Frank Moore

Frank Duff Moores (born February 18, 1933 in Carbonear , Newfoundland , † July 10, 2005 in Perth , Ontario ) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party and between 1972 and 1979 Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador .

biography

Rise to Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador

Moores was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 election for the constituency of Bonavista-Trinity-Conception , before he became chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1970 .

In the election to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Representatives on October 28, 1971, he achieved a sensational victory over the provincial first Prime Minister, Joey Smallwood, who had been in office since 1949 : While his Liberal Party received 20 of the 42 seats, the Progressive Conservative Party received 21 seats . 1 seat went to the local Labrador Party. With the Liberals getting the most votes, Smallwood requested a recount. Ultimately, however, a court ruled that the Conservatives won the election. Moores himself became a member of the House of Representatives for the newly created constituency of Humber West in this election .

As a result, Moores succeeded Smallwood as Prime Minister on January 18, 1972. In this role, he supported legislative initiatives to expand provincial control over coastal resources such as fisheries and oil. In the elections to the House of Representatives on March 24, 1972 and September 16, 1975, the progressive-conservative party led by him achieved broad absolute majorities of 33 and 30 seats respectively, with the House of Representatives being expanded from 51 seats in 1975. On March 26, 1979, he resigned after seven years as Prime Minister and handed over the office to Brian Peckford , who at the time was the influential Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Development.

Withdrawal from politics and the Airbus affair

After retiring from politics, he devoted himself to work as a lobbyist , before he brought about the victory of Brian Mulroney as chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 1983 as campaign manager .

Mulroney then appointed him a consultant and shortly thereafter he also became a board member of the airline Air Canada . At the same time he was an employee of the management consultancy Government Consultants International (GCI), which was also involved in the aviation sector, so that after growing allegations of a conflict of interest, Moores stepped down from his board position at Air Canada. He became CEO of CGI in 1987, during which time he was confronted with the Airbus affair in which high-ranking government officials were accused of bribery for ordering Airbus aircraft for Air Canada. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Airbus Group at that time was the Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss . However, Moores denied any involvement in the Airbus affair until his death.

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