Tony Cornect

Tony Cornect is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, who represented the district of Port au Port in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2007 to 2015. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation and Minister of Service NL. He was defeated in the 2015 provincial election, in which he ran in the new district of Stephenville-Port au Port.^[1][2]

Tony Cornect
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Port au Port
In office February 8, 2007 – November 30, 2015
Preceded by	Jim Hodder
Succeeded by	District Abolished
Minister of Service NL
In office September 30, 2014 – March 12, 2015
Preceded by	David Brazil
Succeeded by	Dan Crummell
Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation of Newfoundland and Labrador
In office July 17, 2014 – September 30, 2014
Preceded by	Sandy Collins
Succeeded by	Darin King
Personal details
Born	Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence(s)	Kippens, Newfoundland and Labrador

Cornect previously served as a town councillor and mayor in Cape St. George. He was also formerly a board member of Le Gaboteur, the province's only French-language newspaper.^[3] A fluently bilingual Franco-Newfoundlander, Cornect was the first MHA in the province ever to take his oath of office in French.^[4]

Electoral record

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Finn	3,262	64.8	–
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Cornect	1,273	25.3	–
	New Democratic	Bernice Hancock	499	9.9	–

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Cornect	2,609	58.99%	–
	Liberal	Kate Mitchell Mansfield	954	21.57%

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Cornect	3,936	81.22%	–
	Liberal	Michelle Felix	910	18.78%

By-election, February 8, 2007 resignation of Jim Hodder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Cornect	2,701	62.0
	Liberal	Mark Felix	1,521	34.9
	New Democrat	Paul O'Keefe	135	3.1