64th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

64th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Majority parliament
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
Members	27 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.

Members

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

	Name	Party	Riding
	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	Progressive Conservative	Morell-Mermaid
		Independent
	Buck Watts	Liberal	Tracadie-Hillsborough Park
	Robert Vessey Vacant	Liberal	York-Oyster Bed
		None
	Robert Mitchell	Liberal	Charlottetown-Sherwood
	Doug Currie	Liberal	Charlottetown-Parkdale
	Richard Brown	Liberal	Charlottetown-Victoria Park
	Robert Ghiz 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 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	Progressive Conservative	Tignish-Palmer Road
		Liberal

• ^a Changed Affiliation on October 3, 2013
• ^b Expelled from Caucus on October 4, 2013
• ^c Resigned as an MLA on February 23, 2015
• ^d Resigned as an MLA on February 24, 2015
• ^e Resigned as an MLA on February 23, 2015

Party membership

Number of members per party by date		2011	2013		2015
		Oct 3	Oct 3	Oct 4	Feb 23	Feb 24
	Liberal	22	23		21	20
	Progressive Conservative	5	4	3
	Independent	0		1
	Total members	27			25	24
	Vacant	0			2	3
	Government Majority	17	19		17	16

Membership changes

Membership changes in the 64th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	October 3, 2011	See List of Members			Election 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	Independent	Expelled from Progressive Conservative caucus
	February 23, 2015	Robert Vessey	York-Oyster Bed	Liberal	Vacated seat
	February 23, 2015	Wes Sheridan	Kensington-Malpeque	Liberal	Vacated seat
	February 24, 2015	Robert Ghiz	Charlottetown-Brighton	Liberal	Vacated seat

See also

• List of Prince Edward Island General Assemblies

External links

• The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, government website