59th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 59th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from June 7, 1993, to October 21, 1996. The Liberal Party led by Catherine Callbeck formed the government. After Callbeck's resignation, Keith Milligan became party leader and premier in October 1996.

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Nancy Guptill was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 59th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stJune 7, 1993August 11, 1993
2ndMarch 9, 1994May 19, 1994
3rdMarch 9, 1995May 4, 1995
4thFebruary 29, 1996May 2, 1996

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings    Roger Soloman Liberal    Ross Young Liberal
2nd Kings    Claude Matheson Liberal    Walter Bradley Liberal
3rd Kings    Peter Doucette Liberal    Roberta Hubley Liberal
4th Kings    Stanley Bruce Liberal    Gilbert R. Clements [1] Liberal
5th Kings    Rose Marie MacDonald Liberal    Barry Hicken Liberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince    Robert Morrissey Liberal    Hector MacLeod Liberal
2nd Prince    Keith Milligan Liberal    Randy Cooke [2] Liberal
3rd Prince    Robert Maddix Liberal    Edward Clark [3] Liberal
4th Prince    Stavert Huestis Liberal   
 Libbe Hubley Liberal
5th Prince    Walter McEwen Liberal    Nancy Guptill Liberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens    Marion Murphy Liberal    Catherine Sophia Callbeck [3] Liberal
2nd Queens    Gordon MacInnis Liberal    Ron MacKinley Liberal
3rd Queens    Pat Mella Progressive
Conservative 		   Tom Dunphy Liberal
4th Queens    Alan Buchanan [3] Liberal    Lynwood MacPherson Liberal
5th Queens    Wayne Cheverie Liberal    Tim Carroll [3] Liberal
6th Queens    Jeannie Lea [3] Liberal    Paul Connolly Liberal

Notes:

  1. ↑ named Lieutenant-Governor in 1995
  2. ↑ resigned in 1995
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 resigned in 1996

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