Tom Osborne (Canadian politician)

Tom Osborne
Minister of Health and Community Services Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
July 6, 2022 – July 5, 2024
Preceded byJohn Haggie
Succeeded byJohn Hogan
In office
2006–2007
Preceded byJohn Ottenheimer
Succeeded byRoss Wiseman
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Waterford Valley
St. John's South (1996-2015)
In office
February 22, 1996 – July 5, 2024
Preceded byTom Murphy
Succeeded byJamie Korab
Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
In office
December 14, 2015[1] – July 31, 2017
PremierDwight Ball
Lieutenant GovernorFrank Fagan
Preceded byWade Verge
Succeeded byPerry Trimper
Minister of Environment and Conservation Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
2003–2006
Succeeded byClyde Jackman
Minister of Justice for Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
2007–2007
Preceded byPaul Shelley
Succeeded byJerome Kennedy
Minister of Education in Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
August 19, 2020[2] – July 6, 2022
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byJohn Haggie
Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board of Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
July 31, 2017 – August 19, 2020
Preceded byCathy Bennett
Succeeded bySiobhán Coady
Personal details
Born1964 (age 59–60)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Political partyLiberal (2013-present)
Independent (2012-2013)
Progressive Conservative (1996-2012)

Tom Osborne (born 1964) is a former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represented the district of Waterford Valley in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2024. He was a member of the Liberal Party, a former member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and a former Minister in Danny Williams' first cabinet.[3] He served as Minister of Health and Community Services, and Minister of Education in the Furey government. He was Speaker of the House of Assembly from 2015 to 2017.

At the time of his retirement, Osborne was the province's longest consecutively-serving MHA having been in the House of Assembly from 1996 to 2024.[4][5]

  1. ^ "New House Speaker Tom Osborne first to be chosen by election". CBC News. December 18, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "New N.L. premier, new finance minister: Andrew Furey takes office and shuffles cabinet". CBC News. December 6, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Member Profile". Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
  4. ^ "Yvonne Jones says goodbye to fellow MHAs". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 28, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Osborne Breaks Provincial Record for Longest-Sitting Member of Legislature".