Tony Cornect

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.

Tony Cornect
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Port au Port
In office
February 8, 2007 – November 30, 2015
Preceded byJim Hodder
Succeeded byDistrict Abolished
Minister of Service NL
In office
September 30, 2014 – March 12, 2015
Preceded byDavid Brazil
Succeeded byDan Crummell
Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation of
Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
July 17, 2014 – September 30, 2014
Preceded bySandy Collins
Succeeded byDarin King
Personal details
BornCape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceKippens, Newfoundland and Labrador

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
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJohn Finn3,26264.8–
Progressive ConservativeTony Cornect1,27325.3–
New DemocraticBernice Hancock4999.9–
2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeTony Cornect2,60958.99%–
LiberalKate Mitchell Mansfield95421.57%
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeTony Cornect3,93681.22%–
LiberalMichelle Felix91018.78%
By-election, February 8, 2007
resignation of Jim Hodder
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative Tony Cornect 2,701 62.0
LiberalMark Felix1,52134.9
     New Democrat Paul O'Keefe 135 3.1

References
  1. "Newfoundland's French newspaper Le Gaboteur's future uncertain". CBC News. December 17, 1999. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. "Port au Port MHA pledges oath in French". CBC News. March 5, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  3. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.


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