66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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.

66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Majority parliament
Parliament leaders
PremierDennis King
Leader of the
Opposition		Peter Bevan-Baker
Party caucuses
GovernmentProgressive Conservative Party
OppositionGreen Party
RecognizedLiberal Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly		Colin LaVie
Members27 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
6 February 1952 – present
Lieutenant
Governor		Antoinette Perry
20 October 2017 – present
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Seating plan
Hudson Trivers MacKay Thompson Jameson Deagle
Myers Aylward Compton KING MacEwen Fox
LaVie
Beaton Bell Bernard BEVAN-BAKER GALLANT MacDonald Bell
Altass Hammarlund Lund Howard Perry McNeilly Henderson

Members

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

Name Party Riding
  Colin LaVie Progressive Conservative Souris-Elmira
  Steven Myers Progressive Conservative Georgetown-Pownal
  Cory Deagle Progressive Conservative Montague-Kilmuir
  Darlene Compton Progressive Conservative Belfast-Murray River
  Michele Beaton Green Mermaid-Stratford
     James Aylward Progressive Conservative Stratford-Keppoch
  Sidney MacEwen Progressive Conservative Morell-Donagh
  Bloyce Thompson Progressive Conservative Stanhope-Marshfield
  Natalie Jameson Progressive Conservative Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park
  Robert Mitchell
(until September 3, 2020)		 Liberal Charlottetown-Winsloe
  Zack Bell
(from November 2, 2020)		 Progressive Conservative
  Hannah Bell Green Charlottetown-Belvedere
  Karla Bernard Green Charlottetown-Victoria Park
  Ole Hammarlund Green Charlottetown-Brighton
  Gord McNeilly Liberal Charlottetown-West Royalty
  Dennis King Progressive Conservative Brackley-Hunter River
  Heath MacDonald Liberal Cornwall-Meadowbank
  Peter Bevan-Baker Green New Haven-Rocky Point
     Brad Trivers Progressive Conservative Rustico-Emerald
  Jamie Fox Progressive Conservative Borden-Kinkora
  Matthew MacKay Progressive Conservative Kensington-Malpeque
  Lynne Lund Green Summerside-Wilmot
  Steve Howard Green Summerside-South Drive
  Trish Altass Green Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke
  Sonny Gallant Liberal Evangeline-Miscouche
  Robert Henderson Liberal O'Leary-Inverness
  Ernie Hudson Progressive Conservative Alberton-Bloomfield
  Hal Perry Liberal Tignish-Palmer Road

Party membership
Number of members
per party by date		 2019 2020
April 23 July 15 September 3 November 2
  Progressive Conservative 12 13 14
  Green 8
  Liberal 6 5
Total members 26 27 26 27
Vacant 1 0 1 0
Government Majority –2 –1 0 1

Membership changes
Membership changes in the 66th Assembly
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 Resigned, after thirteen years in political service for both provincial districts.[1]
  November 2, 2020 Zack Bell Charlottetown-Winsloe Progressive Conservative Won by–election

See also

References
  1. Ryan, Carolyn (September 3, 2020). "Liberal MLA Robert Mitchell posts that he's stepping down". CBC news. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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