55th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The 55th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from June 29, 1979, to August 31, 1982. The Progressive Conservative Party led by Angus MacLean formed the government. When MacLean retired from politics in 1979, James Lee became premier and party leader.

Daniel Compton was elected speaker.

There were four sessions of the 55th General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	June 29, 1979	August 1, 1979
2nd	February 7, 1980	April 12, 1980
3rd	February 19, 1981	April 24, 1981
4th	March 4, 1982	May 7, 1982

Members

Kings

District		Party	First elected / previously elected		Party	First elected / previously elected
1st Kings	Ross "Johnny" Young	Liberal	1978	Albert Fogarty	Progressive Conservative	1979
2nd Kings	Roddy Pratt	Progressive Conservative	1978	Leo Rossiter	Progressive Conservative	1955
3rd Kings	William Bennett Campbell^[1] A. A. "Joey" Fraser (1981)	Liberal Progressive Conservative	1970 1981	Bud Ings	Liberal	1970
4th Kings	Pat Binns	Progressive Conservative	1978	Gilbert R. Clements	Liberal	1970, 1979
5th Kings	Arthur J. MacDonald	Liberal	1962, 1970	Lowell Johnston	Progressive Conservative	1978

Prince

District		Party	First elected / previously elected		Party	First elected / previously elected
1st Prince	Russell Perry	Liberal	1970	Robert E. Campbell	Liberal	1962
2nd Prince	George R. Henderson^[1] Keith Milligan (1981)	Liberal	1974 1981	Allison Ellis	Liberal	1978
3rd Prince	Léonce Bernard	Liberal	1975	Edward Clark	Liberal	1970
4th Prince	William MacDougall	Progressive Conservative	1978	Prowse Chappel	Progressive Conservative	1978
5th Prince	George McMahon	Progressive Conservative	1976	Peter Pope	Progressive Conservative	1979

Queens

District		Party	First elected / previously elected		Party	First elected / previously elected
1st Queens	Marion Reid	Progressive Conservative	1979	Leone Bagnall	Progressive Conservative	1979
2nd Queens	Gordon Lank	Progressive Conservative	1979	Lloyd MacPhail	Progressive Conservative	1961
3rd Queens	Horace B. Carver	Progressive Conservative	1978	Fred Driscoll	Progressive Conservative	1978
4th Queens	J. Angus MacLean	Progressive Conservative	1976	Daniel Compton	Progressive Conservative	1970
5th Queens	James M. Lee	Progressive Conservative	1975	Wilfred MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	1979
6th Queens	Barry Clark	Progressive Conservative	1978	Jim Larkin	Progressive Conservative	1979

Notes:

^ ^a ^b elected to federal seat

References

Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1979-04-23
O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN 0-921925-54-9

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