Dan Crummell
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Dan Crummell BA |
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| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. John's West |
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In office October 27, 2011 – November 5, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Sheila Osborne |
| Succeeded by | Siobhán Coady |
| Minister of Service NL of Newfoundland and Labrador | |
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In office October 9, 2013 – December 14, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Nick McGrath |
| Succeeded by | Eddie Joyce |
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| Born | Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Valerie Thomson |
| Residence | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Dan Crummell is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, who represented the district of St. John's West in Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2011 to 2015, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. In a 1995 by-election and the 1996 provincial election, Crummell was the Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Gander.
Crummell was raised in the town of Gander in central Newfoundland. He moved to St. John's to pursue his post-secondary education at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), and completed an Arts degree with a major in Political Science and minors in English and History. During his time at MUN, Crummell served as the Executive Vice-President and later President of Memorial University’s Council of the Students’ Union. Following his graduation he worked in sales and marketing with Molson Canada. He spent 25 years with the company, and spent 10 years as the Regional Sales Manager for Newfoundland and Labrador.
Crummell first sought political office when he ran as the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) candidate in an October 10, 1995 by-election in the district of Gander. The by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal cabinet minister Winston Baker, who had held the seat since 1985. PC Party leader Lynn Verge admitted that it would be a tremendous upset if her party was able to take the seat from the Liberals in the by-election. On election night Liberal candidate Gary Vey defeated Crummell by just 46 votes. A provincial election was called only months later for February 22, 1996, and Crummell once again ran as the candidate for the PC Party in Gander. Gander mayor Sandra Kelly, who lost the Liberal nomination to Vey for the October by-election, was now the Liberal candidate for the district. Kelly defeated Crummell by over 700 votes, and the Liberal Party were re-elected to a majority government.
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