Leone Bagnall

Flora Minnie Leone Bagnall, C.M. O.P.E.I., 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 party's interim leader.

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

References

* [http://www.assembly.pe.ca/index.php3?number=1012303 Order of Prince Edward Island Recipients]
* [http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/women/index.php Prince Edward Island: Women in Prince Edward Island Politics]