Brian Peckford

Alfred Brian Peckford ( born August 27, 1942 in Whitbourne, Newfoundland ) is a Canadian politician.

Biography

Peckford, who was first a member of the Liberal Party, in 1969 a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) and for their party grouping Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador ( PCP NL) in 1972 as a member of the House of Representatives of Newfoundland and Labrador ( Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly ) elected. At the same time, he was Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador Frank Moores.

1974 appointed him Prime Minister Moore to the Minister for Local Government Affairs and Housing (Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing ) and after a cabinet reshuffle in 1976 as Minister of Mines and Energy (Minister of Mines and Energy ). In addition, he took over in 1978, the Office of the Minister for Rural Development (Minister of Rural Development ). The observers as self-confident and sometimes described as brash Peckford nationwide reached notoriety when he negotiated as a mining and energy minister, the rules for the oil and gas developments in the province and implemented. These were so drastic that the multinational oil companies ended their exploration. However Peckford took the view that the occurrence of the province would sooner or later also in demand regardless of the cost and in fact the offshore exploration in 1979 was resumed.

At the Congress of the PCP -NL, he was elected to succeed the retiring Moore as Chairman of the provincial party on March 17, 1979, took over from that on March 26, 1979, the office of the Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador. Immediately afterwards, he called new elections, which were held on June 8, 1979, in which the PCP -NL, the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador ( LPNL ) clearly struck under their top candidates Don Jamieson. While the PCP -NL received 33 of the 52 deputies mandates that LPNL got the remaining 19 seats got. In this case, both parties were able to record gains, as the current five members of the Newfoundland Reform Liberal Party were not represented in Parliament.

During his campaign, he promised more attention to the Labrador Peninsula, the mainland portion of the province, as well as programs for the conservation and promotion of the culture of Newfoundland. As prime minister, he led a financial programs with a distinct socio-political component. In addition, he led a fierce battle with the liberals of the Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to the right of control over marine resources and fish oil off the coast of Newfoundland.

After the election of his friend Brian Mulroney Conservative Party and the Canadian Prime Minister sat Peckford continue the talks and succeeded in 1984, the so-called Atlantic match ( Atlantic Accord ) that a fair share, as well as control over the coastal marine resources conceded in his opinion, Newfoundland.

After ten years in office, he entered on 22 March 1989 back as Prime Minister of the province and handed the office to Thomas Rideout. This suffered with the PCP -NL in the provincial elections on 20 April 1989, however, a defeat in which the Conservatives won only 21 of the 52 seats and the LPNL won 31 seats. Prime Minister was then on 5 May 1989 Clyde Wells of the Liberals.

After retiring from politics Peckford worked as owner of a consulting company in the private sector.

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