Tony Cornect
Tony Cornect | |
|---|---|
| MHA for Port au Port | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Hodder |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Kippens, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Tony Cornect (born in Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian politician.
Cornect represents the district of Port au Port in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
He 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]
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.
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