58th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 58th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from June 15, 1989, to March 1, 1993. The Liberal Party led by Joe Ghiz formed the government. Catherine Callbeck became party leader and Premier in January 1993 after Ghiz retired from politics.

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Edward Clark was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 58th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stJune 15, 1989June 20, 1989
2ndFebruary 22, 1990April 26, 1990
3rdMarch 19, 1991May 9, 1991
4thMarch 23, 1992November 5, 1992

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Ross "Johnny" Young [1] Liberal 1978
  Ross Young (1991) Liberal 1991
2nd Kings    Claude Matheson Liberal 1989
3rd Kings    Peter Doucette Liberal 1989
4th Kings    Stanley Bruce Liberal 1984
5th Kings    Rose Marie MacDonald Liberal 1988
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Kings    Albert Fogarty Progressive
Conservative
1979
2nd Kings    Walter Bradley Liberal 1989
3rd Kings    Roberta Hubley Liberal 1989
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    Walter McEwen Liberal 1989
DistrictCouncillorPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Prince    Robert E. Campbell [2] Liberal 1962
2nd Prince    Allison Ellis Liberal [3] 1978
Independent
3rd Prince    Edward Clark Liberal 1970
4th Prince   
Libbe Hubley Liberal 1989
5th Prince    Nancy Guptill Liberal 1987

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyFirst elected / previously elected
1st Queens    Marion Murphy Liberal 1989
2nd Queens    Gordon MacInnis Liberal 1986
3rd Queens    Betty Jean Brown Liberal 1986
4th Queens    Alan Buchanan Liberal 1989
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. died
  2. died
  3. sat as an Independent from March 1992

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