Frank Moores

Frank Duff Moores ( born February 18, 1933, Carbonear, Newfoundland; † July 10, 2005 in Perth, Ontario) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party and 1972-1979 Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Biography

Advance to the Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador

Moore was first elected in the elections in 1968 for the constituency of Bonavista - Trinity - Conception to a member of the Canadian House of Commons, before 1970 Chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador was.

In the elections to the House of Newfoundland and Labrador on October 28, 1971, he scored a sensational victory against the incumbent since 1949, first prime minister of the province, Joey Smallwood: While the Liberal Party won 20 of the 42 seats, the Progressive Conservative Party got 21 seats. 1 seat went to the local Labrador Party. Since the Liberals got the most votes, Smallwood requested a recount. Ultimately, however, a court ruled that the Conservatives won the elections. Moore himself was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the newly created constituency of Humber West in this election.

Then Moore's 1972 Small Woods successor as Prime Minister on 18 January. In this role, he supported legislative initiatives to expand the province control over coastal resources, such as fisheries and petroleum. In the elections for the House of Representatives on 24 March 1972, on 16 September 1975, conducted by Felix Progressive Conservative Party achieved with a very wide absolute majorities of 33 and 30 seats, the House of Representatives in 1975 expanded from 51 seats.

On March 26, 1979, he resigned after seven years in office back as prime minister and handed the office to Brian Peckford, who was an influential Minister of Mines, Energy and Rural Development at that time.

Withdrawal from politics and Airbus affair

After his retirement from politics, he devoted himself to the work as a lobbyist before he as campaign manager in 1983 brought about the victory of Brian Mulroney as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Mulroney appointed him then as a consultant, and shortly thereafter he was also a board member of Air Canada. At the same time he was a member of management consulting Government Consultants International (GCI ), which was also involved in the field of aviation, so that Moores after growing allegations of conflict of interest resigned from his mandate at Air Canada. In 1987, he became CEO of CGI and looked at this time confronted with the Airbus affair, in which senior government corruption for the appointment of Airbus aircraft to Air Canada was accused. Chairman of the Airbus group at this time was the Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss. However, Moore fought until his death from any involvement in the Airbus affair.