Tony Cornect

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Tony Cornect | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador | office2 = Minister of Service NL, Minister Responsible for the office of the chief Information Officer, Minister Responsible for Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, Minister Responsible for the Government Purchasing Agency, And Minister Responsible for the Labour relations Agency | term_start2 = September 30, 2014 | term_end2 = March 12, 2015 | successor2 = Dan Crummell | predecessor2 = David Brazil | office3 = Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, And Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs of <br />Newfoundland and Labrador | term_start3 = July 17, 2014 | term_end3 = September 30, 2014 | successor3 = Darin King | predecessor3 = Sandy Collins | assembly1 = Newfoundland and Labrador House of | constituency_AM1 = Port au Port | term_start1 = February 8, 2007 | term_end1 = November 30, 2015 | predecessor1 = Jim Hodder | successor1 = ''District Abolished'' | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = }}

'''Tony Cornect''' is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, who represented the district of Port au Port in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2007 to 2015. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation and Minister of Service NL. He was defeated in the 2015 provincial election, in which he ran in the new district of Stephenville-Port au Port.<ref name=wins>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/provincial-election-candidates-1.3343999 "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"]. CBC News, November 30, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cabinet-ministers-defeated-1.3344727|title=4 Tory cabinet ministers fall to defeat in Liberal rout|publisher=CBC News|date=December 1, 2015|accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref>

Cornect previously served as a town councillor and mayor in Cape St. George. He was also formerly a board member of ''Le Gaboteur'', the province's only French-language newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-s-french-newspaper-le-gaboteur-s-future-uncertain-1.173184|title=Newfoundland's French newspaper Le Gaboteur's future uncertain|publisher=CBC News|date=December 17, 1999|accessdate=May 26, 2018}}</ref> A fluently bilingual Franco-Newfoundlander, Cornect was the first MHA in the province ever to take his oath of office in French.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/port-au-port-mha-pledges-oath-in-french-1.678052|title=Port au Port MHA pledges oath in French|publisher=CBC News|date=March 5, 2007|accessdate=May 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Electoral record== {{Election box begin | title=2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec |NL |Liberal |John Finn |3,262|64.8|–}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Tony Cornect'''|1,273|25.3|–}} |- {{CANelec |NL |NDP |Bernice Hancock|499|9.9|–}} |}

{{Election box begin | title=2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Tony Cornect''' |2,609 |58.99% |–}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Kate Mitchell Mansfield|954|21.57%|}} |}

{{Election box begin | title=2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election<ref name=cbcnews>[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2007/riding/007/ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.</ref>}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Tony Cornect''' |3,936 |81.22% |–}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Michelle Felix|910|18.78%|}} |}

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="6"|By-election, February 8, 2007<br />resignation of Jim Hodder |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 40px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/- {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} | style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative |'''Tony Cornect''' |align=right|2,701 |align=right|62.0 |align=right| |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Mark Felix|1,521|34.9|}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} | style="width: 185px"|New Democrat |Paul O'Keefe |align=right|135 |align=right|3.1 |align=right| {{end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.pcpartynl.ca/person/tony-cornect/ Tony Cornect's PC Party biography]

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