Terry French (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Terry French
Honorific-Suffix:MHA
Birth Place:Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Office:Mayor of Conception Bay South
Term Start:2017
Term End:2021[1]
Predecessor:Steve Tessier
Successor:Darrin Bent[2]
Office1:Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Term Start1:October 19, 2012
Term End1:September 19, 2014
Predecessor1:Derrick Dalley
Successor1:Incumbent
Term Start2:November 27, 2009
Term End2:October 28, 2011
Predecessor2:Clyde Jackman
Successor2:Derrick Dalley
Assembly3:Newfoundland and Labrador House of
Constituency Am3:Conception Bay South
Term Start3:2002
Term End3:September 19, 2014
Predecessor3:Bob French
Successor3:Rex Hillier
Office4:Minister of Environment and Conservation of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Term Start4:October 28, 2011
Term End4:October 19, 2012
Predecessor4:Ross Wiseman
Successor4:Tom Hedderson
Occupation:Executive Assistant

Terry French, is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. French represented the district of Conception Bay South in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2002 to 2014. He was acclaimed as mayor of Conception Bay South in the 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections.[3]

He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 2002 by-election held following the death of his father Bob French, who had represented the riding since 1996.[4]

He served in the cabinets of Danny Williams, Kathy Dunderdale and Tom Marshall. He has served as the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Minister of Environment and Conservation and as the Minister of Justice.[5] [6] [7] On September 19, 2014, French resigned his Conception Bay South seat.[8]

In 2015, he was named president of the Construction Labour Relations Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.[9]

Electoral record

|-|-|NDP|Noah Davis-Power|align="right"|1263|align="right"|24.06%|align="right"||-|}

|-|-|-|NDP|Touria Tougui|align="right"|259|align="right"|4.4%|align="right"||}

|-|-|-|NDP|Sheina Lerman|align="right"|372|align="right"|5.51%|align="right"||}

}|-|-|-|NDP|Ann Price|align="right"|73|align="right"|1.6%|align="right"||}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Council Swearing in Ceremony. 5 October 2021.
  2. 1443016607064805378. VOCMBen. Still waiting for the finals polls, but things are looking clear in the @TownofCBS.Darrin Bent tells me he is hum…. 29 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Canada . 2017-09-23 . 2017-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045005/https://www.conceptionbaysouth.ca/contact/council/election2017 . dead .
  4. News: Terry French quitting politics for career in private sector . . September 4, 2014.
  5. News: Premier appoints new minister, shuffles two others. 28 April 2013. The Telegram. 27 November 2009.
  6. News: Dunderdale unveils leaner cabinet. 25 May 2018. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 October 2011.
  7. News: Dunderdale shuffles the deck. 25 May 2018. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2012.
  8. News: French Bids Farewell to Political Life. September 19, 2014. September 20, 2014. VOCM.
  9. News: CLRA Appointments . Construction Labour Relations Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc . 11 March 2020 . Construction Labour Relations Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.