Ray Hunter , is a

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, Canada. He represented the

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in the

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until his retirement in 2015. He has sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) since being first elected in the 1999 provincial election, he has since been re-elected in the

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and

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elections. In June 2011, former

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Rex Barnes challenged him for the PC nomination but Hunter easily defeated him and was re-elected in the October election.

Electoral record

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References

External links

Ray Hunter's PC Party biography
Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Newfoundland-politician-stub