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68 ANDERSON ST
Kinkora,
Prince Edward Island
C0B 1N0
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Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Red Sands Shore
Description From Owner:
- Village in Lot 26. P.O. from 1884. Formerly known as Weatherbie's Corner and Strong's Corner. School 1864 Mount Stowe.
- The present name is from the Mi'kmaq Petekook, a word later influenced by French spelling and descriptive of Bedeque Harbour when approached from the E. It is Bedecque on a 1752 map.
- With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
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Catherine Callbeck (1939-) first entered politics in 1974 when she was elected to the Legislative Assembly.
She served as Minister of Health & Social Services and Minister Responsible for the Disabled until 1978 when she returned to the family business, Callbeck's Store at Central Bedeque.
In 1988 she was elected MP for Malpeque and in 1993 elected leader of PEI's Liberal Party and that year became the first woman in Canada elected a provincial premier.
She retired in 1996 and returned to the family business but in 1997 was called to the Senate of Canada.
In 2010 as a member of the Senate's national finance committee, she advocated scrapping the penny, arguing that the annual production of 800 million of them was creating a loss to taxpayers of $25 million.
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
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