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Alexander Wallace Matheson ( June 10 , 1903 - March 3 , 1976 ) 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.


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  Title Premier Of Prince Edward Island
  Years 1953&ndash1959
  Before John Walter Jones
  After Walter Russell Shaw