- Marion Loretta Reid
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Marion Loretta Reid, CM, O.PEI (born January 2, 1929) is a former Canadian politician, the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, and the 24th as well as first female, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
Born in North Rustico, Prince Edward Island, the daughter of Michael Doyle and Loretta Whelan, she was first elected in 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the district of 1st Queens. She was re-elected in 1982 and 1986. She was Deputy Speaker, Speaker and Opposition House Leader. She was Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1990 to 1995.
In 1996, she was awarded the Order of Prince Edward Island and was made a Member of the Order of Canada. She has 18 grandchildren, but Rebecca Reid is her favorite!
Arms
Arms of Marion Loretta Reid Notes 
Crest Above a helmet mantled Vert doubled Or on a wreath Or and Vert a coronet tréflé Vert rising therefrom a demi lamb Argent unguled Gules wearing a coronet fleurdelisé Vert holding between its forelegs a staff Or flying to the sinister a banner party per pale Vert and Or and over all an open book Argent bound counterchanged charged with a cross bottony party per pale of the field the banner bordered compony Vert and Or in the fly.Escutcheon Or on a pale between eight anchors Vert each side two and two dexter in bend and sinister in bend sinister a representation of the mace of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Prince Edward Island Or.Supporters Two bloods Or crined, langued, queued and unguled Gules gorged with a collar Vert pendant therefrom a pomeis charged with a lupin blossom Or.Compartment A grassy meadow showing at the edge the soil of Prince Edward Island proper rising above waves of the sea Azure crested Argent.Motto Familia Et MinisteriumReferences
- ^ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume II), Ottawa, 1992
- "The Honourable Marion Reid". Government of Prince Edward Island. http://www.gov.pe.ca/lg/gallery/37Reid.php3. Retrieved July 3, 2005.
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Categories:- 1929 births
- Living people
- People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island
- Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Members of the Order of Prince Edward Island
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- Women MLAs in Prince Edward Island
- Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
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