Jeannie Lea
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Jeannie Lea | |
MLA for 6th Queens
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In office 1993 – 1996 |
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Preceded by | Joe Ghiz |
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Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
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Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | civil servant, teacher |
Jeannie Lea is a former Canadian politician.
She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 1993 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of 6th Queens and was a member of the Liberal Party.
She served only a single term in office and resigned a few months before the 1996 election. Since her retirement from office, she has been actively involved in the electoral reform movement in Canada and has been promoting the involvement of women in politics.
Jeannie is married to James Lea, the grandson of Walter Maxfield Lea, who was Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1930 to 1936. She has two children, Sarah Armstrong Lea and David Andrew Gordon Lea and a grandson, Benjamin Anderson Lea son of Andrew and Meghan (Hersey) Lea.