Career
He represented 2nd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1894 to 1903 as a Liberal member. He was born at Bedford, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, the son of James McLaughlin and Mary Phillips, both Irish immigrants, and was educated there. McLaughlin served as a minister without portfolio in the Executive Council from 1895 to 1903.
McLaughlin served as a magistrate for Kings County and was bursar for the Prince Edward Island Hospital for the Insane.
