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resigned following the defeat of his Progressive Conservative government in a motion of no confidence. Upon Miller's resignation, Lieutenant Governor

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appointed

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, then Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the

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, as Premier. Peterson went on to form a

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with the support of the

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