Gene Long (born 1957) is a former politician in

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, Canada. He was elected in 1986 as the

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member of the

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for the riding of St. John's East. Long ran for the party leadership in March 1989 but was defeated by Cle Newhook by a margin of 21 votes.Ward, Stephen, "New leader hopes to improve Newfoundland NDP's fortunes," ''Globe and Mail'', 20 March 1989 Long lost his seat in the provincial election a month later. In the 1990s, he moved to

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. He was a senior policy advisor in the Government of

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and later the communications manager at the Ontario

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's office. He worked as the communications manager at the

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department of the City of Toronto, and then as senior policy advisor at Toronto Public Health. He is also the published author of a political history of Newfoundland. He has a Master of Arts degree from

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Publications

* Long, Gene. ''Suspended state : Newfoundland before Canada'' / Gene Long. St. John's, Nfld. : Breakwater Books, 1999. 218 p. ; 21 cm. * Long, Gene. ''William Coaker and the loss of faith: toward and beyond consensus in the suspension of Newfoundland's self-government, 1925-1933'' Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1992. University Microfilms order no. UMI00427744.

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1957 births 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Living people Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party MHAs 20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly {{NewfoundlandandLabrador-politician-stub