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| Tignish Politicians
Lieutenant Governers Honourable George Howlan- lived between the years 1835 and 1902. He was elected to the House of Assembly as a Liberal in 1863, and he was also made a member of the Executive Council of the George Coles government. Some of his accomplishments while in government were the passage of the railway bill of 1871 and completion of the negotiations for the Island's entry into Confederation in 1873. He served as Lieutenant-Governor from 1894-1899. He died in Charlottetown two years later. The village of Howlan, a mile and a half north of O'Leary, is named after Lieutenant- Governor George Howlan.
Honourable Joseph-Alphonse Bernard- lived between the years 1881
and 1962. Prior to his service as Lieutenant-Governor, he served as a clerk
for J.H. Myrick and Co. in Tignish. He was also a book-keeper and later
president of Morris & Bernard and Co. in Tignish. Bernard was elected to
the provincial Legislature as Liberal for First Prince in 1943.
He was then appointed the first Acadian Lieutenant-Governor of a
Canadian province in 1945 and he served in this position until 1950.
He died in Charlottetown in 1962.
MLAs 
Clarence F. Morrissey-born at Sea Cow Pond ( Tignish) in 1877, the son of Patrick H.
and Mary Ann (Boyles) Morrissey of Tignish. He later married Zita Katherine Kinch in 1910. There
were six children born from this union. A fish packer at Black Marsh (North Cape), he was elected
to the Legislative Assembly of P.E.I. from 1945-1947. He died December 25, 1960, and he was
buried in Tignish Roman Catholic cemetery.
Hector F. Richard- born at St. Felix, Tignish on January 4, 1903, the son of Joseph and
Victoire (Buote) Richard. Married Melina Doucette of Harper Road. There were 12 children from
this union. He attended school in Tignish, and later was employed in the fishing industry for 20 years.
He operated a sawmill in Howlan, P.E.I. for 15 years and was a boatbuilder in 1968. He was later elected to the P.E.I.
Legislature in 1949.
Hubert J. Gaudet- born at Tignish in 1893, the son of Peter U. Gaudet and Mary Harper.
He later married Henriette Arsenault, and there were two children born from this union. An early president of
the Tignish Fisheries Co-operative, he was also a carpenter builder for the Tignish Parish Centre, the old High School
(torn down during the summer 1989), and the former Legion. He was the first Elected MLA of Prince Edward Island on
April 26, 1951. He died at Tignish and was buried in Tignish Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Russel Perry- he was born at Palmer Road in 1915, the son of William T. Perry and
Evelyn Poirier. He married Rosetta Gallant in 1941, and they had seven children. He served in
World War II between the years of 1943-1946, and he later served in the Federal Fisheries
Department for 12 years. He also acted as manager of the Tignish Irving, the President of the
Tignish Legion for six years and was elected M.L.A of P.E.I.in 1970. In 1976, he served as
Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and then as Speaker in 1977. He was buried in
the Tignish Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Robert Morrissey- born in Alberton on November 18, 1954. He is the son of the late
Bernard Morrissey and Marie O'Connor. During his political career, he has served as Minister
of Transportation and Public Works. He has also been employed as a fisherman along with
serving as a Liberal Critic for Community & Cultural Affairs, Housing, Transportation & Public
Works. Currently, he serves as a member of the Official Opposition of the Prince Edward Island
Legislature. Robert Morrissey, known to most people simply as "Bobby," is also the great
grandson of Pierre M.Chaisson, the first Acadian to settle in the Tignish area. Morrissey
currently resides in Sea Cow Pond.
MP 
Stanislause Francois Poirier, M.P.-he was born in Tignish and later married Margaret
Carroll in 1847. First a student at Saint Andrew's College, PEI., he went on to become a farmer
in Tignish and later was elected M.L.A. of PEI in 1854. His popularity is evident in his
re-election to office in the years 1857- 1859, 1862, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1879, 1882, and 1886.
He also served as Speaker of the P.E.I. Legislature between the years 1873-1874. He was then
elected to the House of Commons in Ottawa for the years 1874, 1896, and 1897. He died while in
Office at Ottawa on February 24, 1898. He is buried in the Tignish Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Senator Patrick Charles Murphy, Senator-he was born in Kinkora, P.E.I. in 1868, and he later studied medicine at New York University where he graduated with honours. He came to Tignish in 1895, and here he practiced medicine until named to the Senate of Canada in 1912. He died suddenly in March of 1925. Edward Hackett-born in Tignish. The Hackett family was prominent during the early years of Tignish. Edward Hackett served in politics for most of his life; he represented the 1st District of Prince County from 1876-1878. Hackett, along with Stanislaus Perry, was elected to the federal parliament in the latter part of the 19th century. Their representation in Ottawa gave the Tignish area representation in the federal government on a national scale. |
Sir Charles Dalton- lived between the years 1850 and 1933.
Some of the notable accomplishments he is recognized for include the founding
of the silver fox industry on the Island, the construction of a sanitorium
in North Wiltshire and the construction of Dalton Hall at St. Dunstan's
University. His most famous contribution to
Tignish is the former Dalton School. He served as
Lieutenant-Governor from 1930-1933. He died while still in office in
December of 1933.