Louis Leoline Jenkins

JENKINS, LOUIS LEOLINE, farmer; b. 3 September 1860 in Charlottetown, son of John Theophilus Jenkins* and Jessie Esther Carson Rice; m. 7 September 1892 Hannah Sarah Holroyd, and there were no children; Anglican; d. 24 August 1939 in Charlottetown. Jenkins, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1912 for 2"J Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1923. He was defeated in the general elections of 1915, 1919, 1927, and 1931. Jenkins was a Minister without Portfolio from 1912 to 1915 in the John Mathieson* Administration, and was Speaker from 1923 until 1927. Jenkins' brother Stephen*, and their father John Theophilus*, were Members of the Legislative Assembly.Jenkins was educated at local schools in Charlottetown and then at Guelph Agricultural College in Ontario. After completing Agricultural College, he went to Pincher Creek, Alberta, for a year to manage his father's ranch. When he returned to the Island, he established a farm in North Wiltshire. Louis Jenkins died 24 August 1939 in the Charlottetown Hospital. Hannah Jenkins was the daughter of Joseph Holroyd of Yorkshire, England.