Brian Francis | |
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Senator for Prince Edward Island | |
Assumed office October 11, 2018 | |
Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
Appointed by | Julie Payette |
Personal details | |
Born | Lennox Island,Prince Edward Island,Canada [1] | September 28,1957
Political party | Progressive Senate Group |
Brian Francis (born September 28,1957) is a Mi'kmaq leader,Chief of the Abegweit First Nation from 2007 to 2018. On 11 October 2018 he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing Prince Edward Island. [2] He is the first Mi'kmaq from Prince Edward Island appointed to the Senate.
Prior to becoming chief,he was an Aboriginal programs co-ordinator with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. [2]
Prince Edward Island is an island province of Canada. While it is the smallest province in terms of land area and population,it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames:"Garden of the Gulf","Birthplace of Confederation" and "Cradle of Confederation". Its capital and largest city is Charlottetown. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces.
The Acadians are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Mi'kmaq are an Indigenous group of people of the Northeastern Woodlands,native to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces,primarily Nova Scotia,New Brunswick,Prince Edward Island,and Newfoundland,and the GaspéPeninsula of Quebec as well as Native Americans in the northeastern region of Maine. The traditional national territory of the Mi'kmaq is named Mi'kma'ki.
Joseph Atallah Ghiz was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was the 27th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1993,and was a justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island from 1995 until his death in 1996. He was the father of Robert Ghiz,the 31st premier of Prince Edward Island. Ghiz was the first premier of a Canadian province to be of non-European descent,since followed by Ujjal Dosanjh and Ghiz's son,Robert.
Bonshaw is a former rural municipality in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island within Queens County.
The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island is the representative in Prince Edward Island of the monarch,who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada,as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof,and resides predominantly in his oldest realm,the United Kingdom. The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties.
The Abegweit First Nation is a First Nations government located on Prince Edward Island,Canada.
Michael Dennis Duffy is a former Canadian senator and former Canadian television journalist. Prior to his appointment to the upper house in 2008,he was the Ottawa editor for CTV News Channel. Upon turning 75 on May 27,2021,Duffy retired from the senate due to mandatory retirement rules.
Edward Cornwallis was a British career military officer and member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family,who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. After Cornwallis fought in Scotland,putting down the Jacobite rebellion of 1745,he was appointed Groom of the Chamber for King George II. He was then made Governor of Nova Scotia (1749–1752),one of the colonies in North America,and assigned to establish the new town of Halifax,Nova Scotia. Later Cornwallis returned to London,where he was elected as MP for Westminster and married the niece of Robert Walpole,Great Britain's first Prime Minister. Cornwallis was next appointed as Governor of Gibraltar.
The politics of Prince Edward Island are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces. The capital of the province of Prince Edward Island is Charlottetown,where the lieutenant governor and the premier reside,and where the provincial legislature and cabinet are located.
Lennox Island is a Mi'kmaq First Nations band government in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. Its only currently inhabited reserve is Lennox Island 1,on Lennox Island,purchased by the Aborigines' Protection Society on behalf of the Mi'kmaq of Prince Edward Island in 1870 or 1878. The population on reserve is approximately 450. In 2005 the population was 320 on reserve and 720 off reserve,with 60% of the population being younger than 35. The 2016 census counted 323 residents on reserve. The band has two other reserves,Lennox Island 5,located in East Bideford,and Lennox Island 6,located in Fernwood,both acquired in the 2000s.
Lennox Island is an island located in Malpeque Bay off the northwest coast of Prince Edward Island,Canada. Connected by a short causeway and bridge,Lennox Island is home to the Lennox Island First Nation,of the Mi'kmaq people. The Mi'kmaq name for the island is L'nui Minegoo,and it has been informally known by European settlers as Indian Island.
The history of Prince Edward Island covers several historical periods,from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. Prior to the arrival of Europeans,the island formed a part of Mi'kma'ki,the lands of the Mi'kmaq people. The island was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century. The French later laid claim over the entire Maritimes region,including Prince Edward Island in 1604. However,the French did not attempt to settle the island until 1720,with the establishment of the colony of Île Saint-Jean. After peninsular Acadia was captured by the British in 1710,an influx of Acadian migrants moved to areas still under French control,including Île Saint-Jean.
Orville Howard Phillips was a Canadian dental surgeon,politician,and senator.
Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst is a National Historic Site located in Rocky Point,Prince Edward Island.
Eugene Rossiter is the Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada. He took office on November 23,2006. Rossiter was born in Morell,Prince Edward Island. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Francis Xavier University and a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University. Justice Rossiter was called to the Bar of Prince Edward Island in 1978 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1991. He is a founding Director and Secretary-General of the International Association of Tax Judges from 2010 to 2011,and has served as its President since 2011.
Flat Bay is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a Canadian community in southwestern Newfoundland.
Harry Franklin Lewis,is a Canadian broadcaster and politician who served as the 28th lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island,as viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of Prince Edward Island. He held the position from August 15,2011,until October 20,2017,and was succeeded by Antoinette Perry who was appointed on September 14,2017.
The Qalipu First Nation,is a Mi'kmaq band government,created by order-in-council in 2011 pursuant to the Agreement for the Recognition of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq Band. After the band was approved as a First Nation,100,000 people applied for membership and a total of 23,000 were approved.
CIYR-FM is a Canadian radio station,broadcasting at 93.7 FM serving the Potlotek First Nation,Nova Scotia. The station broadcasts a First Nations-oriented community radio format branded as Mniku Radio.