Lynn Verge

Lynn Verge

Lynn Verge is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Humber East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1996.

Verge, a lawyer in Corner Brook before entering electoral politics, was a member of the Progressive Conservative party. She served in the Executive Council as Minister of Education from 1979 to 1985, and as Minister of Justice from 1985 to 1989, in the government of Brian Peckford. Verge was one of the first two women, along with colleague Hazel Newhook, ever appointed to the provincial cabinet.

She subsequently became the leader of the Progressive Conservatives in 1995 following the resignation of Len Simms, becoming the first woman to lead a political party in the province. However, she stepped down as leader the following year after failing to win the 1996 provincial election. She was succeeded as party leader by Loyola Sullivan.

External links

* [http://www.mun.ca/munalum/luminus5/2.html Lynn Verge profile at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador]


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