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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name             = Alexander Wallace Matheson
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| image            = AlexMatheson.jpg
| imagesize        = 
| order            = 21st
| office           = Premier of Prince Edward Island
| predecessor      = [[J. Walter Jones]]
| successor        = [[Walter R. Shaw]]
| monarch          = [[Elizabeth II]]
| lieutenant_governor = [[Thomas William Lemuel Prowse|T. William L. Prowse]]<br>[[Frederick Walter Hyndman|Frederick W. Hyndman]]
| term_start       = May 25, 1953
| term_end         = September 16, 1959
| office1          = Leader of the [[Prince Edward Island Liberal Party]]
| predecessor1     = J. Walter Jones
| successor1       = [[Alex Campbell (politician)|Alex Campbell]]
| term_start1      = May 25, 1953
| term_end1        = December 11, 1965
| office2          = [[Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island|MLA]] (Assemblyman) for [[2nd Queens]]
| predecessor2     = [[Bradford William LePage|Bradford W. LePage]]
| successor2       = [[Reginald Bell]]
| term_start2      = November 7, 1940
| term_end2        = September 15, 1943
| office3          = [[Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island|MLA]] (Councillor) for [[4th Kings]]
| predecessor3     = [[Murdock McGowan]]
| successor3       = [[Keir Clark]]
| term_start3      = December 11, 1947
| term_end3        = May 30, 1966
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1903|06|10}}
| birth_place      = Bellevue, [[Prince Edward Island]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1976|03|6|1903|05|10}}
| death_place      = [[Charlottetown]], Prince Edward Island
| nationality      = Canadian 
| spouse           = {{marriage|Helen B. Farquharson|1937}}
| party            = [[Prince Edward Island Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| otherparty       = 
| relations        = 
| children         =  5
| residence        = [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island]]
| alma_mater       = [[Prince of Wales College]]
| occupation       = teacher, lawyer, and judge 
| profession       = Politician
| cabinet          = Minister of Health and Welfare (1948–1953)
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'''Alexander Wallace Matheson''' (June 11, 1903 &ndash; March 3, 1976) was a [[Prince Edward Island]] politician.

He was born in [[Bellevue, Prince Edward Island]]. He was first elected to the provincial [[legislature]] in 1940 as a [[PEI Liberal Party|Liberal]], representing the district of [[2nd Queens]]. Not reelected in the provincial election of 1943, he was reelected in 1947 in the district of [[4th Kings]].

Matheson became minister of health and welfare in the government of [[Premier]] [[J. Walter Jones]] in 1948 and succeeded Jones as premier and [[attorney-general]] in 1953. His government was defeated in the 1959 election but remained Liberal Party leader until 1965 when he retired from politics. In 1967 he was appointed a County Court Judge.

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155029/http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005163 Alexander Wallace Matheson] at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]

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[[Category:Members of the United Church of Canada]]
[[Category:Premiers of Prince Edward Island]]
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[[Category:Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leaders]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island]]


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