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Haggie was appointed to cabinet in the Ball government as Minister of Health and Community Services<ref name="CBC News">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cabinet-swearing-in-live-stream-1.3363654|title=Dwight Ball, new Liberal cabinet sworn in at Government House|publisher=CBC News|date=December 14, 2015|accessdate=2018-01-23}}</ref> on December 14, 2015. He was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election. On August 19, 2020 Haggie was reappointed Minister of Health and Community Services in the Furey government.<ref>[https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-and-labradors-new-premier-doesnt-clear-the-deck-but-he-certainly-shuffled-it-486989/ ]</ref> He is the longest serving NL Minister of Health and Community Services in thirty six years. |
Haggie was appointed to cabinet in the Ball government as Minister of Health and Community Services<ref name="CBC News">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cabinet-swearing-in-live-stream-1.3363654|title=Dwight Ball, new Liberal cabinet sworn in at Government House|publisher=CBC News|date=December 14, 2015|accessdate=2018-01-23}}</ref> on December 14, 2015. He was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election. On August 19, 2020 Haggie was reappointed Minister of Health and Community Services in the Furey government.<ref>[https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-and-labradors-new-premier-doesnt-clear-the-deck-but-he-certainly-shuffled-it-486989/ ]</ref> He is the longest serving NL Minister of Health and Community Services in thirty six years. |
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Haggie was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election. |
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Revision as of 03:12, 2 April 2021
John Haggie | |
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| Minister of Health and Community Services Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Assumed office December 14, 2015[1] | |
| Premier | Dwight Ball Andrew Furey |
| Lieutenant Governor | Judy Foote |
| Preceded by | Steve Kent |
| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Gander | |
| Assumed office November 30, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin O'Brien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Manchester, UK |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Occupation | Retired general surgeon |
John Haggie is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.[2] He represents the electoral district of Gander as a member of the Liberal Party.[2]
Haggie was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, after which he completed his medical education at Victoria University of Manchester in 1977. He trained in general surgery in the North West Region, culminating in earning his Fellowship in 1981. Subsequently, after a two-year fellowship at the Christie Hospital and Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, he received a doctorate in cancer research in 1987.
After working as a surgeon, tutor, and a lecturer at universities in Manchester and Liverpool, Haggie emigrated to Newfoundland and Labrador in 1993. He practiced as a general surgeon with the Grenfell Region Health Services in St. Anthony until 1997, when he relocated his practice to the James Paton Memorial Hospital in Gander. He also served as president of the Canadian Medical Association from 2011 to 2012.[3][4]
Haggie was appointed to cabinet in the Ball government as Minister of Health and Community Services[1] on December 14, 2015. He was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election. On August 19, 2020 Haggie was reappointed Minister of Health and Community Services in the Furey government.[5] He is the longest serving NL Minister of Health and Community Services in thirty six years.
Haggie was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.
References
- ^ a b "Dwight Ball, new Liberal cabinet sworn in at Government House". CBC News. December 14, 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ a b "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News. November 30, 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ "N.L. surgeon Dr. John Haggie begins term as president of Canadian doctors group". Global News. August 24, 2011. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ "MD to MHA? Gander doc John Haggie wins Liberal nomination". CBC News. October 9, 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
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