55th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 55th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from June 29, 1979, to August 31, 1982. The Progressive Conservative Party led by Angus MacLean formed the government. When MacLean retired from politics in 1979, James Lee became premier and party leader.

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Daniel Compton was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 55th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stJune 29, 1979August 1, 1979
2ndFebruary 7, 1980April 12, 1980
3rdFebruary 19, 1981April 24, 1981
4thMarch 4, 1982May 7, 1982

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Ross "Johnny" Young Liberal    Albert Fogarty Progressive
Conservative
2nd Kings    Roddy Pratt Progressive
Conservative
   Leo Rossiter Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings    William Bennett Campbell [1]

A. A. "Joey" Fraser (1981)

Liberal

Progressive
Conservative

   Bud Ings Liberal
4th Kings    Pat Binns Progressive
Conservative
   Gilbert R. Clements Liberal
5th Kings    Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal    Lowell Johnston Progressive
Conservative

Prince

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

Keith Milligan (1981)

Liberal    Allison Ellis Liberal
3rd Prince    Léonce Bernard Liberal    Edward Clark Liberal
4th Prince    William MacDougall Progressive
Conservative
  
Prowse Chappel Progressive
Conservative
5th Prince    George McMahon Progressive
Conservative
   Peter Pope Progressive
Conservative

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Marion Reid Progressive
Conservative
   Leone Bagnall Progressive
Conservative
2nd Queens    Gordon Lank Progressive
Conservative
   Lloyd MacPhail Progressive
Conservative
3rd Queens    Horace B. Carver Progressive
Conservative
   Fred Driscoll Progressive
Conservative
4th Queens    J. Angus MacLean Progressive
Conservative
   Daniel Compton Progressive
Conservative
5th Queens    James M. Lee Progressive
Conservative
   Wilfred MacDonald Progressive
Conservative
6th Queens    Barry Clark Progressive
Conservative
   Jim Larkin Progressive
Conservative

Notes:

  1. 1 2 elected to federal seat

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