51st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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.

Prosper Arsenault was elected speaker.

There were five sessions of the 51st General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	November 23, 1966	November 24, 1966
2nd	March 14, 1967	May 19, 1967
3rd	February 22, 1968	April 25, 1968
4th	March 11, 1969	June 6, 1969
5th	February 26, 1970	March 26, 1970

Members

Kings

District	Assemblyman		Party	First 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
District	Councillor		Party	First 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

District	Assemblyman		Party	First 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
District	Councillor		Party	First 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

District	Assemblyman		Party	First 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
District	Councillor		Party	First 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)

References

• Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1966-05-30
• O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN   0-921925-54-9