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Brian Peckford

For the first 30 years that Newfoundland existed as a province in Canada, it had only two premiers. In 1979, after the resignation of Frank Moores, it was time for a new man to step into the top job. That man was Brian Peckford. Brian Peckford was...

Frank Moores

Succeeding from a Newfoundland legend like Joey Smallwood is no easy task, but after 23 years it was Frank Moores who came in as the new premier of the province, only the second in Newfoundland’s history. Frank Moores was born on Feb. 18, 1933 in...

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