Flora Minnie Leone Bagnall, (July 20, 1933 – April 30, 2017) was a

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and former member of the

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. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 1979 provincial election, representing the

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district. She was re-elected in

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

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and

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. 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

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from 1987 to 1988. In 1994 she was made a Member of the

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and was awarded the

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in 2005. She also received the Queens Diamond Jubilee medal in 2002. Bagnall died in Charlottetown on April 30, 2017, at age 83.

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