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In
February, 1880 three years following the adoption of the Public
School Act of Prince Edward Island, one hundred and thirty-eight
teachers gathered at Upper Prince Street School to form the
Teachers’ Association of Prince Edward Island;
At
the organizational meeting, Mr. D. Montgomery, Superintendent of
Education, occupied the presidential chair and Mr. J. D. Seaman,
Principal of Prince Street School acted as secretary;
In
1885, this new association was incorporated by an Act of the
Legislature;
In
1903, at the annual convention of the association, efforts were made
to change the association to a federation, however, this did not
occur;
1920
marked the change of the Teachers’ Association of Prince Edward
Island to the Prince Edward Island Teachers’ Union – an effort
to unite to obtain improved working conditions;
The
Union was dissolved in 1924 and the Prince Edward Island
Teachers’ Federation came into existence – a time when the total
teacher population in the Province was 612;
1945
marked the Act of Incorporation for the new Federation;
In
1897 an unsuccessful attempt was made to establish an
inter-provincial Association for the Maritime Provinces;
In
December, 1915 the first organization publication, the Teachers’
Magazine was published with Mr. J.D. Seaman as editor;
P.E.I.T.F.
affiliated with the Canadian Teachers’ Federation in 1924;
CTF
Annual Meetings have been hosted by the Federation in 1926, 1951,
1962, 1973 and 1987;
In 1929 there was a teachers’ strike for higher salaries;
The
P.E.I.T.F. Newsletter was first published in 1945;
In
1947 the first office was established in the Saunders Building on
Prince Street in Charlottetown;
1949
marked the provision for sick leave;
In
1950 the Federation was instrumental in the establishment of summer
school for teachers;
The
Grafton Street Office was purchased in the spring of 1961;
In
1964 a group disability insurance plan was developed;
1968
marked the beginning of Sabbatical Leaves;
The
first collective agreement for the Province was signed in 1972; and
in 1974 the present offices at Federation House – were opened in
Southport;
In
1980 the Federation celebrated its “Centennial Year”; and
In
1986 the Federation made provisions for the presidency to be held on
a full-time basis.
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PAST
PRESIDENTS SINCE 1880 |
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1880-1885
D. Montgomery
1885-1886
Neil MacLeod
1887-1888
J.D. Seaman
1888-1889
L. Millar
1892-1893
J.A. Ives
1893-1894
Ewan Stewart
1897-1898
James Landrigan
1898-1899
R.H. Campbell
1899-1900
A.P. Trowsdale
1900-1901
Norman Carruthers
1901-1902
W. D. MacIntyre
1902-1903
Alex Campbell
1903-1904
W.J. MacMillan
1905-1906
Ira J. Yeo
1906-1907
G.E. Gillis
1907-1908
J.W. Jones
1908-1909
C.W. Kielly
1909-1910
Wilfred Boulter
1910-1911
P.S. Bradley
1911-1912
M. Coughlan
1912-1913
Inspector Johnson
1913-1914
R.H. Campbell
1914-1915
Vernon Crockett
1915-1916
G.A. McCarthy
1916-1917
Leo Nelligan
1918-1919
M.E. Francis
1919-1920
R.H. Rogers
1920-1922
L.W. Shaw
1922-1923
D.J. MacArthur
1923-1925
L.T. Lowther
1925-1927
E.J.H. Morrissey
1927-1928
W.H. Yeo
1928-1929
C.B. Jelley
1929-1930
Marion Douglas
1930-1931
Leo F. MacDonald
1931-1932
Russell Leard
1932-1933
Elmer Pineau
1933-1934
Norman MacDonald
1934-1935
J.F.W. MacCallum
1935-1936
Bessie MacLeod
1936-1937
John Gillis
1937-1938
C.F. Hine
1938-1939
J. Reginald MacDonald
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1939-1940
D.M. Bell
1940-1942
Edison MacDonald
1942-1944
Pius Callaghan
1944-1946
Estelle Bowness
1946-1948
Daniel MacDonald
1948-1949
James R. Murphy
1950-1952
Mabel O’Brien
1952-1954
Earl Jelley
1954-1956
Elmer Pineau
1956-1958
Mabel Matheson
1958-1960
John Hughes
1960-1962
Marjorie Dover
1962-1963
Frank Costello
1963-1964
Thomas Hall
1964-1965
Charles Campbell
1965-1967
J. Weeks Murphy
1967-1968
Francis Blanchard
1968-1969
Rufus Reid
1969-1970
Albert Fogarty
1970-1971
Archie Clark
1971-1972
Richard Noonan
1972-1973
James Blanchard
1973-1974
Wendell Deagle
1974-1975
Roberta Hubley
1975-1976
George MacDonald
1976-1977
Kimball Blanchard
1977-1978
Willard Moase
1978-1979
Gerald Praught
1979-1980
Brooke Brady
1980-1981
Frank Gillan
1981-1982
James MacAulay
1982-1984
Daphne Hodge
1984-1987
James Ross
1987-1989
Barbara Foster
1989-1991
Michel Plamondon
1991-1993
Linda McGuire
1993-1995
Leo Broderick
1995-1997
Joyce McCardle
1997-1999
Ralph Grant
1999-2001 Ed Kilfoil
2001-2003
Margaret Stewart
2003-2005
Maurice Poirier
2005-2007
Seana Evans-Renaud
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