2nd Premier of Newfoundland. He was educated at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario. He worked briefly in the Boston fish industry, then returned to Newfoundland, where he worked in his father's fish plant. He worked with his father to expand the family business, North East Fisheries, to the stage where it became the largest fish processor in Newfoundland by the early 1960s, employing 2,000 people. With his father's death of a heart attack in July 1962, he followed through on a plan to take the company to a year-round operation from the traditional summer-autumn format, and then sold a majority interest to British owners. With no previous experience in politics, he was first elected in 1968 to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative. In 1969 he was elected to a one-year term as president of the federal PC Party.In 1970, he resigned his federal seat, and became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland. He was asked to form a government in January 1972, several months following the October 1971 election that resulted in a near tie between Joey Smallwood's Liberals and the Tories. He then called a new March 1972 election shortly afterwards, and won a strong majority. In the 1975 election, he won a reduced majority. As Premier, he advocated rural development and provincial control of natural resources as well as economic development.
2nd Premier of Newfoundland. He was educated at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario. He worked briefly in the Boston fish industry, then returned to Newfoundland, where he worked in his father's fish plant. He worked with his father to expand the family business, North East Fisheries, to the stage where it became the largest fish processor in Newfoundland by the early 1960s, employing 2,000 people. With his father's death of a heart attack in July 1962, he followed through on a plan to take the company to a year-round operation from the traditional summer-autumn format, and then sold a majority interest to British owners. With no previous experience in politics, he was first elected in 1968 to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative. In 1969 he was elected to a one-year term as president of the federal PC Party.In 1970, he resigned his federal seat, and became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland. He was asked to form a government in January 1972, several months following the October 1971 election that resulted in a near tie between Joey Smallwood's Liberals and the Tories. He then called a new March 1972 election shortly afterwards, and won a strong majority. In the 1975 election, he won a reduced majority. As Premier, he advocated rural development and provincial control of natural resources as well as economic development.
Bio by: Anne (Winsor) Gosse
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