Malcolm McFadyen

Malcolm McFadyen was a Canadian politician, who represented 4th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1882 to 1886. He was a member of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party.[1]

Malcolm McFadyen
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
In office
1882–1886
Preceded byWilliam A. Poole
Succeeded byAngus MacLeod
Constituency4th Kings
Personal details
BornJune 9, 1838
Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia, Canada
Diedafter 1886
Political partyLiberal
ResidenceMurray Harbour, Prince Edward Island

A school teacher, farmer and general merchant in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island, 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 was declared ineligible for election to the House of Commons of Canada 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.[2]

References
  1. "Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly: Malcolm McFadyen". Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.
  2. Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, Volume 17. MacLean, Roger & Co., 1883.


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