Benjamin Gallant was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

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. He represented 1st Prince

1st Prince

1st Prince was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.The district comprised the westernmost portion of Prince County...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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 from 1900 to 1912 and from 1915 to 1922 as a Liberal

Prince Edward Island Liberal Party

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 member.

He was born in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island

Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island

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, the son of Ebenezer Gallant, an Irish

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 immigrant, and Martha Arsenault. Gallant was a merchant, trader and brick manufacturer.

In 1901, he married Annie M. Gallant. Gallant was involved in fish packing, also processing lobster

Lobster

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. He was named to the province's Executive Council in 1919. Gallant died in office at Summerside

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

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in 1921.