william rompkey

William H. Rompkey (born May 13 1936) is a Canadian politician. Rompkey was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 Canadian election as the Liberal MP for Grand Falls-White Bay-Labrador, the first of seven consecutive election victories. In 1980, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau elevated Rompkey to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of National Revenue. In 1982, he was moved to the position of Minister of State for Small Businesses and Tourism becoming Minister of State for Mines in 1984. He was Minister of State for Transport in the short lived Cabinet of John Turner until the government's defeat in the 1984 Canadian election. In 1995, Prime Minister Jean Chretien appointed Rompkey to the Canadian Senate. In 2001 he became Government Whip in the Senate and has been deputy leader of the government in the Senate since January 2004. Rompkey, William Rompkey, William Rompkey, William

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