Dan Crummell is a

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, who represented the district of

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from 2011 to 2015, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. In a 1995 by-election and the 1996 provincial election, Crummell was the Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Gander.

Background

Crummell was raised in the town of Gander in central

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. He moved to St. John's to pursue his post-secondary education at

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(MUN), and completed an Arts degree with a major in

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and minors in English and History. During his time at MUN, Crummell served as the Executive Vice-President and later President of Memorial University's Council of the Students’ Union. Following his graduation he worked in sales and marketing with Molson Canada. He spent 25 years with the company, and spent 10 years as the Regional Sales Manager for Newfoundland and Labrador.

Politics

Crummell first sought political office when he ran as the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) candidate in an October 10, 1995 by-election in the district of Gander. The by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal cabinet minister

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, who had held the seat since 1985. PC Party leader Lynn Verge admitted that it would be a tremendous upset if her party was able to take the seat from the Liberals in the by-election. On election night Liberal candidate

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, who lost the Liberal nomination to Vey for the October by-election, was now the Liberal candidate for the district. Kelly defeated Crummell by over 700 votes, and the Liberal Party were re-elected to a majority government.

Government backbencher

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should do the honourable thing and resign from cabinet. Penashue, Newfoundland and Labrador's representative in the federal cabinet, was facing allegations of improper campaign spending and donations. Hours after Crummell made the comments on CBC's radio program On Point, he sent out an email saying that he was unaware that an official agent had been appointed to look into the issues with Penashue and that he thought it was important for the province to have representation in the federal cabinet. Five months later Penashue resigned as minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and as the member of Parliament for

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, and announced he would run in a by-election after it was confirmed he had accepted ineligible donations in the 2011 election. He was later defeated in a by-election.

Cabinet Minister

On October 9, 2013, Premier

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appointed Crummell Minister of Service NL, in a major shuffle that saw him and MHA Steve Kent enter cabinet. Along with being named Minister of Service NL, Crummell was also Minister Responsible for the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, Minister Responsible for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, and Minister Responsible for the Government Purchasing Agency. On July 17, 2014, Crummell was appointed Minister of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister Responsible for Fire and Emergency Services, and Registrar General. On September 30, 2014, Crummell was appointed Minister of Environment and Conservation, Minister Responsible for the Multi-Materials Stewardship Board and Minister Responsible for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. In the

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, Crummell was defeated by Liberal

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, November 30, 2015.

2015-present

In 2018, following the election of Ches Crosbie as PC Leader; Crosbie appointed Crummell as his chief of staff in the Opposition Office. Crummell was replaced as chief of staff by former MP

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that October.

Electoral record

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References

External links

Dan Crummell's PC Party biography

Dan Crummell's Personal Website
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