Prosper A. Arsenault

ARSENAULT, PROSPER A.‚ school teacher and vice-principal; b. 25 May 1894 in Howlan, son of Julitte Arsenault; Roman Catholic; d. 28 October 1987 in Woodstock. Arsenault, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1955 for 1st Prince. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1962 and 1966. He was defeated in the general election of 1959. In 1958 Arsenault was appointed to Executive Council as a Minister without Portfolio, and in 1966 he became Speaker, serving in this position until 1970. Arsenault received his education in Howlan from 1906 to 1914. From 1918 to 1920, and again from 1930 to 1932, he attended St. Dunstan's College. Arsenault taught school for many years, in the communities of Howlan, Bloomfield, Roxberry, Conway, Unionvale, and Inverness. Between 1941 and 1946, Arsenault was vice-principal of the largest Aboriginal school in Canada at LeBret, Saskatchewan. From 1946 to 1948, he took summer courses at St. Joseph's University in New Brunswick and received a teaching diploma. In 1949 Arsenault obtained a certificate of child psychology from the University of Ottawa. The following year, he received a first class teaching diploma from Prince of Wales College. Arsenault could speak French, English, Spanish, and Latin. Prosper Arsenault died 28 October 1987 in O'Leary.