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Andy Wells (Canadian Politician)
Andrew Wells (1944/5 – June 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 13th mayor of St. John's from 1997 to 2008 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He graduated from Prince of Wales College in 1961 and later obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and a Bachelor of Arts degree in education in 1966 and 1969, respectively. He was elected as a councillor in 1977, and served on the St. John's City Council until he resigned as Mayor in 2008. Wells ran for Mayor in the 2017 municipal election, but was unsuccessful. Mayor of St. John's He was first elected as the city's mayor in 1997, and was re-elected in 2001 and 2005. Wells attracted considerable media attention in Newfoundland and Labrador and other parts of Canada due to his gruff, outspoken personality. He appeared on the Rick Mercer Report as a nominee for "Craziest Mayor in Canada." He is noted for many scandals such as various insults to other council members. In 1998, Wells flew the Tibetan flag as a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Joseph Murphy
John Joseph Murphy Former Mayor of St. John’s, NL (September 24, 1922 – December 15, 2010 ) was a businessman and politician, and the 11th mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Born the son of John Murphy and Gertrude Wadden in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was educated at Saint Bonaventure's College. He worked for a time as a radio announcer with VOCM, but, following his 1951 marriage to Marjorie Halley, joined Halley and Company, a dry goods wholesale and retail firm. Following the death of his father-in-law, Patrick Halley, in 1956, Murphy became president of the company and , as a successful businessman, expanded its iconic retail chain, The Arcade, to nine stores in the St. John's and Conception Bay South region. Murphy ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate in the 1966 provincial election and again in a by-election in 1970. Elected to St. John's City council in 1973, receiving the highest number of votes, he became deputy mayor. In 1977, he ran unsuccessfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of St
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Uncertain
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in Earth's orbit, its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar climate, subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring (season), spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropics, tropical and subtropics, subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the tropics#Seasons and climate, seasonal tropics, the annual wet season, wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Newfoundland And Labrador Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on September 26, 2017. This article lists the results in selected municipalities. Results are for mayoral elections unless otherwise specified. Bay Roberts Clarenville Conception Bay South Corner Brook Mayor City council Deer Lake Gander Grand Falls-Windsor Happy Valley-Goose Bay Labrador City Council voted in 2017 to not hold a separate election for mayor. The council candidate who wins the most votes is elected mayor. Marystown Mount Pearl Mayor City Council Paradise Mayor City Council By-election, 2019 Portugal Cove-St. Philip's St. John's Mayor Deputy Mayor City Council By-election A by-election was held October 20, 2020 in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hope Jamieson. Stephenville Torbay References {{NL Elections 2017 elections in Canada 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telegram
''The Telegram'' is a daily newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays (as ''The Weekend Telegram'') in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. History ''The Evening Telegram'' was first published on April 3, 1879 by William James Herder. It adopted its current name in 1998, although it was also briefly published under this name in 1881. Herder and his descendants owned and published ''The Evening Telegram'' until it was sold to Thomson Newspapers (now Thomson Corporation) in 1970, and continued as publishers until the departure of Stephen R. Herder (William's Grandson) in 1991. William Herder began as a printer for the St. John's weekly ''The Courier''. When it folded in 1878, Herder purchased one of the presses and began his own newspaper. ''The Telegram'' was notable as the first daily (excluding Sundays) in Newfoundland. It is also the only 19th century Newfoundland newspaper to survive into the 20th (and now 21st) century. Over the course of its history, the paper h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Breen
Danny Breen (born ) is a Canadian politician, who is the mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected in the 2017 municipal election on September 26, 2017. He was acclaimed in the 2021 municipal election. Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Breen represented Ward 1 on St. John's City Council from 2009 until 2017. He ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a 2014 by-election in the electoral district of Virginia Waters, but was defeated by Liberal Cathy Bennett. Breen is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. Electoral history } , - , - , align="right", 1892 , align="right", 39.05 , align="right", -20.99 , - , NDP NDP may stand for: Computing * Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol * Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP * Nondeterministic programming, a type of compute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax Chronicle-Herald
''The Chronicle Herald'' is a broadsheet newspaper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada owned by SaltWire Network of Halifax. The paper's newsroom staff were locked out of work from January 2016 until August 2017. ''Herald'' management continued to publish using strikebreaker labour, and were accused by the union of refusing to bargain in good faith with the intention of union busting. History Early years Founded in 1874 as ''The Morning Herald'', the paper quickly became one of Halifax's main newspapers. The same company also owned the ''Evening Mail'', which was published in the afternoon. Its main competitors were the ''Chronicle'' in the morning, and the ''Star'' in the afternoon. By 1949 the papers had merged to become ''The Chronicle-Herald'' and ''Mail-Star'' respectively. Graham Dennis era Graham W. Dennis took over as publisher of the newspaper in 1954, at age 26, after the death of his father, senator William Henry Dennis, who in turn had succeeded senator Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Williams (Canadian Politician)
Daniel E. Williams (born August 4, 1949) is a Canadian politician, businessman, and lawyer who served as the ninth premier of Newfoundland and Labrador between November 6, 2003, and December 3, 2010. Williams was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Before entering politics Williams was a highly successful lawyer and businessman. After becoming Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001, he was elected to the House of Assembly in a by-election for the district of Humber West in Corner Brook. Williams's premiership was controversial outside of Newfoundland and Labrador. Events such as ordering all Canadian flags to be removed from provincial government buildings, and launching the Anything But Conservative campaign in the 2008 federal election, garnered national attention. While Williams remains a controversial politician outside Newfoundland and Labrador, he was continuously ranked as one of the most popular premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis O'Keefe (politician)
Dennis "Doc" O'Keefe (born April 1944) is a Canadian politician who served as the 14th mayor of St. John's from 2008 to 2017 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Background O'Keefe was born and raised in St. John's, and completed his early education at St. Bonaventure's College. He went on to study at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in history, and a Bachelor of Education in 1967. in 1978, following post-graduate studies at MUN he received a master's degree (history). He went on to work as an educator for 30 years and taught at Brother Rice High School, St. Patrick's Hall and Beaconsfield High School, all in St. John's. He is a consumer activist having established the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices and Consumer Power. Politics O'Keefe was elected to municipal politics in 1997 as a councillor at large and was re-elected to the position in the 2001 municipal election. In 2005 he was elected deputy mayor of the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pearl
Mount Pearl is the third-largest settlement and second-largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The city is located southwest of St. John's, on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. Mount Pearl is the fourth largest settlement in the province and is part of the St. John's metropolitan area, the 20th largest metropolitan area in Canada. History Mount Pearl dates back to 1829, when Commander James Pearl and his wife, Lady Anne Pearl, arrived in Newfoundland with a Crown grant of one thousand acres (4 km²) of land, a reward for Commander Pearl's 27 years of distinguished service in the Royal Navy. In 1830, Commander Pearl built a house upon the most elevated section of his estate and named it Mount Cochrane in honour of then-governor Sir Thomas Cochrane. After the governor left Newfoundland, Pearl renamed the site Mount Pearl. Pearl was made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order of Hanover and received the honour of Knight Bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
