Thomas J. Hedderson MHA

Member of the House of Assembly

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, (born May 7, 1954) is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador

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. He is the Minister of Transportation and Works in the Cabinet

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Hedderson has represented the district of Harbour Main since 1999, and has been re-elected three times. He previously held the portfolios of Minister of Education, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Before entering politics Hedderson worked as a principal.

Electoral record

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|Progressive Conservative
|Tom Hedderson
|align="right"|3600
|align="right"|69.67%
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|NDP
|Mike Maher
|align="right"|987
|align="right"|19.10%
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|Liberal
|Bern Hickey
|align="right"|580
|align="right"|11.23%
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|Progressive Conservative
|Tom Hedderson
|align="right"|4606
|align="right"|82.78%
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|Liberal
|Kevin Slaney
|align="right"|635
|align="right"|11.41%
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|NDP
|Jean Dandenault
|align="right"|323
|align="right"|5.81%
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|}
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|Progressive Conservative
|Tom Hedderson
|align="right"|4769
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|Liberal
|Fred Akerman
|align="right"|1482
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|NDP
|Eugene Conway
|align="right"|493
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|Progressive Conservative
|Tom Hedderson
|align="right"|3670
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|Liberal
|Wanda Dawe
|align="right"|2502
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|NDP
|Fred Akerman
|align="right"|511
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External links

• Tom Hedderson's PC Party biography