Amédée "Meddie" Gallant was a farmer, fish exporter and political figure on Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

. 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

The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, along with the Lieutenant-Governor, forms the parliament of the province. The General Assembly meets at Province House, which is located at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown....

 from 1898 to 1900 as a Liberal

Prince Edward Island Liberal Party

The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party is a major political party in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The PEI Liberals are aligned with the federal Liberal Party of Canada. The party is led by Robert Ghiz, a former member of the staff of the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister...

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He was born in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island

Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island

Bloomfield is an unincorporated community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Bloomfield Provincial Park is located here.Bloomfield is the birthplace of Mary Josephine Ray....

, the son of Fabien Gallant. In 1877, he married Veronique Pineau. He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1898 by-election held after Edward Hackett

Edward Hackett

Edward Hackett was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1876 to 1878 and Prince County from 1878 to 1887 and West Prince from 1896 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1904 as a Liberal-Conservative...

resigned his seat to run for a federal seat. He was supervisor of highways for West Prince. Gallant died in Bloomfield at the age of 56.