- Keith Milligan
Infobox_President
name =Keith Milligan
order = 31stPremier of Prince Edward Island
term_start =October 9 1996
term_end =27 November 1996
predecessor =Catherine Callbeck
successor =Pat Binns
birth_date = birth date and age|1950|2|8|
party = Liberal|Keith Milligan (born
February 8 ,1950 in Inverness) is aPrince Edward Island politician.He entered the
legislative assembly through a 1981by-election and was re-elected in 1982, 1986, 1989, 1993 and 1996. A Liberal he became minister of health and social services underPremier Joe Ghiz in 1986. He became minister of agriculture in 1989 and minister of education in 1993. In 1996 he became leader of the Liberal Party and was briefly premier of the province before his government's defeat in that year's election.Having announced he would be seeking the Liberal nomination in the federal riding of Egmont. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2007/03/12/milligan-egmont.html Milligan to seek Liberal nod in Egmont ] ] , on
November 3 ,2007 , at the nominating Liberal convention, he lost the nomination to Robert Morrissey [ [http://www.journalpioneer.com/index.cfm?sid=77293&sc=118 Summerside The Journal Pioneer: News | Morrissey looking forward to the campaign ] ] . When Morrissey steped down, however, Milligan was acclaimed as the new candidate onSeptember 9 ,2008 . [http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=168773&sc=98]References
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NAME=Milligan, Keith
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=February 8 ,1950
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DATE OF DEATH=living
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