Alfred Ross Robert Martin Wiseman is a

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politician from

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. Wiseman represented the

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Trinity North Trinity North was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 8,278 eligible voters living within the district. The riding was abolished in 2015 into Terra Nova and B ...

in the

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from 2000 to 2015, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Wiseman served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Finance, President of the Treasury Board, Minister of Environment and Conservation, Minister of Business and Minister of Health and Community Services. He also served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 2011 to 2014. Prior to entering cabinet he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Community Services.

Politics

Wiseman was elected as the member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the district of Trinity North on April 25, 2000. Originally elected as a member of the governing Liberal Party, Wiseman announced in September 2001 that he was crossing the floor to join the Progressive Conservative caucus. Wiseman was appointed to cabinet in January 2007 as Minister of Health and Community Services. In a minor cabinet shuffle in 2009, he became Minister of Business. On January 13, 2011, Premier Kathy Dunderdale shuffled the cabinet, and Wiseman became Minister of Environment and Conservation. Following his re-election in the October 2011, election Wiseman was uncontested for the role of Speaker of the House of Assembly. On September 5, 2014, Wiseman was named Minister of Finance by outgoing premier Tom Marshall. He retained the portfolio when Paul Davis took over as premier later that month. On July 30, 2015, Wiseman announced that he was leaving politics and would not run in the 2015 election."Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"

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, November 30, 2015.

Electoral record

, - , - , NDP , Vanessa Wiseman , align="right", 1,247 , align="right", 25.97 , align="right", , - , - , - , - , NDP , Janet Stringer , align="right", 247 , align="right", 5.15 , align="right", Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007

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. Retrieved May 22, 2009. , - , - , - , NDP , Howard W. Duffett , align="right", 340 , align="right", 5.56 , align="right", Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003

. Retrieved May 22, 2009. , - , - , - , NDP , Perry Feltham , align="right", 398 , align="right", 7.21 , align="right",

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiseman, Ross 1953 births Living people Finance ministers of Newfoundland and Labrador Health ministers of Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Speakers of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 21st-century Canadian politicians