Jim Lester is a Canadian politician who served as the Newfoundland and Labrador
Member of the House of Assembly for
Mount Pearl North
Mount Pearl North, formerly known as Waterford Valley, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 9,622 eligible voters living within the district.
This suburban distr ...
from 2017 to 2021.
Lester ran in the
2015 provincial election in
Mount Pearl-Southlands, but lost to Liberal candidate
Paul Lane
Paul Gerard Lane is a Canadian politician in the provincial legislature of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represents the electoral district of Mount Pearl-Southlands in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
Prior to enterin ...
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Following the resignation of
Steve Kent in 2017, Lester won the PC nomination in Mount Pearl North and subsequently defeated Liberal Jim Burton.
In 2018, Lester endorsed
Ches Crosbie in the
2018 provincial PC leadership race.
Lester was re-elected in the
2019 provincial election. In the
2021 provincial election, he was defeated by Liberal candidate
Lucy Stoyles
Lucy S. Stoyles is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2021 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Mount Pearl No ...
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Lester's family owns and operates the
agritourism
Agritourism or agrotourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch.
Types
A 2018 article published in the ''Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development'' classified a ...
venture Lester's Farm Inc.
Electoral record
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References
Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs
Living people
21st-century Canadian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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