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 | | Prince Edward Island (simply PEI or P.E.I. French, l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Scottish Gaelic, Eilean a’ Phrionns or Eilean Eòin, Mi'kmaq Abegweit) is a Canadian province coextensive with the island of the same name. |
 | | The island's namesake is Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767-1820), the father of Queen Victoria. |
 | | Prince Edward Island has an incredible level of political overrepresentation, with 4 Members of Parliament, 4 Senators, 27 Members of the Legislative Assembly, 2 cities, 7 towns and 60 incorporated rural communities (having over 500 municipal councillors and mayors) to give a total of 566 elected officials for a population of 138,307 (as of 2006). |
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