Rick Woodford was a former 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...

 MHA

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St...

 and cabinet minister. He had been MHA for Humber Valley

Humber Valley (electoral district)

Humber Valley is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,938 eligible voters living within the district....

 for 18 years, and became minister of forest resources and agrifoods in the Liberal

Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and the provincial wing of the Liberal Party of Canada. It is the Official Opposition and currently holds six seats in the provincial legislature.-Origins:The party originated in...

 government of Roger Grimes

Roger Grimes

Roger D. Grimes is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Grimes was born and raised in the central Newfoundland town of Grand Falls-Windsor....

. He sat 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...

 from 1985 to 1996, until running as a Liberal in 1996. He retired in 2003 after undergoing surgery for a brain tumour.

He died in April 2006 in a canoe

Canoe

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ing incident, along with his female companion. The bodies were found on April 16 in Birchy Lake, near Cormack

Cormack, Newfoundland and Labrador

Cormack is a farming community on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland.-Foundation:Cormack was originally created following World War II by the Commission of Government as an agricultural settlement for the relocation of returning war veterans...

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