Past newsmakers

1993: Premier Catherine Callbeck*;

1994: Provincial government’s 7 1/2 per cent public sector wage rollback*;

1995: Bombing of P.E.I. Legislature*;

1996: Charlottetown Mayor Ian Tex MacDonald;

1997: Confederation Bridge; 1998: Summerside police officer David Griffin;

1999: Lorie Kane;

2000: Lorie Kane;

2001: Blair Ross, workers’ compensation protest; 2002: Lucille Poulin; 2003: Robert Ghiz;

2004: Brad Richards; 2005: Jared Connaughton and Mark MacDonald, tie;

2006: Premier Pat Binns; 2007: Premier Robert Ghiz; 2008: Lucy Maud Montgomery;

2009: Baby Lillian;

2010: Heather Moyse (Olympic gold medal);

2011: Royal visit by Prince William and Kate;

2012: The Impaired Driver. 2013: Senator Mike Duffy. 2014: The ‘year” 2014 (150th anniversary of Charlottetown Conference).

2015: Mike Duffy

2016: Screencutter

2017: Hannah Bell

*Editor’s note: In 1993, 1994 and 1995, The Guardian only selected a Newsmaker of the Year. In 1996, to comply with The Canadian Press selection method, The Guardian began selecting both a Newsmaker of the Year and a News Story of the Year.