948 and succeeded Jones as premier and Attorney-General in 1953. His government was defeated in the 1959 election but remained Liberal Party leader until 1965 when he retired from politics.

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  • Alexander Wallace Matheson was a Prince Edward Island politician. He was born in Bellevue, Prince Edward Island. He was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1940 as a Liberal. Matheson became minister of health and welfare in the government of Premier J. Walter Jones in 1948 and succeeded Jones as premier and Attorney-General in 1953. His government was defeated in the 1959 election but remained Liberal Party leader until 1965 when he retired from politics. In 1967 he was appointed a County Court Judge.
  • L'honorable Alexander Wallace Matheson était un homme politique canadien qui fut premier ministre de la province de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard de 1953 à 1959.
  • Alexander Wallace Matheson, född 10 juni 1903 i Bellevue, Prince Edward Island, död 3 mars 1976, var en kanadensisk politiker på Prince Edward Island. Han valdes till den provinsiella politiska församlingen år 1940 som liberal. Matheson blev hälso- och välfärdsminister i J. Walter Jones regering år 1948 och efterföljde Jones som premiärminister och kronjurist år 1953. Han var ledare för det politiska liberala partiet till 1965 då han lämnade politiken.
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  • 1953–1959
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  • Alexander Wallace Matheson was a Prince Edward Island politician. He was born in Bellevue, Prince Edward Island. He was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1940 as a Liberal. Matheson became minister of health and welfare in the government of Premier J. Walter Jones in 1948 and succeeded Jones as premier and Attorney-General in 1953. His government was defeated in the 1959 election but remained Liberal Party leader until 1965 when he retired from politics.
  • L'honorable Alexander Wallace Matheson était un homme politique canadien qui fut premier ministre de la province de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard de 1953 à 1959.
  • Alexander Wallace Matheson, född 10 juni 1903 i Bellevue, Prince Edward Island, död 3 mars 1976, var en kanadensisk politiker på Prince Edward Island. Han valdes till den provinsiella politiska församlingen år 1940 som liberal. Matheson blev hälso- och välfärdsminister i J. Walter Jones regering år 1948 och efterföljde Jones som premiärminister och kronjurist år 1953. Han var ledare för det politiska liberala partiet till 1965 då han lämnade politiken.
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  • Alexander Wallace Matheson
  • Alexander Wallace Matheson
  • Alexander Wallace Matheson
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