[maplesyrup]

What is with this former leader of the party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Peter Fenwick?

Does anyone know anything about him as he seems like a very bizarre individual to say the least?

[Newfie Canadian]

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He is a the former Director of Communications and Publications for the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and continues to write a column for the Institute. In the nineties Mr. Fenwick was a columnist for the two daily newspapers in Newfoundland, the St. John's Telegram and the Corner Brook Western Star. He was also an editorial board member of the St. John's Telegram for six years. For the past twelve years he has been a panelist on the CBC Newfoundland Supper Hour television program. He is a former leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party, having been the first NDP member elected to the provincial House of Assembly in 1984. He has had an extensive career in education, both as a high school teacher and as a social sciences instructor at the Stephenville Campus of the College of the North Atlantic. He was a member of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Board of Regents for six years and chaired the finance committee, the audit committee and the ad hoc committee on financial prospects. He was also a charter member of Newfoundland Premier's Advisory Council on Social Development, a citizens group charged with advising the provincial government on social policy. Peter received his undergraduate education at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, now Concordia, and was awarded a Masters in Arts in Political Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland. A Rotarian, Peter is actively involved in community activities on the west coast of Newfoundland, and has been an honorary Patron of the Newfoundland chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

What this little bio fails to mention is that in the 2000 federal election he ran as a candidate for the Canadian Alliance party and placed 4th out of 5 candidates.

[maplesyrup]

NC........thanks very much. I am now having one of those ah moments.

2000 federal election results
Burin-St. George's (PC 2,169)
xBill Matthews LIB 14,603
Sam Synard IND 7,891
Fred Pottle PC 5,798
Peter Fenwick CA 1,511
David Sullivan NDP 924

[Newfie Canadian]

You're welcome.
Fenwick is a weird cookie.
I've seen him since 2000 on the CBC (provincial) political panel and he appeared to still be more in tune with the NDP than other parties.
I still haven't discovered why he ran for the CA in 2000.