65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Wade MacLauchlan | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Jamie Fox (2015–17) James Aylward (2017–19) | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party | ||
Opposition | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
Recognized | Green Party | ||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Buck Watts | ||
Members | 27 MLA seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
Lieutenant Governor | Antoinette Perry 20 October 2017 – present | ||
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The 65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the 65th sitting of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island and the 39th since confederation in 1873. The assembly was elected on May 4, 2015 with a re-election for Premier Wade MacLauchlan and the Liberals.
Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic, and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is designated by a dagger (†).
Number of members per party by date | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||
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May 4 | Aug 1 | Oct 17 | Oct 19 | Nov 27 | Jan 31 | ||
Liberal | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | ||
Progressive Conservative | 8 | ||||||
Green | 1 | 2 | |||||
Independent | 0 | 1 | |||||
Total members | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | ||
Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Government Majority | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Membership changes in the 65th Assembly | |||||
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Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |
May 4, 2015 | See List of Members | Election day of the 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | |||
August 1, 2016 | Janice Sherry | Summerside-Wilmot | Liberal | Vacated seat | |
October 17, 2016 | Chris Palmer | Summerside-Wilmot | Liberal | Elected in a by-election | |
October 19, 2017 | Doug Currie | Charlottetown-Parkdale | Liberal | Vacated seat | |
November 27, 2017 | Hannah Bell | Charlottetown-Parkdale | Green | Elected in a by-election | |
January 31, 2018 | Bush Dumville | West Royalty-Springvale | Independent | Resigned from Liberal caucus |
Catherine Sophia Callbeck is a retired Canadian politician and the current and ninth Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.
Wayne D. Cheverie is a Canadian former attorney, politician, government minister, and currently a justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island.
The politics of Prince Edward Island are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces. The capital of the province of Prince Edward Island is Charlottetown, where the lieutenant governor and the premier reside, and where the provincial legislature and cabinet are located.
Mary Olive Crane is a Canadian politician and social worker from Douglas Station, Prince Edward Island. She was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2010 on an interim basis and 2010 to 2013 on a permanent basis. She was also leader of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2010 and 2010 to 2013.
Charlie McGeoghegan is a Canadian former politician.
Carolyn Bertram is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral districts of Crapaud-Hazel Grove and Rustico-Emerald in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2003 to 2015. She was a member of the Liberal Party.
Paula Jean Biggar is a Canadian politician.
Janice Ann Sherry is a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2016. She represented the electoral district of Summerside-Wilmot as a member of the Liberal Party.
Wesley J. Sheridan is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Kensington-Malpeque in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2015. He was a member of the Liberal Party.
Stanley "Sonny" Gallant is a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party from 2019 to 2022. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Evangeline-Miscouche from 2007 to 2023 and is a member of the Liberal Party. On February 15, 2017, Gallant was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning, serving unti 2023. He was chosen interim leader of the Liberal Party on September 16, 2019, serving until November 19, 2022.
L. Gerard Greenan is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Summerside-St. Eleanors and is a member of the Liberal Party. On June 12, 2007, he was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Attorney General and Minister of Education. In an April 2008 cabinet shuffle, he was styled Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. Greenan was dropped from cabinet in January 2010.
Joseph Alan McIsaac is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Vernon River-Stratford in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a member of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2019.
Richard Earle Brown is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Victoria Park as a member of the Liberal Party. His brother Philip Brown, is the current and 46th Mayor of Charlottetown.
John "Hal" Perry is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2011 provincial election. He represents the district of Tignish-Palmer Road as a member of the Liberal Party. He was originally elected as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, but left the Progressive Conservative Party and joined the Liberal Party on October 3, 2013.
Allen Roach is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2011 provincial election. He represented the district of Montague-Kilmuir as a member of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party until his resignation after deciding not to run in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election.
The 2015 Prince Edward Island general election was held May 4, 2015, to elect members of the 65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Under amendments passed by the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in 2008, Prince Edward Island elections are usually held on the first Monday of October in the fourth calendar year, unless it is dissolved earlier by the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island due to a motion of no confidence. The current government had hinted that an election would be held "before Mother's Day" 2015, and such a dissolution would avoid any conflicts with the next federal election, expected to be held in October 2015.
The 64th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the 64th sitting of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island and the 38th since confederation in 1873. The assembly was elected on October 3, 2011 with a landslide re-election for Robert Ghiz and the Liberals. Ghiz resigned as premier on February 23, 2015 and was succeeded by Wade MacLauchlan, who wasn't a member of the 64th General Assembly.
Heath MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He was previously elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election, representing the electoral district of Cornwall-Meadowbank as a member of the Liberal Party until he resigned on 18 August 2021 in order to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election.
Chris Palmer is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in a by-election on October 17, 2016. He represented the electoral district of Summerside-Wilmot as a member of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party until his defeat in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election.
Timothy E. Carroll is a Canadian politician and educator. He represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal.