Sonny Gallant Explained

Sonny Gallant
Birth Date:27 March 1956
Residence:Miscouche
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Evangeline-Miscouche
Term Start:June 12, 2007
Term End:March 6, 2023
Predecessor:Wilfred Arsenault
Successor:Gilles Arsenault
Office1:Interim Leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party
Term Start1:September 16, 2019
Term End1:November 19, 2022
Predecessor1:Robert Mitchell (interim)
Successor1:Sharon Cameron

Stanley "Sonny" Gallant[1] (born March 27, 1956)[2] is a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party from 2019 to 2022. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Evangeline-Miscouche from 2007 to 2023 and is a member of the Liberal Party. On February 15, 2017, Gallant was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning, serving until 2023.[3] He was chosen interim leader of the Liberal Party on September 16, 2019, serving until November 19, 2022.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sonny Gallant Legislative Assembly. 2021-01-23. www.assembly.pe.ca.
  2. Web site: Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) . Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island . 2021-04-05.
  3. Web site: P.E.I. cabinet shuffle: Sonny Gallant and Pat Murphy in, Richard Brown out. CBC News. February 15, 2017. 2017-02-15.
  4. News: Sonny Gallant named interim leader of P.E.I. Liberal Party CBC News. en-US. CBC. 2021-01-23.