When they were greeted by Charlottetown on June 14, 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the place where the Dominion of Canada was born seventy-five years ago. They were received in the legislative chamber, the birthplace of the Dominion, by Premier Thane A. Campbell of Prince Edward Island, Lieutenant Governor George Des Brisany De Blois, and other high officials. The royal couple made the visit in a driving rain, which somewhat restricted the ceremonies. They crossed from Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, and returned by way of Pictou, Nova Scotia, and New Glasgow on the same day.
Politically, the year was a quiet one. Dominion Finance Minister J. L. Ralston was raised by acclamation to the vacancy in the Dominion legislature in the year's only development of importance.
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