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Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2439 words) |
 | The island's namesake is Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767-1820), the father of Queen Victoria. |
 | Prince Edward Island is the first province in Canada to elect a Premier of non-European descent (Joseph Atallah Ghiz) in 1986. |
 | Prince Edward Island has an incredible level of political overrepresentation, with 4 Members of Parliament, 4 Senators, 27 Members of the Legislative Assembly, 2 cities, 7 towns and 60 incorporated rural communities (having over 500 municipal councillors and mayors) to give a total of 566 elected officials for a population of 138,307 (as of 2006). |
| Prince Edward Island - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (2291 words) |
 | Prince Edward Island (simply PEI or P.E.I. French, l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Scottish Gaelic, Eilean a’ Phrionns or Eilean Eòin) is a Canadian province situated in the Maritimes. |
 | Known as the "Garden Province", the island is located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, east of New Brunswick and north of Nova Scotia from which it is separated by the Northumberland Strait. |
 | Prince Edward Island is home to one provincial university, the University of Prince Edward Island, located in Charlottetown. |