Frank Duff Moores (February 18, 1933 – July 10, 2005) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as Newfoundland's second Premier (1972-1979).
Born in Carbonear, Newfoundland, he was educated at St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario). Moores then briefly attended Boston University, but left after two months to return to Newfoundland, where he worked in a fish plant. His father was a wealthy businessman in that industry (The Insiders, by...
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Frank Duff Moores (February 18, 1933 – July 10, 2005) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as Newfoundland's second Premier (1972-1979).
Born in Carbonear, Newfoundland, he was educated at St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario). Moores then briefly attended Boston University, but left after two months to return to Newfoundland, where he worked in a fish plant. His father was a wealthy businessman in that industry (The Insiders, by John Sawatsky, 1987).
Moores was first elected in 1968 to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative. In 1970, he became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland, and was asked to form a government in January 1972, several months following the October 1971 election that resulted in a near tie between Joey Smallwood's Liberals and the Tories.
As Premier, Moores advocated rural development and provincial control of natural resources as well as economic development.
He left politics in 1979 to re-enter business and...
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