Bill Matthews
Template:Short description Template:Other people Template:Use Canadian English Template:For-multi Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox officeholder William Matthews (born July 22, 1947) is a Canadian politician.
Political career
Matthews was a Progressive Conservative member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1982 to 1996. During this time, he was a cabinet minister, as Minister of Culture, Recreation and Youth from 1985 to 1988 and Minister of Career Development and Advanced Studies from 1988 to 1989.
Matthews was later elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1997 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, representing the riding of Burin—St. George's. He crossed the floor to the Liberals in 1999,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and continued to represent the riding until 2004. In that year's federal election, he was elected to the newly redistributed district of Random—Burin—St. George's, which he represented until 2008.
Matthews is a former teacher. He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Deputy House Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, and Progressive Conservative critic of Fisheries and Oceans.
In March 2007, Matthews called Prime Minister Stephen Harper a "liar." While Speaker of the House Peter Milliken didn't give in to demands from outraged Tories to throw Matthews out of the chamber, Milliken did not allow Matthews to rise in the House for what would be the last 14 months of Matthews' career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Matthews did not run for reelection in the 2008 election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In October 2018, Matthews was appointed as Chief of Staff to provincial PC leader Ches Crosbie in the Opposition Office.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Matthews contested the 2019 provincial election as the PC candidate in Burin-Grand Bank,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but was defeated by Liberal incumbent Carol Anne Haley.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Electoral record
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References
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- 1947 births
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Living people
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Newfoundland and Labrador
- Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- People from Grand Bank
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly