James Eric Hodder (December 29, 1940 – March 2, 2021) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Port au Port in the

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from 1975 to 1993, and again from 2003 to 2007.Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003
cbc.ca. He started as a member of the

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, but in 1985 he

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to join Brian Peckford's Progressive Conservative government. A graduate of

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with bachelor's degrees in history and education, he was a high school teacher and principal in Stephenville before entering politics. His father

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also served in the Newfoundland assembly. He retired from the

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for health reasons in January 2007, and was succeeded by

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in a

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. He died in St. John's on March 2, 2021.James Eric Hodder
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