51st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 51st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from November 23, 1966, to March 26, 1970. The Liberal Party led by Alex Campbell formed the government.

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Prosper Arsenault was elected speaker.

There were five sessions of the 51st General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stNovember 23, 1966November 24, 1966
2ndMarch 14, 1967May 19, 1967
3rdFebruary 22, 1968April 25, 1968
4thMarch 11, 1969June 6, 1969
5thFebruary 26, 1970March 26, 1970

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Bruce L. Stewart [1] Liberal 1966
2nd Kings    Walter Dingwell Progressive
Conservative
1959
3rd Kings    Thomas A. Curran Progressive
Conservative
1959
4th Kings    Lorne Bonnell Liberal 1951
5th Kings    Cyril Sinnott Progressive
Conservative
1966
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Daniel J. MacDonald Liberal 1962
2nd Kings    Leo Rossiter Progressive
Conservative
1955
3rd Kings    Preston MacLure Progressive
Conservative
1966
4th Kings    Keir Clark Liberal 1947 [a] , 1966
 Independent Liberal
5th Kings    George J. Ferguson Liberal 1961

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Prosper Arsenault Liberal 1955, 1962
2nd Prince    George Dewar Progressive
Conservative
1955
3rd Prince    Henry Wedge Progressive
Conservative
1959
4th Prince    Max Thompson Liberal 1966
5th Prince    Earle Hickey Liberal 1966
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Robert E. Campbell Liberal 1962
2nd Prince    Robert Grindlay Progressive
Conservative
1959
3rd Prince    Keith Harrington Progressive
Conservative
1959
4th Prince   
Frank Jardine Liberal 1962
5th Prince    Alexander B. Campbell Liberal 1965

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Frank Myers Progressive
Conservative
1951, 1957
2nd Queens    Sinclair Cutcliffe Liberal 1966
3rd Queens    Cecil A. Miller Liberal 1966
4th Queens    J. Stewart Ross Liberal 1959
5th Queens    Gordon L. Bennett Liberal 1966
6th Queens [2]    J. David Stewart Progressive
Conservative
1959
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Walter Russell Shaw Progressive
Conservative
1959
2nd Queens    Lloyd MacPhail Progressive
Conservative
1961
3rd Queens    J. Russell Driscoll Progressive
Conservative
1959
4th Queens    Harold P. Smith Liberal 1953
5th Queens    Elmer Blanchard Liberal 1966
6th Queens [3]    Alban Farmer Progressive
Conservative
1959

Notes:

  1. William A. Acorn died; by-election held July 11, 1966
  2. new riding
  3. new riding

Notes

  1. 3rd Kings (Councillor)

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