Bloyce Thompson to be sworn in as new P.E.I. premier, 1 day after Rob Lantz resigns
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P.E.I.'s deputy premier Bloyce Thompson is expected to be sworn in as the province's next premier one day after Rob Lantz announced his resignation from the role and his bid for the permanent leadership of the province’s Progressive Conservative Party.
Thompson will be sworn in to become the province's 35th premier at a ceremony Friday afternoon at Government House in Charlottetown.
CBC P.E.I. will be carrying the ceremony live beginning at 1 p.m.
Thompson is the minister of justice and public safety and minister of agriculture. He will become the province’s third premier in a single year. Lantz had been the interim leader of the PC Party and the province's premier since February, when former premier Dennis King resigned.
Lantz announced he was officially stepping down as interim leader of P.E.I.'s PC Party in front of a group of supporters and flanked by members of the PC caucus at the Delta Prince Edward Thursday, one day after the P.E.I. PC Party announced the date for its leadership convention, which will be held Feb. 7 at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown.
There are now two candidates in the leadership race. The other is lawyer Mark Ledwell, who put his name forward in May.
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