Robert Lloyd George MacPhail, (March 22, 1920 – July 2, 1995) was a

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politician and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. Born in

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, the son of Robert Archibald MacPhail and Catherine C. MacLean, he was first elected in a 1961

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to the

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as the

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candidate in the district of

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. He was re-elected in

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, 1966,

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, 1974, 1978,

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and 1982. He held many cabinet positions including: Minister of Industry and Natural Resources and of Tourism Development (1965–1966), Minister of Finance (1979–1981), Chairman of the Treasury Board (1979–1981), and Minister of Development (1979–1980). He was Lieutenant Governor from 1985 to 1990. In 1994, he was made a Member of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macphail, Lloyd 1920 births 1995 deaths People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Canadian Baptists Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island Members of the Order of Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island 20th-century Baptists