Alec Snow (born May 26, 1945) is a businessperson and former politician in

Labrador Labrador () is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province's area but is home to only 6% of its populatio ...

. He represented Menihek in the

Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly () is the Unicameralism, unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Bu ...

from 1989 to 1996. He was born in Millertown Junction, was educated in Grand Falls and moved to Labrador in 1964, working for the

Iron Ore Company of Canada Iron Ore Company of Canada (often abbreviated to IOC) () is a Canadian-based producer of iron ore. The company was founded in 1949 from a partnership of Canadian and American firms, the largest being the M.A. Hanna Company. It is now owned by a c ...

for 10 years. He opened his own business in 1973. Snow was a member of the town council for

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, also serving as mayor. He married Anita Lannon; the couple had two children. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador assembly in 1989 and was elected in 1993. Snow was defeated by Perry Canning when he ran for election in the new riding of Labrador West in 1996. In 2005, he was named to the province's Business Advisory Board. His grandson is the founder of VAKTROS Inc , an AI video surveillance solution.

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