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| office=Member of [[Canadian Parliament]] for [[Random—Burin—St. George's]]
| office=Member of [[Parliament of Canada]] for [[Random—Burin—St. George's]]<br><small>([[Burin—St. George's]], 1997–2004)</small>
| term_start=August 13, 2004
| term_start=September 22, 1997
| term_end=September 7, 2008
| term_end=September 7, 2008
| predecessor=First Member
| predecessor=[[Roger Simmons]]
| successor= [[Judy Foote]]
| successor= [[Judy Foote]]
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'''William "Bill" Matthews''' (born July 22, 1947 in [[Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador|Grand Bank, Newfoundland]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.
'''William Matthews''' (born July 22, 1947) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.


==Political career==
Matthews was a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]] member of the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly]] from 1982 to 1996. During this time, he was a cabinet minister, as Minister of Culture, Recreation and Youth from 1985 to 1988 and Minister of Career Development and Advanced Studies from 1988 to 1989.
Matthews was a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]] member of the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly]] from 1982 to 1996. During this time, he was a cabinet minister, as Minister of Culture, Recreation and Youth from 1985 to 1988 and Minister of Career Development and Advanced Studies from 1988 to 1989.


Matthews was later elected to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in 1997 as a member of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]], representing the riding of [[Burin—St. George's]]. He [[crossing the floor|crossed the floor]] to the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]] in 1999, and continued to represent the riding until 2004. In that year's federal election, he was elected to the newly redistributed district of [[Random—Burin—St. George's]], which he represented until 2008.
Matthews was later elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in 1997 as a member of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]], representing the riding of [[Burin—St. George's]]. He [[crossing the floor|crossed the floor]] to the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]] in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bill-matthews-crossing-floor-of-commons-1.172159|title=Bill Matthews Crossing Floor of Commons|publisher=CBC News|date=August 13, 1999|access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> and continued to represent the riding until 2004. In that year's federal election, he was elected to the newly redistributed district of [[Random—Burin—St. George's]], which he represented until 2008.


Matthews is a former teacher. He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Deputy House Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, and Progressive Conservative critic of Fisheries and Oceans.
Matthews is a former teacher. He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Deputy House Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, and Progressive Conservative critic of Fisheries and Oceans.


After 10 years in the House of Commons, Matthews called Prime Minister Harper a "liar",<ref>{{cite web|title=Powering up the Speaker of the House|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/12/21/pol-commons-decorum-speaker-reform.html|publisher=CBC News|accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref> and was not permitted by [[Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons|Speaker of the House]] [[Peter Milliken]] to rise in the House for the final 14 months of his political career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Time right to retire, Liberal MP Matthews says|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/04/03/matthews-retires.html|publisher=CBC News|accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref> Matthews did not run for reelection in the [[Canadian federal election, 2008|2008 election]].
In March 2007, Matthews called [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] a "liar." While [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada|Speaker of the House]] [[Peter Milliken]] didn't give in to demands from outraged Tories to throw Matthews out of the chamber, Milliken did not allow Matthews to rise in the House for what would be the last 14 months of Matthews' career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Powering up the Speaker of the House|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/powering-up-the-speaker-of-the-house-1.1279680|publisher=CBC News|date=December 28, 2012|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> Matthews did not run for reelection in the [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008 election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Time right to retire, Liberal MP Matthews says|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/time-right-to-retire-liberal-mp-matthews-says-1.642443|publisher=CBC News|date=April 3, 2007|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref>


In October 2018, Matthews was appointed as Chief of Staff to provincial PC leader [[Ches Crosbie]] in the Opposition Office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former MP Bill Matthews takes over as Ches Crosbie's chief of staff|url=http://ntv.ca/former-mp-bill-matthews-takes-over-as-ches-crosbies-chief-of-staff/|publisher=NTV|date=October 5, 2018|access-date=May 16, 2019|archive-date=October 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006113723/http://ntv.ca/former-mp-bill-matthews-takes-over-as-ches-crosbies-chief-of-staff/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==


Matthews contested the [[2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2019 provincial election]] as the PC candidate in [[Burin-Grand Bank]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Matthews is a Tory again and running in this year's provincial election|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/matthews-seeks-tory-seat-1.5108434|publisher=CBC News|date=April 23, 2019|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> but was defeated by Liberal incumbent [[Carol Anne Haley]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Carol Anne Haley re-elected for Liberals in Burin-Grand Banks|url=https://www.thepacket.ca/news/local/nl-votes-carol-anne-haley-re-elected-for-liberals-in-burin-grand-bank-312741/|work=The Packet|date=May 17, 2019|access-date=March 19, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518034406/https://www.thepacket.ca/news/local/nl-votes-carol-anne-haley-re-elected-for-liberals-in-burin-grand-bank-312741/|archivedate=May 18, 2019}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{Canadian election result/top|NL|2019|percent=yes|change=yes|}}
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|[[Carol Anne Haley]]|2,822|51.6|-27.8}}
{{CANelec|NL|PC|'''Bill Matthews'''|2,645|48.4|+39.6}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,467|100|}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|54||}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|65.7%||}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|8,403|}}
{{CANelec/hold|NL|Liberal|-27.8}}
{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Bill Matthews'''|13,652|45.49|-1.28|$24,312.48 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Cynthia Downey|12,232|40.76|+22.55|$27,919.55 }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Amanda Will|3,702|12.34|-20.95|$842.43 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|[[Mark A. Brennan]]|426|1.42|-0.37|<small>''none listed''</small> }}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|30,012|100.0 &nbsp;|&ndash;| $85,393}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|131|0.43|-0.09}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|30,143|52.09|+7.18}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|57,869}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-11.92}}
{{End}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Bill Matthews'''|12,383|46.77|-1.03| $32,788.03}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Desmond McGrath]]|8,797|33.29|+28.76| $29,123.91}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Larry Peckford|4,820|18.21|-7.18| $35,579.47}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Justin Dollimont|474|1.79|&ndash;|$468.70 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|26,474| 100.0 &nbsp;|&ndash;| $83,804}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|139|0.52}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|26,613|44.91|-12.34}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|59,256}}
{{CANelec/nothold|CA|Liberal|-14.90}}
{{CANelec/note|<small>Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.</small>}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Bill Matthews'''|14,603}}
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Sam Synard|7,891}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Fred Pottle|5,799}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|[[Peter Fenwick (politician)|Peter Fenwick]]|1,511}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|David Sullivan|924}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|'''Bill Matthews'''|13,884}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Roger Simmons|11,715}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|David A. Sullivan|4,784}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Bill Matthews''' |3406 |&ndash; |&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Judy Foote|2805||}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Joseph L. Edwards
|align="right"|181
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Bill Matthews''' |3948 |68.6 |&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Graham Wood|1811|31.5|}}
|-
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Bill Matthews''' |3028 |49.3 |&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|T. Maxwell Snook|2689|43.7|}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Calvin Peach
|align="right"|431
|align="right"|7.0
|align="right"|
|-
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Bill Matthews''' |2857 |51.6 |&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|[[Leslie Thoms]]|2442|44.1|}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Eric Miller
|align="right"|234
|align="right"|4.23
|align="right"|
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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For other people with the same name, see William Matthews.

For the Australian footballer, see Bill Matthews (footballer). For the geologist, see Bill Mathews.

Bill Matthews
Member of Parliament of Canada for Random—Burin—St. George's
(Burin—St. George's, 1997–2004)
In office
September 22, 1997 – September 7, 2008
Preceded byRoger Simmons
Succeeded byJudy Foote
Member of Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Grand Bank
In office
1982–1996
Preceded byLeslie Thoms
Succeeded byJudy Foote
Personal details
Born
William Matthews

(1947-07-22) July 22, 1947 (age 77)
Grand Bank, Newfoundland
Political partyLiberal (1999–2008)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Conservative (1982–1999)
Residence(s)Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador
ProfessionTeacher
PortfolioFisheries & Oceans (Critic)

William Matthews (born July 22, 1947) is a Canadian politician.

Political career

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Matthews was a Progressive Conservative member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1982 to 1996. During this time, he was a cabinet minister, as Minister of Culture, Recreation and Youth from 1985 to 1988 and Minister of Career Development and Advanced Studies from 1988 to 1989.

Matthews was later elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1997 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, representing the riding of Burin—St. George's. He crossed the floor to the Liberals in 1999,[1] and continued to represent the riding until 2004. In that year's federal election, he was elected to the newly redistributed district of Random—Burin—St. George's, which he represented until 2008.

Matthews is a former teacher. He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Deputy House Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, and Progressive Conservative critic of Fisheries and Oceans.

In March 2007, Matthews called Prime Minister Stephen Harper a "liar." While Speaker of the House Peter Milliken didn't give in to demands from outraged Tories to throw Matthews out of the chamber, Milliken did not allow Matthews to rise in the House for what would be the last 14 months of Matthews' career.[2] Matthews did not run for reelection in the 2008 election.[3]

In October 2018, Matthews was appointed as Chief of Staff to provincial PC leader Ches Crosbie in the Opposition Office.[4]

Matthews contested the 2019 provincial election as the PC candidate in Burin-Grand Bank,[5] but was defeated by Liberal incumbent Carol Anne Haley.[6]

Electoral record

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2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Carol Anne Haley 2,822 51.6 -27.8
Progressive Conservative Bill Matthews 2,645 48.4 +39.6
Total valid votes 5,467 100
Total rejected ballots 54
Turnout 65.7%
Eligible voters 8,403
Liberal hold Swing -27.8
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Bill Matthews 13,652 45.49 -1.28 $24,312.48
Conservative Cynthia Downey 12,232 40.76 +22.55 $27,919.55
New Democratic Amanda Will 3,702 12.34 -20.95 $842.43
Green Mark A. Brennan 426 1.42 -0.37 none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 30,012 100.0   – $85,393
Total rejected ballots 131 0.43 -0.09
Turnout 30,143 52.09 +7.18
Eligible voters 57,869
Liberal hold Swing -11.92
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Bill Matthews 12,383 46.77 -1.03 $32,788.03
New Democratic Desmond McGrath 8,797 33.29 +28.76 $29,123.91
Conservative Larry Peckford 4,820 18.21 -7.18 $35,579.47
Green Justin Dollimont 474 1.79 – $468.70
Total valid votes/Expense limit 26,474 100.0   – $83,804
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 139 0.52
Turnout 26,613 44.91 -12.34
Eligible voters 59,256
Liberal notional hold Swing -14.90
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Bill Matthews 14,603
Independent Sam Synard 7,891
Progressive Conservative Fred Pottle 5,799
Alliance Peter Fenwick 1,511
New Democratic David Sullivan 924
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Bill Matthews 13,884
Liberal Roger Simmons 11,715
New Democratic David A. Sullivan 4,784
1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Matthews 3406 – –
Liberal Judy Foote 2805
  NDP Joseph L. Edwards 181
1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Matthews 3948 68.6 –
Liberal Graham Wood 1811 31.5
1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Matthews 3028 49.3 –
Liberal T. Maxwell Snook 2689 43.7
  NDP Calvin Peach 431 7.0
1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Matthews 2857 51.6 –
Liberal Leslie Thoms 2442 44.1
  NDP Eric Miller 234 4.23

References

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  1. ^ "Bill Matthews Crossing Floor of Commons". CBC News. August 13, 1999. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Powering up the Speaker of the House". CBC News. December 28, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Time right to retire, Liberal MP Matthews says". CBC News. April 3, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  4. ^ "Former MP Bill Matthews takes over as Ches Crosbie's chief of staff". NTV. October 5, 2018. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "Bill Matthews is a Tory again and running in this year's provincial election". CBC News. April 23, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  6. ^ "Carol Anne Haley re-elected for Liberals in Burin-Grand Banks". The Packet. May 17, 2019. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
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