Chris Decker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician (1941-2015)
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Place of Birth: St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
About Chris Decker
- Christopher Robert "Chris" Decker (November 17, 1941 – August 8, 2015) was a United Church clergyman, businessman and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- He represented The Straits – White Bay North in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1985 to 1999.The son of Alan Decker and Leah Simms, he was born in St.
- Anthony and grew up in Roddickton.
- He attended high school in Roddickton and Prince Of Wales College and went on to receive a BA from Memorial University and a Master of Divinity from Pine Hill Divinity Hall in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Decker served as a minister in various places in Canada.
- In 1967, he married Patricia Roberts.
- In 1972, Decker returned to Roddickton, where he operated several businesses and served two terms as mayor.
- He served as member and chair for the Strait of Belle Isle Integrated School Board and for the Vinland Integrated School Board.
- He also served on the Integrated Education Council for Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Decker was a member of the board of regents for Memorial University and served as chair from 2002 to 2003.Decker was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1985; he was reelected in 1989, 1993 and 1996.
- He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Health, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General and as Minister of Education.After leaving politics in 1999, he worked as a consultant.
- Decker also published three books: Gravel Pit Campers (2010) Dissolution (2012) By Right of Soil (2011)Decker died of cancer at the age of 73.
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