66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
# 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

The 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the 66th sitting of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island and the 40th since confederation in 1873. The membership of the assembly was determined by the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election, where the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island led by Dennis King won a plurality of seats. With a victory in a November 2020 by-election, King's PCs became a majority government.

## Seating plan

| | Hudson | Trivers | MacKay | Thompson | Jameson | Deagle | Bell |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Aylward | Myers | KING | Compton | MacEwen | Fox | McLane |
| LaVie |
| | Bernard | Beaton | Lund | BEVAN-BAKER | | GALLANT | McNeilly |
| | Howard | Altass | Hammarlund | Bell | | Perry | Henderson |

## Members of the General Assembly

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-Pownal |
| Cory Deagle | Progressive Conservative | Montague-Kilmuir |
| Darlene Compton | Progressive Conservative | Belfast-Murray River |
| Michele Beaton | Green | Mermaid-Stratford |
| James Aylward | Progressive Conservative | Stratford-Keppoch |
| Sidney MacEwen | Progressive Conservative | Morell-Donagh |
| Bloyce Thompson | Progressive Conservative | Stanhope-Marshfield |
| Natalie Jameson | Progressive Conservative | Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park |
| Robert Mitchell (until September 3, 2020) | Liberal | Charlottetown-Winsloe |
| Zack Bell (from November 2, 2020) | Progressive Conservative | Charlottetown-Winsloe |
| Hannah Bell | Green | Charlottetown-Belvedere |
| Karla Bernard | Green | Charlottetown-Victoria Park |
| Ole Hammarlund | Green | Charlottetown-Brighton |
| Gord McNeilly | Liberal | Charlottetown-West Royalty |
| Dennis King | Progressive Conservative | Brackley-Hunter River |
| Heath MacDonald (until August 18, 2021) | Liberal | Cornwall-Meadowbank |
| Mark McLane (from November 15, 2021) | Progressive Conservative | Cornwall-Meadowbank |
| Peter Bevan-Baker | Green | New Haven-Rocky Point |
| Brad Trivers | Progressive Conservative | Rustico-Emerald |
| Jamie Fox | Progressive Conservative | Borden-Kinkora |
| Matthew MacKay | Progressive Conservative | Kensington-Malpeque |
| Lynne Lund | Green | Summerside-Wilmot |
| Steve Howard | Green | Summerside-South Drive |
| Trish Altass | Green | Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke |
| Sonny Gallant* | Liberal | Evangeline-Miscouche |
| Robert Henderson | Liberal | O'Leary-Inverness |
| Ernie Hudson | Progressive Conservative | Alberton-Bloomfield |
| Hal Perry | Liberal | Tignish-Palmer Road |

[*] Gallant is serving as the legislative leader for the Liberals, as the Liberal party leader Sharon Cameron has no seat in the legislature.

## Party membership

| Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | 2019 | 2019 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | April 23 | July 15 | September 3 | November 2 | August 18 | November 15 |
| | Progressive Conservative | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| | Green | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| | Liberal | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| | Total members | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 |
| | Vacant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Government Majority | –2 | –1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |

### Membership changes

Membership changes in the 66th Assembly :

| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| April 23, 2019 | See List of Members | See List of Members | See List of Members | Election day of the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election |
| July 15, 2019 | Natalie Jameson | Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park | Progressive Conservative | Won in deferred 2019 election extension |
| September 3, 2020 | Robert Mitchell | Charlottetown-Winsloe | Liberal | Resigned, after thirteen years in political service for both provincial districts. |
| November 2, 2020 | Zack Bell | Charlottetown-Winsloe | Progressive Conservative | Won by–election |
| August 18, 2021 | Heath MacDonald | Cornwall-Meadowbank | Liberal | Resigned, to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election, for Malpeque riding. |
| November 15, 2021 | Mark McLane | Cornwall-Meadowbank | Progressive Conservative | Won by–election |
