General Assembly of Prince Edward Island explained

General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Crown-In-Parl:The lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)
Houses:
Session Room:282 - Birthplace of Canada Charlottetown PEI.JPG
Meeting Place:Province House, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

The General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the unicameral legislature of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada, consisting of the lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)[1] and the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The legislature was first established in 1773.

Like the Canadian federal government, Prince Edward Island uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are elected to the Legislative Assembly through general elections. The party with the most seats forms government. A Premier of Prince Edward Island and Executive Council of Prince Edward Island are appointed by the lieutenant governor.

The legislature was originally bicameral, with an upper house called the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island and a lower house called the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The Legislative Council also held executive power until 1839. In 1893 the houses were amalgamated into the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Unlike other provinces that eliminated their upper house, the assembly continued to have a distinction between members elected as councillors and members elected as assemblymen. This distinction was eliminated in 1996, giving all members the title Member of the Legislative Assembly, upon the change from dual ridings (two members per district) to single ridings (one member per district) in the Legislative Assembly.

List of assemblies

AssemblyPeriodElectionDissolution
67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island2023–presentApril 3, 2023
66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island2019–2023April 23, 2019March 6, 2023
65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island2015–2019May 4, 2015March 26, 2019
64th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island2011–2015October 3, 2011April 6, 2015
63rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island2007–2011May 28, 2007August 28, 2011
62nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island2003–2007September 29, 2003April 30, 2007
61st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island2000–2003April 17, 2000September 2, 2003
60th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1996–2000November 18, 1996March 21, 2000
59th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1993–1996March 29, 1993October 21, 1996
58th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1989–1993May 29, 1989March 1, 1993
1986–1989April 21, 1986February 13, 1989
1982–1986September 27, 1982March 25, 1986
1979–1982April 23, 1979August 31, 1982
1978–1979April 24, 1978March 27, 1979
1974–1978April 29, 1974March 28, 1978
1970–1974May 11, 1970April 3, 1974
1966–1970May 30, 1966March 26, 1970
1962–1966December 10, 1962April 14, 1966
1959–1962September 1, 1959November 8, 1962
48th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1955–1959May 25, 1955August 3, 1959
47th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1951–1955April 26, 1951April 27, 1955
46th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1947–1951December 11, 1947March 31, 1951
45th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1943–1947September 15, 1943October 27, 1947
44th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1939–1943May 18, 1939August 20, 1943
43rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1935–1939July 23, 1935April 21, 1939
42nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1931–1935August 6, 1931June 15, 1935
41st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1927–1931June 25, 1927July 2, 1931
40th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1923–1927July 26, 1923June 2, 1927
39th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1919–1923July 24, 1919June 23, 1923
38th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1915–1919September 16, 1915June 26, 1919
37th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1912–1915January 3, 1912August 21, 1915
36th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1908–1912November 18, 1908December 5, 1911
35th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1904–1908December 7, 1904October 15, 1908
34th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1900–1904December 12, 1900November 9, 1904
33rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1897–1900July 28, 1897November 12, 1900
32nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1893–1897December 13, 1893June 25, 1897
31st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1890–1893January 30, 1890November 18, 1893
30th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1886–1890June 30, 1886January 7, 1890
29th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1883–1886May 8, 1882June 5, 1886
28th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1879–1882April 2, 1879April 15, 1882
27th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1876–1879August 10, 1876March 12, 1879
26th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1873–1876April 24, 1873July 1, 1876
25th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1871–1873
24th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island1870–1871
1867–1870April 19, 1870April 18, 1867
1863–1867
1859–1863
1854–1859
1854
1850–1854
1847–1850
1843–1847
1839–1843
1835–1839
1831–1835
1825–1831
1820–1825
1818–1820
1812–1818
1806–1812
1802–1806
1790–1802
1787–1790August, 1787
1785–1787March, 1785
1779–1784July, 1779January, 1784
1774–1779October 1, 1774
1773–1774July 4, 1773

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Notes and References

  1. Legislative Assembly Act. RSPEI. 1988. L-7. 1. 1. http://www.gov.pe.ca/law/statutes/pdf/l-07.pdf. Legislative Counsel Office of Prince Edward Island. .

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