Marion Loretta Reid
Marion Loretta (Doyle) Reid was born on January 2, 1929 in North
Rustico, Prince Edward Island, the daughter of Michael Doyle and
Loretta Whelan.  She was the fifth child in a family of eight.  In 1949,
she married Lea P. Reid.  Together, they had eight children.   

Educated at North Rustico, Stella Maris School and Prince of Wales
College, Marion graduated with her First Class Teacher's License
at the age of seventeen.  While at Prince of Wales College, she won
the John H. Bell Prize for debating and the Lord Strathcona Prize for
physical education.  Following her graduation, she taught school for
three years in North Rustico and Hope River, on the North Shore of
Prince Edward Island.  After the birth of her twin daughters in 1950,
Marion took a leave of absence from teaching to raise her family.
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She later returned to teaching and taught school for a total of twenty-one years.  Her last four years
were as principal of St. Ann's Elementary School in Hope River.  During her tenure, she was awarded
sabbatical leave to return to university (1972- 73), where she completed the requirements for a
Certificate 5 Teacher's Licence and she was awarded two scholarships for academic excellence.

Marion served as Secretary on the Board of Governors of the Prince Edward Island Teachers'
Federation for seven years.  As a board member, she served on the following committees: Status of
Women; Negotiating Strategy Committee; Teachers' Recruitment Team; Pension Committee and
Curriculum Committee.  She was an active community worker and was President of the Sterling
Women's Institute; the Catholic Women's League; a Leader in 4-H work; a charter member of the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation and a member of the Zonta Club of Charlottetown.

Marion served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for 1st Queens District for ten years.  
Elected in the general election held on April 23, 1979 and reelected on September 27, 1982 and April
21, 1986.  During that period she served as Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and on
March 6, 1984, she was elected Speaker, the first woman in Prince Edward Island to hold this position.
 She also served as Opposition House Leader.   

Marion was appointed as Lieutenant Governor for the Province of Prince Edward Island on August 16,
1990, the thirty-seventh person to hold this position since its creation in 1763.  She was the first female
on Prince Edward Island to hold this position.  She remained in this position until August 30, 1995.

Published in 2005 by Tangle Lane, These Roots Run Deep is an inspiring autobiography of the life of a
remarkable woman, Marion Reid.