Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Political position
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature.
The current Speaker is Darlene Compton.
Past speakers have included Wilbur MacDonald, Greg Deighan and Nancy Guptill.
List of speakers
Speakers of the Colony of the Island of Saint John/Prince Edward Island
- Robert Stewart (1773–1779)
- David Higgins (1779–1780)
- Walter Berry (1780–1784)
- Alexander Fletcher (1785–1787)
- Phillips Callbeck (1788–1789)
- Alexander Fletcher (1790) 2nd time
- Joseph Robinson (1790–1794)
- John Stewart (1795–1801)
- James Curtis (1801–1805)
- Robert Hodgson (1806–1812)
- Ralph Brecken (1812–1813)
- James Curtis (1813–1818) 2nd time
- Angus Macaulay (1818–1825)
- John Stewart (1825–1831) 2nd time
- William McNeill (1831–1835)[1]
- George Dalrymple (1835–1839)
- William Cooper (1839–1843)
- Joseph Pope (1843–1850)
- Alexander Rae (1850–1854)
- John Jardine (1854)
- Edward Thornton (1854–1859)
- Donald Montgomery (1859–1863)
- Thomas Heath Haviland (1863–1867)
- Joseph Wightman (1867–1870)
- John Yeo (1871–1873)
- Stanislaus Francis Perry (1873)
Speakers since Confederation
Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | General Assembly | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cornelius Howatt MLA for 4th Prince (1810–1895) | 1874–1876 | Conservative | 26th | |
Henry Beer MLA for 3rd Queens (1835–1886) | 1877–1879 | Liberal | 27th | |
John Alexander Macdonald MLA for 3rd Prince (1838–1905) | 1879–1889 | Conservative | 28th | |
29th | ||||
30th | ||||
Patrick Blake MLA for 5th Queens (1846–1909) | 1890–1891 | Conservative | 31st | |
Bernard Donald McLellan MLA for 1st Prince (1859–1907) | 1891–1893 | Liberal | ||
James Cummiskey Councillor for 3rd Queens (1850–1925) | 1894–1900 | Liberal | 32nd | |
33rd | ||||
Samuel E. Reid Assemblyman for 4th Prince (1854–1924) | 1901–1904 | Liberal | 34th | |
Albert E. Douglas Assemblyman for 2nd Queens (1860–1908) | 1905–1908 | Liberal | 35th | |
Matthew Smith Assemblyman for 1st Queens (1843–1909) | 1908–1909 | Liberal | 36th | |
John Agnew Councillor for 1st Prince (1853–1928) | 1909–1911 | Liberal | ||
J. Edward Wyatt Councillor for 5th Prince (1860–1932) | 1912–1915 | Conservative | 37th | |
John S. Martin Assemblyman for 4th Queens (1855–1946) | 1916–1917 | Conservative | 38th | |
Albert Prowse Assemblyman for 4th Kings (1855–1946) | 1918–1919 | Conservative | ||
Charles Gavan Duffy Councillor for 5th Queens (1874–1958) | 1920–1923 | Liberal | 39th | |
Louis Jenkins Councillor for 2nd Queens (1860–1939) | 1924–1927 | Conservative | 40th | |
David McDonald Councillor for 3rd Queens (1862–1939) | 1928–1931 | Liberal | 41st | |
W. F. Alan Stewart Councillor for 1st Queens (1885–1956) | 1931 | Liberal | ||
Augustine A. MacDonald Assemblyman for 1st Kings (1876–1970) | 1932–1934 | Conservative | 42nd | |
Heath Strong Assemblyman for 4th Prince (1882–1950) | 1934–1935 | Conservative | ||
Stephen Hessian Councillor for 3rd Kings (1891–1962) | 1935–1939 | Liberal | 43rd | |
W. F. Alan Stewart Councillor for 1st Queens (1885–1956) | 1940–1944 | Liberal | 44th | |
Thomas R. Cullen Councillor for 2nd Kings (1904–1984) | 1944–1947 | Liberal | 45th | |
Eugene Cullen Councillor for 3rd Queens (1905–1995) | 1948–1949 | Liberal | 46th | |
Forrest Phillips Councillor for 2nd Prince (1887–1972) | 1949–1955 | Liberal | ||
47th | ||||
Augustin Gallant Assemblyman for 3rd Prince (1916–1994) | 1955–1959 | Liberal | 48th | |
Edward P. Foley Assemblyman for 5th Prince (1891–1980) | 1959 | Liberal | ||
John R. McLean Assemblyman for 1st Kings (1906–1964) | 1960–1964 | Progressive Conservative | 49th | |
50th | ||||
Frank Myers Assemblyman for 1st Queens (1908–1975) | 1965–1966 | Progressive Conservative | ||
Prosper Arsenault Assemblyman for 1st Prince (1894–1987) | 1966–1970 | Liberal | 51st | |
Cecil A. Miller Assemblyman for 3rd Queens (1896–1988) | 1970–1978 | Liberal | 52nd | |
53rd | ||||
Russell Perry Assemblyman for 1st Prince (1915–1981) | 1978 | Liberal | 54th | |
Daniel Compton Councillor for 4th Queens (1915–1990) | 1979–1983 | Progressive Conservative | 55th | |
Marion Reid Assemblyman for 1st Queens (1929–2023) | 1983–1986 | Progressive Conservative | 56th | |
Edward Clark Councillor for 3rd Prince (born 1932) | 1986–1993 | Liberal | 57th | |
58th | ||||
Nancy Guptill Councillor for 5th Prince (1941–2020) | 1993–1996 | Liberal | 59th | |
Wilbur MacDonald MLA for Belfast-Pownal Bay (1933–2020) | 1997–2000 | Progressive Conservative | 60th | |
Mildred Dover MLA for Tracadie-Fort Augustus (born 1941) | 2000–2003 | Progressive Conservative | 61st | |
Gregory Deighan MLA for Wilmot-Summerside (born 1939) | 2003–2007 | Progressive Conservative | 62nd | |
Kathleen Casey MLA for Charlottetown-Lewis Point (born 1961) | 2007–2011 | Liberal | 63rd | |
Carolyn Bertram MLA for Rustico-Emerald (born 1976) | 2011–2015 | Liberal | 64th | |
Buck Watts MLA for Tracadie-Hillsborough Park (born 1944) | 2015–2019 | Liberal | 65th | |
Colin LaVie[2][3] MLA for Souris-Elmira (born 1962) | 2019–2023 | Progressive Conservative | 66th | |
Darlene Compton MLA for Belfast-Murray River (born 1961) | Since 2023 | Progressive Conservative | 67th |
See also
- Speaker (politics)
- Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
References
- Website of the Speaker
- ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island" (PDF). gov.pe.ca/. 19 June 2015.
- ^ Neatby, Stu (13 June 2019). "UPDATE: PC MLA Colin LaVie elected speaker of P.E.I. legislature | The Journal Pioneer". The Journal Pioneer. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ MacMillan, Sarah (13 June 2019). "Colin LaVie elected Speaker of P.E.I. Legislature". CBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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