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Fabian Manning

The Honourable
Fabian Manning
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Fabian Manning 2010
Senator for Newfoundland & Labrador
Assumed office
May 25, 2011
Nominated by Stephen Harper
Appointed by Michaëlle Jean
Preceded by Himself
In office
January 2, 2009 – March 28, 2011
Nominated by Stephen Harper
Appointed by David Johnston
Preceded by C. William Doody
Succeeded by Himself
Member of Parliament for Avalon
In office
April 3, 2006 – 2008
Preceded by John Efford
Succeeded by Scott Andrews
MHA for Placentia and St. Mary's
In office
1999 – December 2005
Preceded by Anthony Sparrow
Succeeded by Felix Collins
MHA for St. Mary's-The Capes
In office
1993–1996
Succeeded by riding dissolved
Chair of the Standing Committee on
Fisheries & Oceans
In office
November 14, 2007 – February 2, 2009
Minister Loyola Hearn
Preceded by Gerald Keddy
Succeeded by Rodney Weston
Personal details
Born (1964-05-21) May 21, 1964 (age 53)
St. Bride's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Political party Conservative
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Conservative 2006-present
Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 1993-2005
Independent Progressive Conservative 2005
Spouse(s) Sandra (Dohey) Manning
Residence St. Bride's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Profession politician

Fabian Manning (born May 21, 1964) is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Manning served as a Progressive Conservative and later as the independent Member of the House of Assembly for the district of Placentia and St. Mary’s from 1999 to 2005. From 2006 to 2008 he was the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Avalon. After his defeat in the 2008 federal election Manning was appointed to the Canadian Senate on January 2, 2009, he resigned his Senate seat on March 28, 2011, to run for election in his former riding of Avalon in the 2011 federal election, but was unsuccessful.Prime Minister Stephen Harper re-appointed Manning to the Senate on May 25, 2011.

Born in St. Bride's, he served three terms on that town's council. He was also a lead figure for the Cape Shore Regional Development Association before being elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in 1993 as a Progressive Conservative. He first represented the riding of St. Mary's-The Capes, in 1996 he was defeated in the redistributed riding of Placentia and St. Mary's, but was elected in 1999.


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