2nd openly LGBT Canadian premier on the horizon in 2015

University of Prince Edward Island President Wade MacLauchlan in his Charlottetown office.
(Nina Linton For The Globe and Mail)

2015 may also bring a second openly LGBT premier in Canada: Prince Edward Island's Liberal Party seems poised to elect Wade MacLauchlan, former president of the University of Prince Edward Island, as the successor to outgoing premier Joe Ghiz. 

"The openly gay, aspiring politician – his partner, Duncan McIntosh, is the artistic director of the Watermark Theatre in North Rustico – is also from a wealthy and well-respected island family..."

Good news, indeed!  To find out more about him, click here for his leadership website.

Happy New Year, everyone!