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

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Bruce L. Stewart Liberal 1966
2nd Kings    Walter Dingwell Progressive
Conservative
1959
3rd Kings    William Bennett Campbell Liberal 1970
4th Kings    Charles Fraser Liberal 1974
5th Kings    Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal 1962, 1970
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Melvin J. McQuaid [a] Progressive
Conservative
1959, 1972
  James Fay (1976) Liberal 1976
2nd Kings    Leo Rossiter Progressive
Conservative
1955
3rd Kings    Bud Ings Liberal 1970
4th Kings    Gilbert R. Clements Liberal 1970
5th Kings    Waldron Lavers Liberal 1974

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Russell Perry Liberal 1970
2nd Prince    George R. Henderson Liberal 1974
3rd Prince    William Gallant [b] Liberal 1970
  Léonce Bernard (1975) Liberal 1975
4th Prince    Catherine Sophia Callbeck Liberal 1974
5th Prince    Earle Hickey [b] Liberal 1966
  George McMahon (1976) Progressive
Conservative
1976
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Robert E. Campbell Liberal 1962
2nd Prince    Joshua MacArthur [b] Liberal 1970
  L. George Dewar (1976) Progressive
Conservative
1955, [c] 1976
3rd Prince    Edward Clark Liberal 1970
4th Prince   
Frank Jardine Liberal 1962
5th Prince    Alexander B. Campbell Liberal 1965

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Jean Canfield Liberal 1970
2nd Queens    David Ford Liberal 1974
3rd Queens    Cecil A. Miller Liberal 1966
4th Queens    Vernon MacIntyre [d] Progressive
Conservative
1974
  J. Angus MacLean (1976) Progressive
Conservative
1976
5th Queens    Gordon L. Bennett [e] Liberal 1966
  James M. Lee (1975) Progressive
Conservative
1975
6th Queens    Allison MacDonald Liberal 1970
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Ralph Johnstone Liberal 1970
2nd Queens    Lloyd MacPhail Progressive
Conservative
1961
3rd Queens    Levi McNally Liberal 1970
4th Queens    Daniel Compton Progressive
Conservative
1970
5th Queens    George Proud Liberal 1974
6th Queens    John H. Maloney Liberal 1970

Notes

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

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