Rob Lantz expected to step down as P.E.I. premier to run for provincial PC Party's permanent leadership
Posted on: Dec 11, 2025 23:35 IST | Posted by: Cbc
The tidings comes single daylight after the P.E.I. PC company proclaimed the date for its leadership convention, which will take place Feb. 7.
Under the party's constitution, Lantz has to resign as interim leader within 10 days of the announcement of the leadership convention in order to run.
Lantz has been premier and the PC Party's interim leader since February, when former premier Dennis King resigned.
Earlier Thursday, a media advisory sent by “Team Lantz ” said he would make a “special announcement” at 7 p.m. At the Delta Prince Edward this evening, with “key members of the PC Party” present.
With Lantz throwing his hat in the ring, there will now be two candidates in the leadership race. The other is lawyer Mark Ledwell, who put his name forward in May.
The deadline for candidates to enter the leadership contest is Dec. 24. Party officials have said they expect a “competitive race.”
The party plans three public forums, one in each county, beginning in mid-January.
Since becoming premier and interim leader of the PC Party in February, Lantz’s political future has made headlines.
First, he said he did not intend to seek the permanent leadership, but also said this:
Then in May, he issued a statement saying many people had approached him to reconsider his decision, so he left the door open. He said he owed it to them to do that.
But in June, he said again he would not pursue the permanent job.
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