Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Derrick Bragg | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MHA |
Office: | Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture in Newfoundland and Labrador |
Term Start: | April 8, 2021 |
Term End: | June 14, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Elvis Loveless |
Successor: | Elvis Loveless |
Office1: | Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure in Newfoundland and Labrador |
Term Start1: | August 19, 2020 |
Term End1: | April 8, 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Steve Crocker |
Successor1: | Elvis Loveless[1] |
Office2: | Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment in Newfoundland and Labrador |
Term Start2: | September 13, 2019 |
Term End2: | August 19, 2020 |
Predecessor2: | Perry Trimper |
Successor2: | Derek Bennett |
Assembly3: | Newfoundland and Labrador House of |
Constituency Am3: | Fogo Island-Cape Freels |
Term Start3: | November 30, 2015 |
Term End3: | January 22, 2024 |
Predecessor3: | Riding Established |
Successor3: | Jim McKenna |
Party: | Liberal |
Birth Date: | 14 August 1964 |
Birth Place: | Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
Occupation: | Town manager |
Derrick Boyd Bragg (August 14, 1964 – January 22, 2024)[2] was a Canadian politician who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.[3] He represented the electoral district of Fogo Island-Cape Freels as a member of the Liberal Party.[3] [4] He was born in Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador.[5]
Bragg was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election. On September 13, 2019, he was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment in the Ball government.[6]
On August 19, 2020, he was appointed Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, and Minister Responsible for the Public Procurement Agency in the Furey government.[7] He was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.[8] On April 8, 2021, he was appointed Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture.[9]
On June 14, 2023, Bragg announced he was undergoing treatment for tongue cancer.[10] Furey subsequently shuffled his cabinet and appointed Bragg Minister without portfolio. He died from cancer on January 22, 2024, at the age of 59.[11]