67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Majority parliament
Prince Edward Island coat of arms.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier Dennis King
Leader of the
Opposition
Hal Perry
Party caucuses
Government Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition Liberal Party
Recognized Green Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Darlene Compton
Members27 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Charles III
8 September 2022 – present
Lieutenant
Governor
Antoinette Perry
20 October 2017 – 17 October 2024
Wassim Salamoun
17 October 2024 – present
  66th

The 67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the 67th sitting of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island and the 41st since confederation in 1873. The membership of the assembly was determined by the 2023 Prince Edward Island general election, where the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island, led by Dennis King, won a majority of seats. It was then reduced by one following the by-election of Green MLA Matt MacFarlane.

Contents

Seating plan

McLane Arsenault Lantz Ramsay Redmond Deagle Bell
Hudson Myers MacKay Thompson KING Burridge Jameson
Compton
Croucher Trivers PERRY McNeilly BERNARD MacFarlane
MacEwen Dillon MacLennan DesRoches Henderson Bevan-Baker

Current as of February 2024 [1]

Members of the General Assembly

Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic, and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is designated by a dagger (†).

NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously elected
  Robin Croucher Progressive Conservative Souris-Elmira 2023
  Steven Myers Progressive Conservative Georgetown-Pownal 2011
  Cory Deagle Progressive Conservative Montague-Kilmuir 2019
  Darlene Compton Progressive Conservative Belfast-Murray River 2015
  Jenn Redmond Progressive Conservative Mermaid-Stratford 2023
  Jill Burridge Progressive Conservative Stratford-Keppoch 2023
  Sidney MacEwen Progressive Conservative Morell-Donagh 2015
  Bloyce Thompson Progressive Conservative Stanhope-Marshfield 2019
  Natalie Jameson Progressive Conservative Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park 2019
  Zack Bell Progressive Conservative Charlottetown-Winsloe 2020
  Susie Dillon Progressive Conservative Charlottetown-Belvedere 2023
  Karla Bernard Green Charlottetown-Victoria Park 2019
  Rob Lantz Progressive Conservative Charlottetown-Brighton 2023
  Gordon McNeilly Liberal Charlottetown-West Royalty 2019
  Dennis King Progressive Conservative Brackley-Hunter River 2019
  Mark McLane Progressive Conservative Cornwall-Meadowbank 2021
  Peter Bevan-Baker Green New Haven-Rocky Point 2015
  Brad Trivers Progressive Conservative Rustico-Emerald 2015
  Jamie Fox
(until November 11, 2023)
Progressive Conservative Borden-Kinkora 2015
  Matt MacFarlane
(since February 7, 2024)
Green2024
  Matthew MacKay Progressive Conservative Kensington-Malpeque 2015
  Tyler DesRoches Progressive Conservative Summerside-Wilmot 2023
  Barb Ramsay Progressive Conservative Summerside-South Drive 2023
  Hilton MacLennan Progressive Conservative Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke 2023
  Gilles Arsenault Progressive Conservative Evangeline-Miscouche 2023
  Robert Henderson Liberal O'Leary-Inverness 2007
  Ernie Hudson Progressive Conservative Alberton-Bloomfield 2019
  Hal Perry Liberal Tignish-Palmer Road 2011 [a]

Party membership

Number of members
per party by date
20232024
April 3November 11February 7
  Progressive Conservative 2221
  Liberal 3
  Green 23
Total members272627
Vacant010
Government Majority171615

Membership changes

Membership changes in the 67th Assembly
DateNameDistrictPartyReason
 April 3, 2023See List of MembersElection day of the 2023 Prince Edward Island general election
 November 11, 2023 Jamie Fox Borden-Kinkora Progressive Conservative Resigned to run for Malpeque seat, in the 2025 federal election [2]
 February 7, 2024 Matt MacFarlane Borden-Kinkora Green Won by-election

See also

Notes

  1. First elected as a Progressive Conservative

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References

  1. "Seating Plan". Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. "PC MLA Jamie Fox resigning from P.E.I. legislature, intends to run federally". CBC News . 10 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2024.