Beaton Tulk (born May 22, 1944) was an educator, civil servant, politician and Premier of Newfoundland. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is the First minister for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Born in Ladle Cove, Newfoundland, he resides in St. John's. Tulk was a Principal for the Carmanville school system from 1974 to 1979.
Beaton Tulk was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1979 as a Liberal Party of Newfoundland (later Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador) member and was re-elected in 1982, 1985, 1993, 1996 and 1999. The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor For pre-1949 Liberal parties see Liberal parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the
Tulk was appointed Minister of Forest Resources and Agrifoods in May 1997 and Minister of Development and Rural Renewal in July 1997. He was appointed Deputy Premier in August 2000 and Premier of Newfoundland in October 2000 when his predecessor, Brian Tobin, returned to federal politics. Brian Vincent Tobin, PC (born October 21, 1954) is a Canadian politician He was not a candidate in the race to succeed Tobin as Liberal leader and returned to the position of Deputy Premier in February 2002 when Roger Grimes was elected Liberal leader and sworn in as Premier. Roger D Grimes (born May 2, 1950) is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. Tulk also became Minister of Industry, Trade and Rural Development. He resigned his provincial seat to run unsuccessfully for the federal Liberals for the Canadian House of Commons seat of Gander-Grand Falls, after George Baker was appointed to the Senate. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and
He then tried to return to provincial politics but was defeated in a July 2002 by-election. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant
On December 16, 2002, Beaton Tulk was appointed by the federal government of Jean Chrétien to the Canadian Transportation Agency. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, (generally known as Jean Chrétien) (born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian politician who was the twentieth Prime The Canadian Transportation Agency is an independent Quasi-judicial Tribunal that makes decisions on many economic matters relating to federally-regulated Modes