Adrien Arsenault

'''Adrien F. Arsenault''' (April 12, 1889 – June 28, 1941) was a lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 3rd Prince in the Legislative Assembly from 1922 to 1935 as a Conservative.

==Biography== He was born in Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island, the son of Étienne J. Arsenault and Philomène Pitre, and was educated at the Université Saint-Joseph. He studied law with Albert C. Saunders and practised in the office of MacQuarrie and Arsenault at Summerside. Arsenault was married twice: to Bernice A. MacDonald, the daughter of John Alexander MacDonald, in 1920 and to Ellen MacNeill in 1935. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1922 by-election held after Aubin Edmond Arsenault was named a judge. Arsenault served in the province's Executive Council as a minister without portfolio from 1923 to 1927 and from 1931 to 1935.<ref name="weeks">{{cite book|title=Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs|last=Weeks|first=Blair|isbn=1-894838-01-7|year=2002|publisher=Acorn Press|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mindinghousebiog0000week}}</ref> He died in Summerside at the age of 52.

== References == * [http://www.archives.pe.ca/peiain/fondsdetail.asp?fonds=P132 Fonds Adrien F. Arsenault, Prince Edward Island Archival Information Network]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|fr}} {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arsenault, Adrien F}} Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs Category:1889 births Category:1941 deaths Category:Politicians from Prince County, Prince Edward Island Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island