Tony Cornect
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Tony Cornect is a Canadian politician
Politician
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 from Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, Canada
Canada
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. He represents the district
Electoral district (Canada)
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 of Port au Port
Port au Port (electoral district)
Port au Port is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 8,439 eligible voters living within the district....

 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St...

 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
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.

Cornect previously served as a town councillor and mayor in Cape St. George
Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cape St. George is a headland and community of the same name, located at the southwestern tip of the Port au Port Peninsula on the Canadian island of Newfoundland.The headland marks the northwestern limit of St...

. He was also formerly a board member of Le Gaboteur, the province's only French-language newspaper. A fluently bilingual Franco-Newfoundlander
Franco-Newfoundlander
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, Cornect was the first Member of the House of Assembly
Member of the House of Assembly
A Member of the House of Assembly is a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in Canada.Other Provinces and TerritoriesMembers of other Canadian provincial and territorial assemblies employ the titles:...

 (MHA) in the province ever to take his oath of office in French.

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