Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

I say I grew up around it, but, uh, on Bell Island, like, I go back to the days of, you know, Jim McGrath.

I did work for Bill Doody, who ran against Brian Peckford for the leadership of the PC Party, and he was the heir apparent.

But he was a different...

You know, Peckford had more energy, was outgoing, this type of thing.

Um, but for some reason, she was supportive of Jim McGrath.

That's really how it, how that part of it, uh, got, got engaged.

And my father died really young, so there were some neighbors around who were involved with the PC Party provincially.

Uh, they were the ones who got me engaged with the PC Party, and fortunate enough for me, um, some of them, particularly one of them, became my manager for most of my, uh, elections as part of that process.

Let me tell you one little vignette.

After the young fellow Russell bolded the PC caucus and went across the floor, you can imagine, well, that speaker shut down the house for a few minutes.

So the premier came back up to the meeting room where we all used to gather.

And, you know, some of the younger staff especially had sort of long faces because this was a total surprise, you know.

Bye now.

Bye.

Yeah, former Green Bay MAJ, conservative MAJ, PC MAJ back in the day, under Premier Brian Peckford as well as his chief of staff.

Okay, take that break.