- Charlene Johnson
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The Honourable
Charlene Johnson
B.Sc., M.Sc., MHAMinister of Child, Youth and Family Services of Newfoundland and Labrador Incumbent Assumed office
January 13, 2011Preceded by Joan Burke Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Trinity-Bay de VerdeIncumbent Assumed office
2003Preceded by Lloyd Snow Minister of Environment and Conservation of Newfoundland and Labrador In office
2007–2011Succeeded by Ross Wiseman Personal details Born Carbonear,
Newfoundland and LabradorPolitical party Progressive Conservative Charlene Johnson, MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is the Minister of Child, Youth and Family Services in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale.
Johnson has represented the district of Trinity-Bay de Verde for the Progressive Conservative Party since 2003, and has been re-elected twice. She previously held the post of Minister of the Environment from October 2007, to January 2011.[1] Johnson is the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Assembly, and the only woman to ever give birth while serving as a Member of the House of Assembly (MHA).[2]
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Background
Johnson was born in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, and raised in the Conception Bay community of Gull Island. She studied at the University of New Brunswick, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Engineering. Johnson then obtained a Masters of Applied Science degree in Environmental Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland.[3]
Politics
In the 2003 provincial election Johnson became the youngest woman to ever be elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Johnson defeated Liberal incumbent Lloyd Snow in the district of Trinity-Bay de Verde, she won 63 percent of the vote compared to Snow's 32 percent. She was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election, taking 72 percent of the vote. Following the election Premier Danny Williams appointed her Minister of Environment and Conservation.
In April 2009, Johnson became the first MHA in Newfoundland and Labrador, and one of only a handful of women in Canada, to give birth while being a member of a provincial or federal legislature.[4]
Johnson served as the Environment Minister till January 2011, when Premier Kathy Dunderdale appointed her Minister of Child, Youth and Family Services.[1] Later that year she was re-elected, winning 62 percent of the popular. Johnson remained in the portfolio of Child, Youth and Family services when Dunderdale named her new cabinet several weeks after the election.[5]
Electoral record
Trinity-Bay de Verde - Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Charlene Johnson 2882 61.91% Liberal Barry Snow 1114 23.93% NDP Sheina Lerman 659 14.16% Trinity-Bay de Verde - Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Charlene Johnson 3572 71.93% Liberal Bruce M. Layman 1137 22.9% NDP Don Penney 257 5.18% Trinity-Bay de Verde - Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Charlene Johnson 4091 63.2% Liberal Lloyd G. Snow 2095 32.37% NDP Victoria Harnum 287 4.43% External links
- Charlene Johnson's PC Party biography
- Charlene Johnson's House of Assembly profile
- Charlene Johnson on Twitter
References
- ^ a b "Premier Announces Changes to Cabinet". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 13 January 2011. http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2011/exec/0113n04.htm. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Minister's mat leave sets precedent for legislature". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 April 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/04/28/johnson-mat-leave-428.html. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Charlene Johnson". House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. http://www.assembly.nl.ca/members/cms/memberdetail.asp?MemberID=26. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Minister's mat leave sets precedent for legislature". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 April 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/04/28/johnson-mat-leave-428.html. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Premier Dunderdale Appoints New Cabinet, Announces Departmental Restructuring". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 28 October 2011. http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2011/exec/1028n01.htm. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ^ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
Current members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Progressive
ConservativeDunderdale · Brazil · Burke · F. Collins · S. Collins · Cornect · Cross · Crummell · Dalley · Davis · Dinn · Forsey · French · Granter · Hedderson · Hunter · Hutchings · Jackman · Johnson · Kennedy · Kent · King · Lane · Little · Littlejohn · McGrath · Marshall · O'Brien · Osborne · K. Parsons · Peach · Perry · Pollard · Russell · Sullivan · Verge · Wiseman
Liberal New Democrat Michael · Kirby · Mitchelmore · Murphy · Rogers
Categories:- Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs
- Living people
- Women MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador
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