Tony Cornect
| Tony Cornect | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Port au Port | |
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In office February 8, 2007 – November 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Hodder |
| Succeeded by | District Abolished |
| Minister of Service NL of Newfoundland and Labrador | |
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In office September 30, 2014 – March 12, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | David Brazil |
| Succeeded by | Dan Crummell |
| Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation of Newfoundland and Labrador | |
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In office July 17, 2014 – September 30, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sandy Collins |
| Succeeded by | Darin King |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Kippens, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Tony Cornect MHA, 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.
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.[1] A fluently bilingual Franco-Newfoundlander, Cornect was the first MHA in the province ever to take his oath of office in French.[2]
Electoral record
| Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Cornect | 2,609 | 58.99% | – | |
| Liberal | Kate Mitchell Mansfield | 954 | 21.57% | ||
| NDP | Jamie Brace | 860 | 19.44% | ||
| Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Cornect | 3,936 | 81.22% | – | |
| Liberal | Michelle Felix | 910 | 18.78% | ||
| By-election, February 8, 2007 resignation of Jim Hodder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Cornect | 2,701 | 62.0 | ||
| Liberal | Mark Felix | 1,521 | 34.9 | ||
| New Democrat | Paul O'Keefe | 135 | 3.1 | ||
References
- ↑ "Newfoundland's French newspaper Le Gaboteur's future uncertain". cbc.ca, December 17, 1999.
- ↑ "Port au Port MHA pledges oath in French". cbc.ca, March 5, 2007.
- ↑ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
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