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♂ Joseph A. Ghiz
aliasJoseph A. Ghiz
Record
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☆   Lebanese-Canadian    Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 0 3
Birth 27 January 1945 → 79 years + 3 months ago
Lived 51 years + 9 months
First mandate 27 September 1982 → 41 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 8 months
Death 9 November 1996 → 27 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 7 months after 28 March 1993
Special notes
None
 
Joseph A. Ghiz (1945–1996)
© Photo — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Robert W.J. Ghiz (1974–) Son  
 
Well that's interesting!
When Ghiz became premier of Prince Edward Island in April 1986, he was Canada's first premier of non-European descent.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 10 5 28 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 55–58
LIB
 1 Party leader 36–47 24 Oct 1981 — 24 Jan 1993 11 3 0
2. PE 55–56
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 36–41 01 Jan 1982 — 20 Apr 1986 4 3 19
3. PE 57–58
LIB
 1 Premier 41–47 21 Apr 1986 — 24 Jan 1993 6 9 3

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Barry R. Clark  m 
 
 
Eligible: 9,245 Votes: 6,872 Participation: 74.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2535(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 3,419 50.84% +113 Loser:
PC
 3,306 49.16% Barry R. Clark

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,182 Votes: 7,973 Participation: 86.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2503(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 4,535 57.54% +1,453 Loser:
PC
 3,082 39.11% Ron MacMillan

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,514 Votes: 7,595 Participation: 79.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2471(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 4,984 66.25% +2,789 Loser:
PC
 2,195 29.18% Maria Douglas

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,132 Votes: 7,744 Participation: 76.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2424(F) — 3 Nov 2023 06:32 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 3,934 51.52% S.J. Jeannie Lea

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Ghiz, Q.C., LL.D., D.C.L., LL.M., Honourable Joseph Atallah		 03 Feb 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Joseph A. Ghiz		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joe Ghiz		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joe Ghiz		 03 Feb 2024

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