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Buck Watts

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Francis D. "Buck" Watts
31st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
In office
June 3, 2015 – March 26, 2019
PremierWade MacLauchlan
Lieutenant GovernorFrank Lewis
Antoinette Perry
Preceded byCarolyn Bertram
Succeeded byColin LaVie
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park
In office
June 12, 2007 – March 26, 2019
Preceded byMildred Dover
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born (1944-11-09) November 9, 1944 (age 79)
Grand Tracadie, Prince Edward Island
Political partyLiberal
Occupationfisherman, businessman

Francis Daniel "Buck" Watts (born 9 November 1944)[1] is a Canadian politician serving as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.[2]

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election, and represented the electoral district of Tracadie-Hillsborough Park and is a member of the Liberal Party until 2019.

On June 3, 2015, Watts was elected through a secret ballot after two rounds, as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  2. ^ "Buck stops here". The Guardian. Charlottetown. June 20, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. ^ "Buck Watts elected speaker of the P.E.I. Legislature". CBC News. June 3, 2015. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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