Perry Canning is a

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politician from

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. He was the member of the

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(MHA) for Labrador West from 1996 to 1999.

Politics

Canning is from

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. He ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Menihek in

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, but he lost to incumbent Progressive Conservative (PC) MHA

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. Canning challenged Snow again in the following 1996 election and won in the redistributed riding of Labrador West. While in the House of Assembly, Canning was appointed as the chair of the Resources Committee by Premier

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. He was narrowly defeated by New Democratic (NDP) candidate Randy Collins in the 1999 election. Canning continued to work for the provincial government as an industry advisor in what was criticized by the opposition as a patronage appointment. He later worked for

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. In 2017, he was appointed as the Assistant Deputy Minister of Mines within the Department of Natural Resources in the

Dwight Ball Dwight Ball (born 21 December 1957) is a Canadian politician who was the 13th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from 14 December 2015, to 19 August 2020, and an MHA. He represented the electoral district of Humber Valley in the Newfoundlan ...

administration.

Electoral history

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References

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