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John Ottenheimer

John Ottenheimer
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for St. John's East
In office
1996–2007
Preceded by Hubert Kitchen
Succeeded by Ed Buckingham
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of
Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
March 14, 2006 – 2007
Preceded by Tom Marshall
Succeeded by Tom Hedderson
Minister of Health and Community Services of
Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
October 1, 2004 – March 14, 2006
Preceded by Elizabeth Marshall
Succeeded by Tom Osborne
Minister of Education of
Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
November 6, 2003 – October 1, 2004
Preceded by Gerry Reid
Succeeded by Tom Hedderson
Personal details
Born St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Political party Progressive Conservative
Occupation Educator and Lawyer

John Ottenheimer (born 1953) is a Canadian lawyer and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Ottenheimer is a former Cabinet minister in the government of Danny Williams and represented the district of St. John's East for the Progressive Conservative Party from 1996 to 2007. He unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives in 2014 losing to Paul Davis.

Between 2003 and 2007, Ottenheimer served as the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, the Minister of Health and Community Services, and as the Minister of Education. He also briefly served as acting Minister of Municipal Affairs and acting Minister of Natural Resources. He left provincial politics in 2007 and was later appointed chairman of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.

Ottenheimer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1953. He is the younger half-brother of former Progressive Conservative leader and Canadian Senator Gerry Ottenheimer. In 1974 he graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education Degree. He would later receive a graduate diploma and his Masters of Education. After working as a high school teacher in St. John's and as a principal throughout the province he decided to go back to school and become a lawyer. in 1982, Ottenheimer received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Windsor. Ottenheimer practised law in St. John's and was also a lecturer in property law at Cabot College and a lecturer in Law and Education at the Faculty of Education of Memorial University.


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