- Wayne Cheverie
Wayne Cheverie (
1950 – ) is a former attorney, politician, government minister and currently a justice in the Trial Division of theSupreme Court of Prince Edward Island .He was born in
Charlottetown and was educated at theUniversity of Prince Edward Island and theDalhousie Law School and made a career as an attorney in private practise.Elected to the legislature in 1986, Cheverie served as in various cabinet post including Minister of Justice, Attorney General, Minister of Labour, Minister of Health and Social Services and Provincial Treasurer in the Prince Edward Island government under the administrations of
Joe Ghiz andCatherine Callbeck .Cheverie ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the
Prince Edward Island Liberal Party in 1996 againstDaniel Mullen ,Keith Milligan , andIan "Tex" MacDonald , ultimately losing to Milligan.Cheverie served as interim Leader of the Opposition after the Liberal Pary lost in the 1996 general election to the PC Party under
Pat Binns . He resigned from politics in 1997 to accept an appointment as chairman for theIsland Regulatory and Appeals Commission .External links
* [http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=chasse&t=50359&d=1446 Entry from Canadian Who's Who]
* [http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/results/results.php?lastname=Cheverie&sortorder=dateelected Election results for Wayne Cheverie]
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