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### Viewing cable 07HALIFAX48, BIO DATA REPORT: GHIZ, ROBERT PEI PREMIER-ELECT

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    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1190
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    INFO RUCNCAN/ALL CANADIAN POSTS COLLECTIVE
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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HALIFAX 000048

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    FOR WHA/CAN AND INR/B

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PGOV PINR CA
    SUBJECT: BIO DATA REPORT: GHIZ, ROBERT PEI PREMIER-ELECT

    REF: HALIFAX 0045

    HALIFAX 00000048  001.2 OF 002

    ¶1. As reported reftel, Robert Ghiz and his Liberal party toppled
    the incumbent Tory government in a decisive win in the Prince
    Edward Island provincial election on May 28, 2007.  Ghiz and his
    new cabinet will assume power on June 13, 2007.

    ¶2.  NAME:  Robert Watson Joseph GHIZ

    ¶3.  DATE OF BIRTH:  January 21, 1974

    ¶4.  PLACE OF BIRTH:  Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

    ¶5.  FAMILY:
    -- Son of the late Joe Ghiz (a Harvard-educated lawyer of
    Lebanese decent who was premier from 1986 to 1993) and Rose
    Ellen

    -- One sibling - sister Joanne.

    -- Married to Dr. Kate Ellis of Prince Edward Island

    ¶6.  FUTURE POSITON:  To become Premier of the Province of Prince
    Edward Island on June 13, 2007.

    ¶7.  POLITICAL/PROFFESIONAL CAREER:

    -- Appointed as a Special Assistant to former federal Liberal
    cabinet minister Sheila Copps (1997-1998).

    -- Manager of Government Affairs, Bank of Nova Scotia, Ottawa,
    Ontario (1998-2001).

    -- Appointed as a Special Advisor (for Canada's Atlantic
    Provinces) to former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien
    (2001-2003).

    -- Chosen Leader of the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island in
    April 2003.

    -- Elected to the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly for
    District 13, Charlottetown-Rochford Square in the September 2003
    provincial general election

    -- As Leader of the Official Opposition served as critic for
    several portfolios including intergovernmental affairs, health
    and social services.

    -- Re-elected as the member for Charlottetown-Rochford Square in
    the May 2007 provincial general election.

    ¶8.  EDUCATION:  Educated in Charlottetown area schools; Bachelor
    of Arts (Political Science), Bishop's University, Lennoxville,
    Quebec.

    ¶9. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:  Avid sports fan with a special
    love for hockey, basketball and golf.

    COMMENT

    ¶10.  The Liberals' upset victory in the May 28 provincial
    election was a crowning achievement for 33-year old Robert Ghiz
    who is a relative newcomer to provincial politics.  Ghiz started
    his political career as a behind-the-scenes advisor in Ottawa
    and he only returned to the Island early in 2003 when provincial
    Liberal party strategists enticed him to run in the party's
    leadership campaign that April.  Island Liberals were looking
    for a star candidate to guide them in revitalizing the party
    which was suffering from a demoralizing one-seat presence in the
    27-seat provincial legislature.  With popular Tory Premier Pat
    Binns ready to call an election that fall, the Liberals were
    scrambling to find a high-profile contender to go up against
    him, and thought they had found their man in Ghiz.

    ¶11.  The problem was that pundits and political commentators
    were quick to ponder if Ghiz really had the qualities to lead
    the party in dethroning the popular Binns, commenting that
    perhaps his notoriety and appeal came more from his pedigree
    than his personal attributes.  Ghiz is the son of the late
    premier Joe Ghiz who is regarded as one of the Island's greatest
    orators and gifted parliamentarians.  The assumption was that
    young Ghiz would follow in his father's footsteps by igniting
    the party and the electorate and topple the incumbent Tories.
    However, Ghiz only narrowly won the contest over a
    well-seasoned, ex-Liberal cabinet minister who made much of
    Ghiz's political inexperience, his life off the Island, and his
    perceived lack of political intellect that his father had
    consistently displayed.

    ¶12.  Undaunted by his near defeat in the leadership race, Ghiz
    quickly set about rebuilding the party knowing that Binns was

    HALIFAX 00000048  002.2 OF 002

    getting ready to call an election that September.  In the
    ensuing campaign, Ghiz turned in what was generally regarded as
    a credible performance taking four seats in the legislature,
    graciously accepting his loss to Binns, but vowing to win the
    next time.  In the years following, that vow looked very
    difficult to fulfill as Binns and his ruling Tory party enjoyed
    widespread support across the Island and the Liberals
    consistently trailed in the public opinion polls.  That trend
    continued even going into this year's election which Binns
    called on April 30.

    ¶13.  The general consensus was that the election would be a
    tight race, but Binns would probably take it, albeit with a
    reduced majority.  Up for the challenge, Ghiz unveiled a
    well-crafted campaign that turned out to be very popular with
    the electorate, focusing on improvements to education and health
    care, tax reduction and a pledge to maintain rural communities.
    Ghiz was also careful not to personally attack Binns given that
    the Premier was still widely respected across the province.
    Instead, he focused on offering Islanders a fresh government,
    painting the Tories as a stale government bankrupt of ideas.
    The strategy worked so well that on election day, May 28, Ghiz
    emerged with an overwhelming majority, 23 seats to the Tories'
    four.  Even Ghiz was surprised at the results and publicly
    acknowledged that he was overwhelmed by the Islanders'
    overwhelming endorsement.  (FYI:  The Liberals garnered almost
    53 percent of the vote versus 41.5 percent for the Tories.
    However, in a province with only 98,000 eligible voters our
    contacts have pointed out it does not take much to produce a
    change in government as Ghiz just experienced. END FYI)

    ¶14.  Ghiz has a busy and exciting career ahead of him beginning
    on June 13 when he and his party take over the government.
    Deciding who will sit in his cabinet and setting his legislative
    agenda will be his top priorities, but equally important he says
    is for him to spend time with his family.  He is very devoted to
    his widowed mother and his paternal grandmother, but saves the
    bulk of his free time for his wife of just one year, Dr. Kate
    Ellis, a medical doctor who interrupted her medical training to
    join her husband on the campaign trail.  Ghiz says he wants to
    ensure that he strikes an equal balance between work and his
    private life especially as he and his wife are looking forward
    to starting a family.

    ¶15.  CG managed a brief meeting with Ghiz in PEI on May 30 just
    two days after his election win.  While he was still trying to
    fathom the scope of his victory, the Premier did underscore his
    desire to continue the close relationship his province has
    enjoyed with U.S. Mission in Canada and expressed a desire to
    build on the already strong trade and cultural relationship
    between his province and the United States.  Ghiz will get an
    early opportunity to learn more about U.S. interests as he will
    be hosting the annual meeting of New England Governors and
    Eastern Canadian Premiers June 25-27, which Ambassador Wilkins
    will also be attending.  For now, Ghiz is concentrating on more
    domestic items such as picking his cabinet and deciding how to
    implement those campaign promises that proved so popular with
    the electorate.

    END COMMENT
    FOSTER

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