53rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island explained

The 53rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from May 21, 1974, to May 28, 1978. The Liberal Party led by Alex Campbell formed the government.

Cecil A. Miller was elected speaker.

There were five sessions of the 53rd General Assembly:

SessionStartEnd
1stMay 21, 1974November 20, 1974
2ndApril 3, 1975December 12, 1975
3rdApril 4, 1976April 22, 1976
4thMarch 10, 1977May 13, 1977
5thMarch 2, 1978March 28, 1978

Members

Kings

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Kings   Bruce L. StewartLiberal   Melvin J. McQuaid[1]
James Fay (1976)
Progressive
Conservative

Liberal
2nd Kings   Walter DingwellProgressive
Conservative
   Leo RossiterProgressive
Conservative
3rd Kings   William Bennett CampbellLiberal   Bud IngsLiberal
4th Kings   Charles FraserLiberal   Gilbert R. ClementsLiberal
5th Kings   Arthur J. MacDonaldLiberal   Waldron LaversLiberal

Prince

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Prince   Russell PerryLiberal   Robert E. CampbellLiberal
2nd Prince   George R. HendersonLiberal   Joshua MacArthur[2]
L. George Dewar (1976)
Liberal
Progressive
Conservative
3rd Prince   William Gallant
LĂ©once Bernard (1976)
Liberal   Edward ClarkLiberal
4th Prince   Catherine Sophia CallbeckLiberal   
Frank JardineLiberal
5th Prince   Earle Hickey
George McMahon (1976)
Liberal
Progressive
Conservative
   Alexander B. CampbellLiberal

Queens

DistrictAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
1st Queens   Jean CanfieldLiberal   Ralph JohnstoneLiberal
2nd Queens   David FordLiberal   Lloyd MacPhailProgressive
Conservative
3rd Queens   Cecil A. MillerLiberal   Levi McNallyLiberal
4th Queens   Vernon MacIntyre[3]
J. Angus MacLean (1976)
Progressive
Conservative
   Daniel ComptonProgressive
Conservative
5th Queens   Gordon L. Bennett[4]
James M. Lee (1975)
Liberal
Progressive
Conservative
   George ProudLiberal
6th Queens   Allison MacDonaldLiberal   John H. MaloneyLiberal

Notes:

  1. named judge
  2. resigned
  3. died
  4. named Lieutenant-Governor

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