Leone Bagnall

Leone Bagnall
MLA (Councillor) for 1st Queens
In office
April 23, 1979  March 29, 1993
Preceded by Ralph Johnstone
Succeeded by Catherine Callbeck
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
Interim
In office
November 13, 1987  June 11, 1988
Preceded by James Lee
Succeeded by Melbourne Gass
Personal details
Born Flora Minnie Leone Bagnall
(1933-07-20) July 20, 1933
Springfield, Prince Edward Island
Political party Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s) Erroll Bagnall
Relations Donald Newton MacKay, grandfather
Children Five

Flora Minnie Leone Bagnall, CM OPEI (born July 20, 1933[1]) is a farmer, teacher and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.

She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 1979 provincial election, representing the 1st Queens district. She was re-elected in 1982, 1986 and 1989. She was appointed Minister of Education from October 28, 1982 to May 2, 1986. Following the party's defeat in the 1986 provincial election, she briefly served as the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island from 1987 to 1988.

In 1994 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was awarded the Order of Prince Edward Island in 2005.

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