A process begun in 1993 saw the amalgamation of a collection of smaller municipalities into four new or expanded municipalities: the City of Charlottetown, the City of Summerside, the Town of Cornwall and the Town of Stratford. The following is a brief history of the amalgamation process.
| June 25/93 | White Paper on Municipal Reform was tabled in the Legislative Assembly of P.E.I. |
| Dec./93 | Report of the Commission on Municipal Reform (Commissioner Lorne R. Moase). |
| Mar. 31/94 | New Cities ... New Towns released, a discussion paper outlining Government's position with respect to municipal reform in the Charlottetown and Summerside regions. |
| Mar. 31/94 | Cost and Taxation Analysis released, detailing the impacts of municipal reform in the Charlottetown and Summerside regions. |
| Mar. 31/94 | Government discussions that Winsloe be included with the new City of Charlottetown and the urban portions of Sherbrooke be included with the City of Summerside. |
| July 9/94 | City of Charlottetown, Executive Council Decision No. EC419/94, Charlottetown Area Municipalities Act - City of Charlottetown -- the determination of Electoral Wards and the Appointment of Chief Electoral Officer (includes ward map). |
| July 26/94 | A letter to Hon. Alan Buchanan, Minister of Provincial Affairs signed by the chairpersons of Cornwall, Eliot River and North River agreeing to one open ward for Charlottetown West with councillors elected at large. |
| July 28/94 | Charlottetown Area Municipalities Act - Proclaimed -- City of Charlottetown; Town of Charlottetown South; (later named - Stratford); and Charlottetown West (later named Cornwall). (Comes into force Mar. 31, 1995). |
| July 28/94 | Community of Winsloe officially became part of the new City of Charlottetown. |
| Aug. 20/94 | Towns of Charlottetown South and Charlottetown West - Executive Council Decision No. EC495/94 - Charlottetown Area Municipalities Act - Charlottetown West and Charlottetown South. Determination of Electoral Wards - including ward maps. |
| Aug. 24/94 | City of Summerside Act - Proclaimed. (Comes into force Mar. 31, 1995). |
| Aug. 24/94 | The urban portion of the Community of Sherbrooke became part of the City of Summerside. |
| Sept. 10/94 | City of Summerside - Executive Council Decision No. EC550/94 - City of Summerside Act. -- City of Summerside Determination of Electoral District's - including a ward map. |
| Sept. 10/94 | Town of Charlottetown South - Executive Council Decision No. EC550/94 -- Charlottetown Area Municipalities Act - Charlottetown South Corrigendum -- Determination of Electoral Wards - including a ward map. |
| Sept. 10/94 | Issue of Election Writs - Charlottetown Area Municipalities Act and City of Summerside Act - Executive Council Decision No. EC549/94 - The said Writs shall bear the date 2 September 1994 and polling day shall be 3 October 1994. |
| May 4/95 | An Act to Amend the Charlottetown Area Municipalities Act - (Assented to May 4, 1995) - Charlottetown South changes name to the Town of Stratford and Charlottetown West changes name to the Town of Cornwall. A portion of Alexandra known as the eastern portion of Upper Tea Hill Crescent (14 lots) shall become part of Stratford on January 1, 1997. |
| May 2/96 | An Act to amend The Municipalities Act - The term of office of a mayor, a councillor elected in the municipal elections scheduled to be held on Monday, November 4, 1996 shall be four years. This includes all communities and towns on PEI except the Cities of Charlottetown, Summerside and the Towns of Stratford and Cornwall. The municipal elections that would have been held on the first Monday of November 1999 shall be held on the first Monday of November, in the year 2000. |
| Aug. /97 | City of Charlottetown, City of Summerside, Town of Stratford and the Town of Cornwall approve new Election Bylaws. |
| Nov. 3/97 | Second Municipal Elections for the City of Charlottetown, City of Summerside, Town of Stratford and the Town of Cornwall. |
| Feb. 16/98 | City of Charlottetown by election in Ward No. 2 Belvedere. |
| Nov. 6/2000 | Third Municipal Elections for the City of Charlottetown, City of Summerside, Town of Stratford and the Town of Cornwall. Municipal elections in all the communities and towns on PEI. |
| Nov. 3, 2003 | Fourth Municipal Elections for the City of Charlottetown, City of Summerside, Town of Stratford and the Town of Cornwall. Municipal elections in all the communities and towns on PEI. |
| Feb. 24, 2004 | The Charlottetown City Council appointed Justice Kenneth R. MacDonald, Frank McAulay and George Likely to review the boundaries of the ten electoral wards and to research and provide information to the community in regard to the issue of elections at large - implications and ramifications of this system. |
| July 2004 | The Summerside City Council appointed Justice George McMahon, Layton Schurman and Mike Gallant to review the boundaries of the eight electoral wards. |
| Oct. 2004 | The Stratford Town Council appointed Lorne Moase as a one-man commission to study the electoral wards within the town. Mr. Moase is also to question the residents about whether they would prefer the current ward system of elected councillors or would they like to adopt an at-large system. |
| Nov. 2006 | Municipal Elections were held under newly approved ward boundaries for the cities of Charlottetown and Summerside and the town of Stratford. The town of Cornwall municipal election was run on an open ward system as established in 1994. The term of office for mayors and councillors was extended by provincial legislation from the traditional three year term to a term of four years. |
