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From the Prime Minister's Web Site (http://www.pm.gc.ca/)

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PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF MR. JOHN CROSBIE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

December 20, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is pleased to announce today the appointment of John Crosbie as Newfoundland and Labrador's Lieutenant Governor. "Mr. Crosbie's dedication to public life shows his commitment to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. As Lieutenant Governor, he will serve his province well," said the Prime Minister.

An Officer of the Order of Canada, Mr. Crosbie is presently the Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland and a lawyer for the Atlantic firm of Cox & Palmer.

Mr. Crosbie will assume the position from Lieutenant Governor Ed Roberts who accepted an extension until January 31, 2008.

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