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The 65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the 65th sitting of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island and the 39th since confederation in 1873. The assembly was elected on May 4, 2015 with a re-election for Premier Wade MacLauchlan and the Liberals.
| 65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Wade MacLauchlan | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Jamie Fox (2015–17) James Aylward (2017–19) | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Recognized | Green Party | ||
| Legislative Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Buck Watts | ||
| Members | 27 MLA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
| Lieutenant Governor | Antoinette Perry 20 October 2017 – present | ||
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Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic, and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is designated by a dagger (†).
| Number of members per party by date |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4 | Aug 1 | Oct 17 | Oct 19 | Nov 27 | Jan 31 | ||
| Liberal | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 8 | ||||||
| Green | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Total members | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | ||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Government Majority | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | |
| Membership changes in the 65th Assembly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |
| May 4, 2015 | See List of Members | Election day of the 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | |||
| August 1, 2016 | Janice Sherry | Summerside-Wilmot | Liberal | Vacated seat | |
| October 17, 2016 | Chris Palmer | Summerside-Wilmot | Liberal | Elected in a by-election | |
| October 19, 2017 | Doug Currie | Charlottetown-Parkdale | Liberal | Vacated seat | |
| November 27, 2017 | Hannah Bell | Charlottetown-Parkdale | Green | Elected in a by-election | |
| January 31, 2018 | Bush Dumville | West Royalty-Springvale | Independent | Resigned from Liberal caucus | |
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