George Edward Saville

SAVILLE, GEORGE EDWARD, farmer, fisher, shipper, newspaper correspondent, and lecturer; b. 18 November 1880 in St. Georges, son of Edward S. Saville and Elizabeth J. Howlett; m. first Alberta Huestis of Charlottetown, and they had one son, Robert; m. secondly 31 December 1914 Maggie C. Chaffey, and there were no children; Baptist; d. 6 May 1961 in Charlottetown. Saville, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1935 for 5th Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1939, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1955, and 1959. He was defeated in the general elections of 1927 and 1931. In the general election of 1959, there was a tie vote between Saville and Leslie Hunter. A recount revealed that a ballot for his opponent had been marked with a ballpoint pen instead of a pencil. The Returning Officer awarded the seat to Saville. He died while a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Saville received his education in the local schools at St. Georges and Annandale. Early in his career, he farmed and fished. Beginning in 1897, and for many years after, Saville was a correspondent for the Guardian and the Evening Patriot. He began lecturing at the age of 14 on the subject of politics, among other subjects. Saville was also the Annandale shipper for the Potato Growers Association. He was a member of the Forresters and the Loyal Orange Association. Saville was a founder of the Daimeny Society in Dundas and an officer of the Kings County Order of Royal Scarlet Knights. George Saville died 6 May 1961 at the Prince Edward Island Hospital. Alberta Saville died in 1902. Maggie Saville was the daughter ofjoseph Chaffey of Little Pond.