53rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 53rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from May 21, 1974, to May 28, 1978. The Liberal Party led by Alex Campbell formed the government.

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Cecil A. Miller was elected speaker.

There were five sessions of the 53rd General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMay 21, 1974November 20, 1974
2ndApril 3, 1975December 12, 1975
3rdApril 4, 1976April 22, 1976
4thMarch 10, 1977May 13, 1977
5thMarch 2, 1978March 28, 1978

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Bruce L. Stewart Liberal    Melvin J. McQuaid [1]

James Fay (1976)

Progressive
Conservative

Liberal

2nd Kings    Walter Dingwell Progressive
Conservative
   Leo Rossiter Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings    William Bennett Campbell Liberal    Bud Ings Liberal
4th Kings    Charles Fraser Liberal    Gilbert R. Clements Liberal
5th Kings    Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal    Waldron Lavers Liberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Russell Perry Liberal    Robert E. Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince    George R. Henderson Liberal    Joshua MacArthur [2]

L. George Dewar (1976)

Liberal

Progressive
Conservative

3rd Prince    William Gallant [2]

Léonce Bernard (1976)

Liberal    Edward Clark Liberal
4th Prince    Catherine Sophia Callbeck Liberal   
Frank Jardine Liberal
5th Prince    Earle Hickey [2]

George McMahon (1976)

Liberal

Progressive
Conservative

   Alexander B. Campbell Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Jean Canfield Liberal    Ralph Johnstone Liberal
2nd Queens    David Ford Liberal    Lloyd MacPhail Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens    Cecil A. Miller Liberal    Levi McNally Liberal
4th Queens    Vernon MacIntyre [3]

J. Angus MacLean (1976)

Progressive
Conservative
   Daniel Compton Progressive
Conservative
5th Queens    Gordon L. Bennett [4]

James M. Lee (1975)

Liberal

Progressive
Conservative

   George Proud Liberal
6th Queens    Allison MacDonald Liberal    John H. Maloney Liberal

Notes:

  1. named judge
  2. 1 2 3 resigned
  3. died
  4. named Lieutenant-Governor

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