Constitutionalist
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Title:
Constitutionalist
Place of Publication:
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Geographic Coverage:
Prince Edward Island
Publisher:
Stephen Burris
Date of Publication:
April 27, 1846
Frequency:
Weekly
Subject(s):
Prince Edward Island --
Newspapers
Newspapers
ISSN:
0837-323X
Credit:
Information drawn from A Checklist and historical directory of Prince Edward Island newspapers 1787-1986, compiled by Heather Boylan and made available courtesy of the Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island.
Constitutionalist
About Constitutionalist
The Constitutionalist's chief preoccupations throughout its brief publishing history were the criticism of Lieutenant Governor Sir Henry Vere Huntley and the defense of the then Family Compact member, Joseph Pope, following his expulsion from the Executive Council. Allegedly, the paper was the
organ of Joseph Pope himself. While nominally supporting reform, the paper fiercely attacked the liberal members of the House of Assembly and the liberal paper the Morning News and Semi-Weekly Advertiser. Aside from these political concerns, which occupied much of the space in its columns, the
Constitutionalist printed foreign and local news, fiction and advertisements.
