Joe Ghiz President

Joseph Atallah "Joe" Ghiz (January 27, 1945 – November 9, 1996) was the 27th Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1993, an educator of law and a justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. He was the father of Robert Ghiz, the 31st Premier of Prince Edward Island. He was the first premier of a Canadian province to be of non-European descent, since followed by Ujjal Dosanjh and his (Joe's) son Robert.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 27, 1945
Birth nameJoseph Atallah Ghiz
Birth place
Charlottetown
Religion
Anglicanism
Date of deathNovember 09, 1996
Place of death
Charlottetown
Residence
Charlottetown
Education
Harvard Law School
Schulich School of Law
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Politician

monarch
Elizabeth II
office
MLA for 6th Queens
Minister of Agriculture (1988-1989)
Minister of Health and Social Services (1986)
Minister of Justice (1989-1993)
party
Prince Edward Island Liberal Party
relation
successor

Joe Ghiz on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-906-5275/politics_economy/elections_pei/clip6
  2. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/familycornerstore/htmlsite/ghiz.htm
  3. http://www.ghizpark.com
  4. http://www.gov.pe.ca/infoipe/onelisting.php3?number=77717