66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
| 66th Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
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| Charles III 8 September 2022 – present | |||
| Lieutenant Governor | Antoinette Perry 20 October 2017 – present | ||
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The 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the 66th sitting of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island and the 40th since confederation in 1873. The membership of the assembly was determined by the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election, where the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island led by Dennis King won a plurality of seats. With a victory in a November 2020 by-election, King's PCs became a majority government.
Seating plan
| Hudson | Trivers | MacKay | Thompson | Jameson | Deagle | Bell | ||||
| Aylward | Myers | KING | Compton | MacEwen | Fox | McLane | ||||
| LaVie | ||||||||||
| Bernard | Beaton | Lund | BEVAN-BAKER | GALLANT | McNeilly | |||||
| Howard | Altass | Hammarlund | Bell | Perry | Henderson |
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 (†).
[*] Gallant is serving as the legislative leader for the Liberals, as the Liberal party leader Sharon Cameron has no seat in the legislature.
Party membership
| Number of members per party by date |
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||
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| April 23 | July 15 | September 3 | November 2 | August 18 | November 15 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||
| Green | 8 | ||||||
| Liberal | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Total members | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | |
| Vacant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Government Majority | –2 | –1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Membership changes
| Membership changes in the 66th Assembly | ||||||
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| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | ||
| April 23, 2019 | See List of Members | Election day of the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||
| July 15, 2019 | Natalie Jameson | Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park | Progressive Conservative | Won in deferred 2019 election extension | ||
| September 3, 2020 | Robert Mitchell | Charlottetown-Winsloe | Liberal
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Resigned, after thirteen years in political service for both provincial districts.[1] | ||
| November 2, 2020 | Zack Bell | Charlottetown-Winsloe | Progressive Conservative | Won by–election | ||
| August 18, 2021 | Heath MacDonald | Cornwall-Meadowbank | Liberal | Resigned, to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election, for Malpeque riding. | ||
| November 15, 2021 | Mark McLane | Cornwall-Meadowbank | Progressive Conservative | Won by–election | ||
See also
- List of Prince Edward Island General Assemblies
References
- ^ Ryan, Carolyn (September 3, 2020). "Liberal MLA Robert Mitchell posts that he's stepping down". CBC news. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
External links
- The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, government website
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