Wade Mac Lauchlan

: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan WEST COVEHEAD, P.E.I. - Six weeks after becoming premier of Prince Edward Island, Wade Mac Lauchlan is putting his job on the line by calling an election on promises of greater political engagement and a better economic future, according to Winnipeg Free Press. MacLauchlan announced voters will go to the polls on May 4 at his nomination meeting Monday night in the riding of York-Oyster Bed. MacLauchlan announced that the provincial election will be held on May 4, 2015. The announcement has been expected since Mac Lauchlan became premier Feb. 23, replacing Robert Ghiz, who led the Liberals to two straight majority governments before stepping down. Our focus on the economy and our promise of prosperity and leadership underpin the distinctive advantage that our Liberal party offers to Prince Edward Islanders." The four-week campaign will see the two main parties in Prince Edward Island led by men who are fighting their first general elections. MacLauchlan told about 500 party supporters in a community hall that he wants to build on economic successes that the province hasn't always highlighted. "Our Liberal government is committed to see Prince Edward Island do well and to see our province move forward," said Mac Lauchlan, 60, a lawyer and academic who served as president of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1999 to 2011. "Economic growth is the key to our success and to maintaining our quality of life. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.