53rd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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:

Session	Start	End
1st	May 21, 1974	November 20, 1974
2nd	April 3, 1975	December 12, 1975
3rd	April 4, 1976	April 22, 1976
4th	March 10, 1977	May 13, 1977
5th	March 2, 1978	March 28, 1978

Members

Kings

District		Party		Party
1st Kings	Bruce L. Stewart	Liberal	Melvin J. McQuaid^[1] James Fay (1976)	Progressive Conservative Liberal
2nd Kings	Walter Dingwell	Progressive Conservative	Leo Rossiter	Progressive Conservative
3rd Kings	William Bennett Campbell	Liberal	Bud Ings	Liberal
4th Kings	Charles Fraser	Liberal	Gilbert R. Clements	Liberal
5th Kings	Arthur J. MacDonald	Liberal	Waldron Lavers	Liberal

Prince

District		Party		Party
1st Prince	Russell Perry	Liberal	Robert E. Campbell	Liberal
2nd Prince	George R. Henderson	Liberal	Joshua MacArthur^[2] L. George Dewar (1976)	Liberal Progressive Conservative
3rd Prince	William Gallant^[2] Léonce Bernard (1976)	Liberal	Edward Clark	Liberal
4th Prince	Catherine Sophia Callbeck	Liberal	Frank Jardine	Liberal
5th Prince	Earle Hickey^[2] George McMahon (1976)	Liberal Progressive Conservative	Alexander B. Campbell	Liberal

Queens

District		Party		Party
1st Queens	Jean Canfield	Liberal	Ralph Johnstone	Liberal
2nd Queens	David Ford	Liberal	Lloyd MacPhail	Progressive Conservative
3rd Queens	Cecil A. Miller	Liberal	Levi McNally	Liberal
4th Queens	Vernon MacIntyre^[3] J. Angus MacLean (1976)	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Compton	Progressive Conservative
5th Queens	Gordon L. Bennett^[4] James M. Lee (1975)	Liberal Progressive Conservative	George Proud	Liberal
6th Queens	Allison MacDonald	Liberal	John H. Maloney	Liberal

Notes:

^ named judge
^ ^a ^b ^c resigned
^ died
^ named Lieutenant-Governor

References

Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1974-04-29
O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN 0-921925-54-9

[1] udge

[resigned-2] resigned

[3] ^ died

[4] Lieutenant-Governor

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