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McFadyen, Malcolm, J.P. (King’s 4th District)

Grandfather, Donald McFadyen, was a soldier in the 73rd Highlanders, who married Flora Campbell, widow of Hugh McLean, of the 42nd Highlanders. They came from Argyleshire, Scot. early in the present century, and lived for years in the County of Pictou, from which place they went to Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton, where their only son Edward was m. to Catherine McKinnon, a native of the Island of Muck. B. at Lake Ainslie, 9th June, 1838, and went to P.E.I. in Aug., 1854. Ed. at the Central Academy, Charlottetown. Unmarried. Was a school teacher for nine years; is now a farmer and general merchant. Was an unsuccessful candidate for King’s in the Commons at g.e., 1878, and has twice unsuccessfully contested King’s 4th Dist. In the Leg. Assem. P.E.I. First returned to Ho. Of Assem., at last g.e. A Liberal. - Murray Harbour, P.E.I.

1885 Parliamentary Companion - P.E.I. Listings, transcribed on the Island Register

It looks like all the McFadyens on PEI came from Argylshire, Scotland. I'm not planning to research this branch.