Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. gov.pe.ca/. 19 June 2015.
2. News: Neatby . Stu . 13 June 2019 . UPDATE: PC MLA Colin LaVie elected speaker of P.E.I. legislature The Journal Pioneer . en . The Journal Pioneer . 13 June 2019 . https://archive.today/20190614012331/https://www.journalpioneer.com/news/local/update-pc-mla-colin-lavie-elected-speaker-of-pei-legislature-322092/ . 14 June 2019.
3. News: MacMillan . Sarah . 13 June 2019 . Colin LaVie elected Speaker of P.E.I. Legislature . CBC News . 13 June 2019.