Joe Ghiz

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 member of a visible minority group to be premier of a Canadian province, since followed by British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh and his son, Robert.