56th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

The 56th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 18, 1983 to March 25, 1986. The Progressive Conservative Party led by James Lee formed the government.

Marion Loretta Reid was elected speaker, the first woman chosen to perform that function in the province's assembly.

There were four sessions of the 56th General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	March 18, 1983	June 23, 1983
2nd	March 6, 1984	May 11, 1984
3rd	February 7, 1985	May 28, 1985
4th	March 24, 1986	March 24, 1986

Members

Kings

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Kings	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Ross "Johnny" Young	Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Albert Fogarty	Conservative
2nd Kings	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Roddy B. Pratt	Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Francis O'Brien	Conservative
3rd Kings	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	A. A. "Joey" Fraser	Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Peter MacLeod	Conservative
4th Kings	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Pat Binns^[1] Stanley Bruce (1984)	Conservative Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Gilbert R. Clements	Liberal
5th Kings	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Arthur J. MacDonald	Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Lowell Johnston	Conservative

Prince

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Prince	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Robert Morrissey	Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Robert E. Campbell	Liberal
2nd Prince	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Keith Milligan	Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Allison Ellis	Liberal
3rd Prince	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Léonce Bernard	Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Edward Clark	Liberal
4th Prince	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	William MacDougall^[2] Stavert Huestis (1984)	Conservative Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Prowse Chappel	Conservative
5th Prince	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	George McMahon	Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Peter Pope	Conservative

Queens

District	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
1st Queens	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Marion Reid	Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Leone Bagnall	Conservative
2nd Queens	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Gordon Lank	Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Lloyd MacPhail^[3] Ron MacKinley (1985)	Conservative Liberal
3rd Queens	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Horace B. Carver	Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Fred Driscoll	Conservative
4th Queens	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Wilbur MacDonald	Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Daniel Compton	Conservative
5th Queens	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	James M. Lee	Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Wilfred MacDonald	Conservative
6th Queens	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Joseph Atallah Ghiz	Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Paul Connolly	Liberal

Notes:

^ elected to federal seat
^ resigned
^ named Lieutenant Governor

References

Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1982-09-27
O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN 0-921925-54-9

[1] ted to federal seat

[2] resigned

[3] Lieutenant Governor

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