Wayne D. Cheverie (born May 19, 1950) is a Canadian former attorney, politician, government minister, and currently a justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. He was born in

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlott ...

, the son of Charles George Cheverie and Clara Austin, and was educated at the

University of Prince Edward Island The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the ''University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.'' H ...

and the

Dalhousie Law School The Schulich School of Law is the law school of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1883 as Dalhousie Law School, it is the oldest university-based common law school in Canada. It adopted its current name in October ...

and made a career as an attorney in private practice. In 1975, he married Theresa Bennett. Elected to the

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in 1986, Cheverie served in various

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posts including Minister of Justice, Attorney General, Minister of Labour, Minister of Health and Social Services and Provincial Treasurer in the Prince Edward Island government under the administrations of

Joe Ghiz Joseph Atallah Ghiz (January 27, 1945 – November 9, 1996) 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 unt ...

and

Catherine Callbeck Catherine Sophia Callbeck (born July 25, 1939) is a retired Canadian 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 fema ...

. Cheverie ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the

Prince Edward Island Liberal Party The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party, officially the Prince Edward Island Liberal Association'','' is a political party in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is one of the three parties currently represented in the Legislative Asse ...

in 1996 against Daniel Mullen,

Keith Milligan Keith Wayne Milligan (born February 8, 1950) is a Canadian politician who was the 29th premier of Prince Edward Island, serving for seven weeks in the autumn of 1996. He was educated at Inverness District School, O'Leary Regional High School a ...

, and Ian "Tex" MacDonald, ultimately losing to Milligan. Cheverie served as interim Leader of the Opposition after the Liberal Party lost in the 1996 general election to the PC Party under

Pat Binns Patrick George Binns (born October 8, 1948) is a Canadian diplomat, the 30th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007 and Canadian Ambassador to Ireland from 2007 to 2010. Binns has a long history of public service, most notably being ...

. He resigned from politics in 1997 to accept an appointment as chairman for the

Prince Edward Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission The Prince Edward Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission, informally shortened to the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission or IRAC, is the independent tribunal and regulating arm of the Government of Prince Edward Island. IRAC was establishe ...

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Election results for Wayne Cheverie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheverie, Wayne 1950 births Politicians from Charlottetown Schulich School of Law alumni University of Prince Edward Island alumni Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs Judges in Prince Edward Island Living people Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island Ministers of finance of Prince Edward Island 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island