Catherine Callbeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Catherine Callbeck

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1939

Place of Birth: Central Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Catherine Callbeck

  • Catherine Sophia Callbeck (born July 25, 1939) is a Canadian retired politician and the current and ninth Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.
  • She was the 28th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 1996, the third female premier in Canadian history, and the first to win a general election (the first female premier, Rita Johnston of British Columbia, became premier after winning the party leadership but lost the subsequent election; the second, Nellie Cournoyea of the Northwest Territories, was elected premier by MLAs following a non-partisan consensus government election).
  • She was subsequently a member of the Senate of Canada from 1997 until her retirement in 2014. Born in Central Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, the daughter of Ralph R.
  • Callbeck and Ruth Campbell, she received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mount Allison University in 1960 and a Bachelor of Education degree from Dalhousie University in 1962.
  • She took post-graduate courses in business administration from Syracuse University.Callbeck was a business teacher in New Brunswick and Ontario before returning to the island to enter the family retail business.

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