57th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 57th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from June 9, 1986, to May 2, 1989. The Liberal Party led by Joe Ghiz formed the government.

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Edward Clark was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 57th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stJune 9, 1986July 18, 1986
2ndFebruary 2, 1987May 14, 1987
3rdFebruary 22, 1988May 17, 1988
4thFebruary 13, 1989February 13, 1989

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Ross "Johnny" Young Liberal 1978
2nd Kings    Roddy Pratt Progressive
Conservative
1978
3rd Kings    A. A. "Joey" Fraser Progressive
Conservative
1981
4th Kings    Stanley Bruce Liberal 1984
5th Kings    Arthur J. MacDonald [1] Liberal 1962, 1970
  Rose Marie MacDonald (1988) Liberal 1988
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Albert Fogarty Progressive
Conservative
1979
2nd Kings    Francis O'Brien Progressive
Conservative
1982
3rd Kings    Peter MacLeod Progressive
Conservative
1982
4th Kings    Gilbert R. Clements Liberal 1970, 1979
5th Kings    Barry Hicken Liberal 1986

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Robert Morrissey Liberal 1982
2nd Prince    Keith Milligan Liberal 1981
3rd Prince    Léonce Bernard Liberal 1975
4th Prince    Stavert Huestis Liberal 1984
5th Prince    George McMahon [2] Progressive
Conservative
1976
  Andrew "Andy" Walker (1986) Progressive
Conservative
1986
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Robert E. Campbell Liberal 1962
2nd Prince    Allison Ellis Liberal 1978
3rd Prince    Edward Clark Liberal 1970
4th Prince   
Prowse Chappel Progressive
Conservative
1978
5th Prince    Peter Pope [3] Progressive
Conservative
1979
  Nancy Evelyn Guptill (1987) Liberal 1987

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Marion Reid Progressive
Conservative
1979
2nd Queens    Gordon MacInnis Liberal 1986
3rd Queens    Betty Jean Brown Liberal 1986
4th Queens    Wilbur MacDonald Progressive
Conservative
1982
5th Queens    Wayne Cheverie Liberal 1986
6th Queens    Joseph Atallah Ghiz Liberal 1982
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Leone Bagnall Progressive
Conservative
1979
2nd Queens    Ron MacKinley Liberal 1985
3rd Queens    Tom Dunphy Liberal 1986
4th Queens    Lynwood MacPherson Liberal 1986
5th Queens    Tim Carroll Liberal 1986
6th Queens    Paul Connolly Liberal 1982

Notes:

  1. named to Workman's Compensation Board
  2. named a judge
  3. resigned

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