Order of Prince Edward Island

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox order The Order of Prince Edward IslandTemplate:Efn is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. Instituted in 1996 by Lieutenant Governor Gilbert Clements, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier Catherine Callbeck, the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Prince Edward Island residents for conspicuous achievements in any field, being thus described as the highest honour amongst all others conferred by the Prince Edward Island Crown.

Structure and appointment

The Order of Prince Edward Island is intended to honour any current or former longtime resident of Prince Edward Island who has demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement in any field, having made "remarkable contributions to the social, economic and cultural life of [Prince Edward Island] and its people." Although Canadian citizenship is not a requirement, those who are elected or appointed members of a governmental body are ineligible as long as they hold office, and only three people per year may be inducted into the order. The exception to these rules is the Chancellor of the Order, who simultaneously serves as the Lieutenant Governor of the province, and whose induction into the Order does not count against the three-person induction cap.

Nomination

The process of finding qualified individuals begins with submissions from the public to the Advisory Council of the Order of Prince Edward Island, which consists of the Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island, the President of the University of Prince Edward Island, the Clerk of the Executive Council, and two Members of the order from each of the province's three counties. This committee then makes its selected recommendations to the Cabinet, which vets the list and passes it on to the lieutenant governor. Posthumous nominations are not accepted, though an individual who dies after his or her name was submitted to the Honours and Advisory Council can still be retroactively made a Member of the Prince Edward Island. The lieutenant governor, ex officio a Member and the Chancellor of the Order of Prince Edward Island, then makes all appointments into the fellowship's single grade of membership by an Order in Council that bears the viceroyal sign-manual and the Great Seal of the province; thereafter, the new Members are entitled to use the post-nominal letters OPEI.

Insignia

Upon admission into the Order of Prince Edward Island, in a ceremony held at Government House in Charlottetown, new Members are presented with the order's insignia. The main badge, called the Medal of Merit, consists of a gold roundel medallion, the obverse in enamel bearing at its centre the escutcheon of the arms of Prince Edward Island, all surrounded by a blue collar with the words MERIT • PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. The ribbon is patterned with vertical stripes in green, white, and rust, reflecting the colours of the province's foliage and oxidized soil; men wear the medallion suspended from this ribbon at the collar, while women carry theirs on a ribbon bow at the left chest. Members will also receive for wear on casual clothing a lapel pin, appearing as a smaller version of the Medal of Merit.

Inductees

Template:Main category Appointees into the Order of Prince Edward Island include:

• Angèle Arsenault Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2005
• Reverend Éloi Arsenault Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2004
• Georges Arsenault Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2003
• Leone Bagnall Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2005
• Carolyn Bateman Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2016
• Chief Darlene Bernard Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2008
• Léonce Bernard Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2001
• Reverend Dr. F.W.P. Bolger Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2004
• Emily Bryant Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2012
• Marlene Bryenton Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1998
• Garnet Rankin Buell Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2008
• Marie Burge Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1998
• Catherine Callbeck Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2017
• William Callbeck Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2011
• Dr. Sheldon Cameron Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2006
• Alexander Bradshaw Campbell Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2013
• Bill Campbell Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2015
• Reverend Charles Cheverie Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1996
• Gilbert R. Clements Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1996
• Sibyl Cutcliffe Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2012
• Eleanor Davies Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2011
• Donald M. Deacon Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2003
• Sister Mary Deighan Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1997
• Dr. George Dewar Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1996
• Vera Elizabeth Dewar Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2013
• Gerald Sheldon Dixon Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2015
• Dr. Dagny Dryer Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2016
• Anna Duffy Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2002
• Regis Duffy Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2010
• Edith Eldershaw Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1999
• Dr. Kent Ellis Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1996
• J. Henri Gaudet Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2000
• Allan Graham Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2002
• Diane Griffin Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2010
• Barbara Oliver Hagerman Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2006
• H. Wayne Hambly Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2014
• Wilma Hambly Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2009
• Nancy Ann Hamill Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2008
• James Hogan Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1996
• Arthur Hudson Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2000
• Dr. Albert "Bud" Ings Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2012
• Derek Key Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2005
• Frank Ledwell Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2006
• Dorothy Lewis Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2006
• H. Frank Lewis Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2011
• Charles Linkletter Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1997
• Elmer MacDonald Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2009
• H. Wade MacLauchlan Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2014
• William MacLean Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2007
• Helen Stewart MacRae Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1997
• Dr. Joyce Madigane Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2013
• Dr. John H. Maloney Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2001
• Maylea Manning Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2001
• Shirley McGinn Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2000
• Barbara McNeill Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2004
• Heather Leanne Moyse Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2014
• Ray Murphy Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2007
• Dr. Hubert O'Hanley Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1999
• Ulric Poirier Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1996
• Marion Reid Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1996
• Antoine Richard Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1998
• Helen Robbins Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2007
• Keptin John Joe Sark Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2016
• Paul H. Schurman Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1999
• Father Brady Smith Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2010
• Kay Wall Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2001
• Elmer Williams Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2002
• Noel Wilson Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2003
• Dr. David Wong Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2013
• Frank Zakem Template:Post-nominals, appointed 2009

See also

• Symbols of Prince Edward Island
• Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces
• Canadian honours order of wearing

External links

• Order of Prince Edward Island webpage