Hon . William Wilfred Sullivan HON. WILLIAM WILFRED SULLIVAN William Wilfred Sullivan was born in Hope River on December 6, 1843. He was the son of William Sullivan and Mary McCarthy . He later married Alice Maud Mary Newberry and they had a family of six children. William Sullivan received his early education in Hope River and later attended and University. Following graduation, he studied law with Joseph Hensley who was a Pre- Confederation Premier . He also worked as an editor for the Charlottetown Herald. In the year 1867, the year of Confederation, William Sullivan was called to the Bar of Prince Edward Island . William Sullivan was first elected to the Provincial Legislature in 1872, representing the Conservatives in the of Kings. He was re-elected in each of the elections of his district until his resignation in 1889. In 1876, Mr. Sullivan was called upon by the government to present the case of the tenants before the Land Commissioner's Court. Because of his arduous work, the court effectively ended the hold the large landowners had over the tenant farmers of Prince Edward Island . William Sullivan was a strong Catholic, and he opposed the Coalition of Premier L.H. Davies over the school question in the Province. In 1877, he became leader of the Opposition and on the break¬ up of the coalition government of Premier L.H. Davies in 1879, Mr. Sullivan was called on by the Lieutenant Governor to form the govern¬ ment, becoming the fourth Premier since Confederation. During his term in Office as Premier, Mr. Sullivan fought diligently for the Island's rights in the swiftly growing Dominion of Canada . In 1886, he brought before the Imperial Government the case for the non¬ fulfillment of the terms of Confederation in respect to communication, and although that problem was not solved until some twenty years later, Mr. Sullivan was instrumental in keeping the government aware of the problem. In 1889, Premier Sullivan resigned from government to become the Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island . He had been Premier of the 89