Board and was Chair of West Prince Community Advisory Board. He was also vice-chair of the Parish Council of St. Simon and St. Jude, and an organizer of the Tignish Irish Moss Festival prior to his election in 1982. Since 2000, he has served as a board member of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of PEI, was a founding member, President and treasurer of the Tignish Seniors Home Care Co-op, a member of the building and fundraising committees of the Credit Union Arena located in Tignish, and is Vice Chair of Tignish Special Needs Housing. Member of the Advisory Board to Holland College West Prince Campus. Personal life Morrissey was born at the Western Hospital in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, the son of Bernard and Marie (née O'Connor) Morrissey, who lived in Seacow Pond near Tignish, Prince Edward Island. He is a Catholic. He currently resides in Seacow Pond. Electoral record Federal Provincial References External links 1954 births Living people People from Alberton, Prince Edward Island People from Tignish, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island Canadian fishers Canadian Roman Catholics Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island 21st-century Canadian politicians School board members in Canada