Oliver Langdon is an educator and former political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

. He represented Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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 from 1989 to 2007 as a Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

For pre-1949 Conservative parties see Conservative parties in Newfoundland The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a centre-right provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Originally founded in 1949 the party has formed the Government of...

 and then Liberal

Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

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 member.

He was born in Seal Cove

Seal Cove (Fortune Bay), Newfoundland and Labrador

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, Fortune Bay

Fortune Bay

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 and educated at Memorial University. Langdon married Margaret Loveless. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Education and Labour and as Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs. Langdon was a member of the town council for Point Leamington

Point Leamington, Newfoundland and Labrador

Point Leamington is a small community of about 650 people located north of Botwood and Grand Falls-Windsor. The town is located on the shores of Southwest Arm, New Bay. Many residents commute daily to Botwood, Bishop's Falls, and Grand Falls-Windsor for full time work. Others work seasonally in...

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First elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1989, Langdon ran as a Liberal in 1993. He resigned from provincial politics in 2007; Langdon lost to Judy Foote

Judy Foote

Judy Foote is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She represented the electoral district of Grand Bank in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2007 as a member of the Liberal Party. Foote has been the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of...

 when he sought the Liberal candidacy in the federal riding of Random–Burin–St. George's in August 2007.