Tony Wakeham is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2019 provincial election, and was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Stephenville-Port au Port as a member of the

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. On January 17, 2023, Wakeham announced he would be a candidate in the 2023 provincial PC leadership election. He won the election and became

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. In 2018, Wakeham ran for the leadership of the

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, but was defeated by St. John's lawyer

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. The final tally was Crosbie with 2,298.92 and Wakeham with 1,701.08 points respectively. Prior to entering politics, Wakeham was the CEO of Labrador-Grenfell Health Authority, was a franchisee of many

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restaurants and has served as the President of both the Newfoundland and Labrador Basketball Association and Basketball Canada.

Election results

2023 leadership election

(Voting Held October 4–14, 2023) : = Eliminated from next round : = Winner

Provincial elections

References

Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Year of birth missing (living people) Leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 21st-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly {{Newfoundland-politician-stub