60th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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60th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Majority parliament
Prince Edward Island coat of arms.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier Pat Binns
Leader of the
Opposition
Paul Connolly
Party caucuses
Government Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition Liberal Party
Recognized New Democratic Party
Members27 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 – present
Lieutenant
Governor
Gilbert Clements
30 August 1995 – 28 May 2001
  59th   61st

The 60th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from January 3, 1997, to March 21, 2000. The Progressive Conservative Party led by Pat Binns formed the government. In 1996, the 16 dual-member districts were changed to 27 single-member districts. Thus the Assemblymen and Councillors were renamed MLAs

Wilbur MacDonald was elected speaker.

There were three sessions of the 60th General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stJanuary 3, 1997June 11, 1998
2ndNovember 12, 1998June 8, 1999
3rdNovember 16, 1999November 16, 1999

Members

DistrictMemberParty
Alberton-Miminegash    Hector MacLeod Liberal
Belfast-Pownal Bay    Wilbur MacDonald Progressive Conservative
Borden-Kinkora    Eric Hammill Progressive Conservative
Cascumpec-Grand River    Keith Milligan Liberal
Charlottetown-Kings Square    Wayne Cheverie [1]

Richard Brown (1997)

Liberal
Charlottetown-Rochford Square    Paul Connolly Liberal
Charlottetown-Spring Park    Wes MacAleer Progressive Conservative
Crapaud-Hazel Grove    Norman MacPhee Progressive Conservative
Evangeline-Miscouche    Robert Maddix Liberal
Georgetown-Baldwin's Road    Michael Currie Progressive Conservative
Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove    Pat Mella Progressive Conservative
Kensington-Malpeque    Mitch Murphy Progressive Conservative
Montague-Kilmuir    Jim Bagnall Progressive Conservative
Morell-Fortune Bay    Kevin MacAdam Progressive Conservative
Murray River-Gaspereaux    Pat Binns Progressive Conservative
North River-Rice Point    Ron MacKinley Liberal
Park Corner-Oyster Bed    Beth MacKenzie Progressive Conservative
Parkdale-Belvedere    Chester Gillan Progressive Conservative
Sherwood-Hillsborough    Elmer MacFadyen Progressive Conservative
Souris-Elmira    Andy Mooney Progressive Conservative
St. Eleanors-Summerside    Nancy Guptill [2] Liberal
Stanhope-East Royalty    Jamie Ballem Progressive Conservative
Tignish-Deblois    Robert Morrissey Liberal
Tracadie-Fort Augustus    Mildred Dover Progressive Conservative
West Point-Bloomfield    Herb Dickieson New Democrat
Wilmot-Summerside    Greg Deighan Progressive Conservative
Winsloe-West Royalty    Don MacKinnon Progressive Conservative

Notes:

  1. resigned to accept appointment
  2. resigned in 1999

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