‘History will look kindly on him,’ politics professor says of Dennis King’s legacy [Video]

When the time comes for people to look back and study the political yesterdays of Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, history will give a favourable review, says UPEI political scientist Don Desserud.

Desserud spoke to CBC News after Thursday’s announcement that King will be resigning as the Island’s 33rd premier effective Friday at 1 p.m.

“They’re going to say he was a premier that faced a lot of problems — an unprecedented number of problems, given the time that he was able to serve,” he said.

“It’s a long list, and to have to deal with so many things over that six-year period — not that premiers across the country don’t deal with crises all the time — but there seems to be a disproportionate number that they had to deal with.”

Hats off to him for being so forthright.— Don Desserud

King took on the leadership role with the P.E.I. PC Party in February of 2019, promising at the time: “The …