64th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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64th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Majority parliament
Prince Edward Island coat of arms.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier Wade MacLauchlan
Leader of the
Opposition
Jamie Fox
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition Progressive Conservative Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Carolyn Bertram
Members27 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Lieutenant
Governor
Frank Lewis
11 September 2011 – 20 October 2017
  63rd   65th

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.

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Members

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Carolyn Bertram) is designated by a dagger.

NamePartyRiding
  Colin LaVie Progressive Conservative Souris-Elmira
  Steven Myers Progressive Conservative Georgetown-St. Peters
  Allen Roach Liberal Montague-Kilmuir
  Charlie McGeoghegan Liberal Belfast-Murray River
  Alan McIsaac Liberal Vernon River-Stratford
  James Aylward Progressive Conservative Stratford-Kinlock
  Olive Crane b Progressive Conservative Morell-Mermaid
  Independent
  Buck Watts Liberal Tracadie-Hillsborough Park
  Robert Vessey c
Vacant
Liberal York-Oyster Bed
 None
  Robert Mitchell Liberal Charlottetown-Sherwood
  Doug Currie Liberal Charlottetown-Parkdale
  Richard Brown Liberal Charlottetown-Victoria Park
  Robert Ghiz d
Vacant
Liberal Charlottetown-Brighton
 None
  Kathleen Casey Liberal Charlottetown-Lewis Point
  Bush Dumville Liberal West Royalty-Springvale
  Ron MacKinley Liberal Cornwall-Meadowbank
  Valerie Docherty Liberal Kellys Cross-Cumberland
  Carolyn Bertram Liberal Rustico-Emerald
  George Webster Liberal Borden-Kinkora
  Wes Sheridan e
Vacant
Liberal Kensington-Malpeque
 None
  Janice Sherry Liberal Summerside-Wilmot
  Gerard Greenan Liberal Summerside-St. Eleanors
  Paula Biggar Liberal Tyne Valley-Linkletter
  Sonny Gallant Liberal Evangeline-Miscouche
  Robert Henderson Liberal O'Leary-Inverness
  Pat Murphy Liberal Alberton-Roseville
  Hal Perry a Progressive Conservative Tignish-Palmer Road
 Liberal

Party membership

Number of members
per party by date
201120132015
Oct 3Oct 3Oct 4Feb 23Feb 24
  Liberal 22232120
  Progressive Conservative 543
  Independent 01
Total members272524
Vacant023
Government Majority17191716

Membership changes

Membership changes in the 64th Assembly
DateNameDistrictPartyReason
 October 3, 2011See List of MembersElection day of the 2011 Prince Edward Island general election
 October 3, 2013 Hal Perry Tignish-Palmer Road Liberal Changed affiliation from Progressive Conservative to Liberal.
 October 4, 2013 Olive Crane Morell-Mermaid IndependentExpelled from Progressive Conservative caucus
 February 23, 2015 Robert Vessey York-Oyster Bed LiberalVacated seat
 February 23, 2015 Wes Sheridan Kensington-Malpeque LiberalVacated seat
 February 24, 2015 Robert Ghiz Charlottetown-Brighton LiberalVacated seat

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