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Bloyce Thompson sworn in as new P.E.I. premier, 1 day after Rob Lantz's resignation
Bloyce Thompson becomes P.E.I.'s third premier in 2025 and will serve as interim leader until the Feb. 7 Progressive Conservative leadership convention.
- On Friday, Bloyce Thompson was sworn in as Prince Edward Island's 35th premier at Government House in Charlottetown after Rob Lantz stepped down to seek permanent Progressive Conservative Party leadership.
- A party rule allows an interim leader to seek permanent leadership if they resign within 10 days of a convention being called, as Rob Lantz had served since February after Dennis King's resignation.
- No cabinet shuffle accompanied Thompson's swearing-in Friday at Government House, Charlottetown; he retained his roles as minister of justice, public safety, attorney general and agriculture, adding Indigenous and intergovernmental affairs.
- Prince Edward Island now has its third premier this year, and opposition parties say Islanders deserve to choose the premier while Bloyce Thompson serves only as interim leader until the Feb. 7 leadership convention.
- Thompson, a third‑generation dairy farmer from Frenchfort and MLA since 2019, brings agricultural experience as P.E.I. prepares for the next election no later than Monday, Oct. 4, 2027.
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Bloyce Thompson became Prince Edward Island's third premier in less than a year, after Rob Lantz resigned.
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