Ronald Gilbert Dawe (born 1944) is a Canadian educator and former politician in

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. He represented St. George's in the

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from 1979 to 1989. He was born in

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and was educated at

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and

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. After completing his education, Dawe taught

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. He was also Parks and Recreation director for Stephenville and a recreation consultant for the Newfoundland Department of Rehabilitation and Recreation. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1979. Dawe served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Recreation and Culture, as Minister of the Environment and as Minister of Transportation. After he left politics in 1989, he was involved in several businesses, including an inn in

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. Dawe served as a senior policy advisor for the Liberal government. He resigned that position in 2002 to seek the Progressive Conservative nomination for St. George's-Stephenville East. However, PC leader Danny Williams refused to allow Dawe to run for the nomination. He subsequently became the

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candidate but lost to Joan Burke in the 2003 general election.

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1944 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador 20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly {{Newfoundland-politician-stub