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Captain Don Whelan (born 1948) is a Canadian mariner and former politician in
Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population ...
. He represented
Harbour Main Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs. Between 1972 and the y ...
in the
Newfoundland and Labrador 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 1993 to 1999. The son of Captain Matthew Whelan and Bride Cole, he earned his captain's license in 1989. Whelan served as mayor of
Colliers Collier or colliers may refer to: Coal industry * Collier, coal miner or coal merchant * Colliery, coal mining and selling; or a coal mine *Collier (ship), a bulk cargo ship which carried coal *Charcoal maker, in colonial United States and also i ...
. He was executive assistant for Don Jamieson and research assistant for
Len Stirling Leonard Walter Stirling (November 3, 1937 – February 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. He was a member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1982 and was leader of the Liberal Party ...
and William Rowe. Whelan was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1993 and was reelected to the newly created riding of Harbour Main-Whitbourne in 1996. He did not run for reelection in 1999.


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Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs 20th-century mayors of places in Newfoundland and Labrador Living people 1948 births 20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly {{Newfoundland-politician-stub