56th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 56th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 18, 1983, to March 25, 1986. The Progressive Conservative Party led by James Lee formed the government.

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Marion Reid was elected speaker, the first woman chosen to perform that function in the province's assembly.

There were four sessions of the 56th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 18, 1983June 23, 1983
2ndMarch 6, 1984May 11, 1984
3rdFebruary 7, 1985May 28, 1985
4thMarch 24, 1986March 24, 1986

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Ross "Johnny" Young Liberal    Albert Fogarty Progressive
Conservative
2nd Kings    Roddy Pratt Progressive
Conservative 		   Francis O'Brien Progressive
Conservative
3rd Kings    A. A. "Joey" Fraser Progressive
Conservative 		   Peter MacLeod Progressive
Conservative
4th Kings    Pat Binns [1]

Stanley Bruce (1984)

 Progressive
Conservative

Liberal

   Gilbert R. Clements Liberal
5th Kings    Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal    Lowell Johnston Progressive
Conservative

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Robert Morrissey Liberal    Robert E. Campbell Liberal
2nd Prince    Keith Milligan Liberal    Allison Ellis Liberal
3rd Prince    Léonce Bernard Liberal    Edward Clark Liberal
4th Prince    William MacDougall [2]

Stavert Huestis (1984)

 Progressive
Conservative

Liberal

  
 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 [3]

Ron MacKinley (1985)

 Progressive
Conservative

Liberal

3rd Queens    Horace B. Carver Progressive
Conservative 		   Fred Driscoll Progressive
Conservative
4th Queens    Wilbur MacDonald Progressive
Conservative 		   Daniel Compton Progressive
Conservative
5th Queens    James M. Lee Progressive
Conservative 		   Wilfred MacDonald Progressive
Conservative
6th Queens    Joseph Atallah Ghiz Liberal    Paul Connolly Liberal

Notes:

  1. ↑ elected to federal seat
  2. ↑ resigned
  3. ↑ named Lieutenant Governor

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