The 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was 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.
| 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Minority, then Majority parliament | |||
| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Dennis King | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Peter Bevan-Baker | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Opposition | Green Party | ||
| Recognized | Liberal Party | ||
| Legislative Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Colin LaVie | ||
| Members | 27 MLA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
| Charles III 8 September 2022 – present | |||
| Lieutenant governor | Antoinette Perry 20 October 2017 – 17 October 2024 | ||
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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 | First elected / previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Hudson | Progressive Conservative | Alberton-Bloomfield | 2019 | |
| Darlene Compton | Progressive Conservative | Belfast-Murray River | 2015 | |
| Jamie Fox | Progressive Conservative | Borden-Kinkora | 2015 | |
| Dennis King | Progressive Conservative | Brackley-Hunter River | 2019 | |
| Hannah Bell | Green | Charlottetown-Belvedere | 2017 | |
| Ole Hammarlund | Green | Charlottetown-Brighton | 2019 | |
| Natalie Jameson | Progressive Conservative | Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park | 2019 | |
| Karla Bernard | Green | Charlottetown-Victoria Park | 2019 | |
| Gord McNeilly | Liberal | Charlottetown-West Royalty | 2019 | |
| Robert Mitchell (until September 3, 2020) | Liberal | Charlottetown-Winsloe | 2007 | |
| Zack Bell (from November 2, 2020) | Progressive Conservative | 2020 | ||
| Heath MacDonald (until August 18, 2021) | Liberal | Cornwall-Meadowbank | 2015 | |
| Mark McLane (from November 15, 2021) | Progressive Conservative | 2021 | ||
| Sonny Gallant* | Liberal | Evangeline-Miscouche | 2007 | |
| Steven Myers | Progressive Conservative | Georgetown-Pownal | 2011 | |
| Matthew MacKay | Progressive Conservative | Kensington-Malpeque | 2015 | |
| Michele Beaton | Green | Mermaid-Stratford | 2019 | |
| Cory Deagle | Progressive Conservative | Montague-Kilmuir | 2019 | |
| Sidney MacEwen | Progressive Conservative | Morell-Donagh | 2015 | |
| Peter Bevan-Baker | Green | New Haven-Rocky Point | 2015 | |
| Robert Henderson | Liberal | O'Leary-Inverness | 2007 | |
| Brad Trivers | Progressive Conservative | Rustico-Emerald | 2015 | |
| Colin LaVie | Progressive Conservative | Souris-Elmira | 2011 | |
| Bloyce Thompson | Progressive Conservative | Stanhope-Marshfield | 2019 | |
| James Aylward | Progressive Conservative | Stratford-Keppoch | 2011 | |
| Steve Howard | Green | Summerside-South Drive | 2019 | |
| Lynne Lund | Green | Summerside-Wilmot | 2019 | |
| Hal Perry | Liberal | Tignish-Palmer Road | 2011 | |
| Trish Altass | Green | Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke | 2019 |
[*] 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 23 | July 15 | September 3 | November 2 | August 18 | November 15 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||
| Green | 8 | ||||||
| Liberal | 6 | 5 | 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 | 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 | ||
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