Roy Charles Brett (born August 18, 1936) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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of Trinity North in the

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from 1972 to 1989. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. The son of William Robert Brett and Phoebe Elizabeth Keats, he was born in Barr'd Island, Newfoundland and was educated there and at

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. Brett was a business administrator. In 1956, he married Norma Rice. Brett was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1972. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Social Services, as Minister of Consumer Affairs and Environment and as Minister of Transport and Communications. He resigned his seat soon after being reelected in 1989.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brett, Charlie 1936 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni 20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly