Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
| Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | |
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| 65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Preceded by |
Legislative Council House of Assembly |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 27 |
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Political groups
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Governing Party
Opposition Parties |
| Elections | |
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Last election
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May 4, 2015 By-election, October 17, 2016 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Province House, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
| Website | |
| www.assembly.pe.ca | |
Governing Party
Opposition Parties
The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, along with the Lieutenant-Governor, forms the parliament of the province. The General Assembly meets at Province House, which is located at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown.
As a colony, Prince Edward Island originally had a bicameral legislature founded in 1773 with the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island serving as the upper house and the House of Assembly as the lower house. Together they composed the 1st General Assembly of the Island of Saint John. After the name of the colony changed in 1798, the body became known as the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island.
In 1769, a British Order in Council established a new government on the British colony of St. John’s Island (present day P.E.I.). In 1770, Lieutenant Governor Walter Patterson (the island’s first Governor) arrived and appointed a Council to assist him in the administration of the island. By 1773, at the insistence of the British government, Governor Patterson summoned the island’s first assembly.
Elections for the island’s first House of Assembly were held on July 4, 1773, with 18 members being elected. Tradition has it that the first session of the island’s new assembly was held in the Crossed Keys Tavern on the corner of Queen and Dorchester Streets in Charlottetown; however, a journal entry contradicts this and indicates that it was actually held in the home of James Richardson.
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