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The period of 1900 to 1966 is marked with several controversies involving public administration in Prince Edward Island, including widespread government appointments based on patronage. [9] More recently, three former civil servants filed a $1.8M suit against a former P.E.I. premier and government agency over a privacy breach related to ...
From September 1 to 7, 1864, Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference, which was the first meeting in the process leading to the Quebec Resolutions and the creation of Canada in 1867. Prince Edward Island found the terms of union unfavourable and balked at joining in 1867, choosing to remain a colony of the United Kingdom.
The politics of Prince Edward Island are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces. The capital of the province of Prince Edward Island is Charlottetown , where the lieutenant governor and the premier reside, and where the provincial legislature and cabinet are located.
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 ...
Pages in category "Prince Edward Island government departments and agencies" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The General Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the unicameral legislature of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada, consisting of the lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada) [1] and the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The legislature was first established in 1773.
The Public Archives and Records Office is the official government archive of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It is located at 175 Richmond Street in Charlottetown. It includes resources for genealogy and archival collections. As of 2018, it is administratively part of the Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture.
Government House was constructed between 1832 and 1834 as a viceregal residence for the lieutenant governor of the then British colony of Prince Edward Island. The land, a parcel of 100 acres (0.40 km 2 ) known as Fanning Bank or Fanning's Bank , was in 1789 set aside by Lieutenant Governor Edmund Fanning as Crown land , with the specific ...