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Tony Cornect

Tony Cornect

Canadian politician

Tony Cornect is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, who represented the district of Port au Port in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2007 to 2015. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation and Minister of Service NL. He was defeated in the 2015 provincial election, in which he ran in the new district of Stephenville-Port au Port.[1][2]

Quick Facts Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Port au Port, Preceded by ...

Cornect previously served as a town councillor and mayor in Cape St. George. He was also formerly a board member of Le Gaboteur, the province's only French-language newspaper.[3] A fluently bilingual Franco-Newfoundlander, Cornect was the first MHA in the province ever to take his oath of office in French.[4]

Electoral record

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References

  1. [1]
    "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.
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    "4 Tory cabinet ministers fall to defeat in Liberal rout". CBC News. December 1, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
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    "Newfoundland's French newspaper Le Gaboteur's future uncertain". CBC News. December 17, 1999. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
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    "Port au Port MHA pledges oath in French". CBC News. March 5, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
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    Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.


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