65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
# 65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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.

## Members

Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic, and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is designated by a dagger (†).

| Name | Party | Riding |
| - | - | - |
| Colin LaVie | Progressive Conservative | Souris-Elmira |
| Steven Myers | Progressive Conservative | Georgetown-St. Peters |
| Allen Roach | Liberal | Montague-Kilmuir |
| Darlene Compton | Progressive Conservative | Belfast-Murray River |
| Alan McIsaac | Liberal | Vernon River-Stratford |
| James Aylward | Progressive Conservative | Stratford-Kinlock |
| Sidney MacEwen | Progressive Conservative | Morell-Mermaid |
| Buck Watts† | Liberal | Tracadie-Hillsborough Park |
| Wade MacLauchlan | Liberal | York-Oyster Bed |
| Robert Mitchell | Liberal | Charlottetown-Sherwood |
| Doug Currie | Liberal | Charlottetown-Parkdale |
| Hannah Bell (2017) | Green | Charlottetown-Parkdale |
| Richard Brown | Liberal | Charlottetown-Victoria Park |
| Jordan Brown | Liberal | Charlottetown-Brighton |
| Kathleen Casey | Liberal | Charlottetown-Lewis Point |
| Bush Dumville | Liberal | West Royalty-Springvale |
| Bush Dumville | Independent | West Royalty-Springvale |
| Heath MacDonald | Liberal | Cornwall-Meadowbank |
| Peter Bevan-Baker | Green | Kellys Cross-Cumberland |
| Brad Trivers | Progressive Conservative | Rustico-Emerald |
| Jamie Fox | Progressive Conservative | Borden-Kinkora |
| Matthew MacKay | Progressive Conservative | Kensington-Malpeque |
| Janice Sherry | Liberal | Summerside-Wilmot |
| Chris Palmer (2016) | Liberal | Summerside-Wilmot |
| Tina Mundy | Liberal | Summerside-St. Eleanors |
| Paula Biggar | Liberal | Tyne Valley-Linkletter |
| Sonny Gallant | Liberal | Evangeline-Miscouche |
| Robert Henderson | Liberal | O'Leary-Inverness |
| Pat Murphy | Liberal | Alberton-Roseville |
| Hal Perry | Liberal | Tignish-Palmer Road |

* ^a Resigned as an MLA on October 19, 2017.
* ^b Elected in a by-election on November 27, 2017.
* ^c Resigned as an MLA on August 1, 2016.
* ^d Elected in a by-election on October 17, 2016.
* ^e Resigned from Liberal caucus on January 31, 2018.

## Party membership

| Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | May 4 | Aug 1 | Oct 17 | Oct 19 | Nov 27 | Jan 31 |
| | Liberal | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| | Progressive Conservative | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| | Green | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Total members | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| | Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Government Majority | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 |

### Membership changes

Membership changes in the 65th Assembly :

| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| May 4, 2015 | See List of Members | See List of Members | 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 |
