Lawrence O'Brien, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: L'Anse-au-Loup, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
About Lawrence O'Brien
- You may have also meant Lawrence Francis "Larry" O'Brien, one-time Postmaster General of the United States and commissioner of the National Basketball Association.Lawrence David O'Brien (March 31, 1951 – December 16, 2004) was a Canadian politician.
- O’Brien represented Labrador in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal from 1996 until his death in 2004. Born in L'Anse-au-Loup, Labrador, Newfoundland, O’Brien was an adult education instructor, a public servant, a teacher, and from 1985 to 1996, and a town councillor in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland.
- He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from 1999 to 2001.
- He was a strong supporter of a 2003 constitutional amendment which officially changed the name of the province of Newfoundland to "Newfoundland and Labrador". O'Brien was a candidate for the provincial Liberal nomination in the district of Cartwright-L'anse au Clair in 1996.
- After his loss in that race, he entered, and won, the federal Liberal nomination for the by-election in the riding of Labrador, vacated by the appointment of Bill Rompkey to the Senate.
- O'Brien was elected in the federal by-election on March 25, 1996, and re-elected in the general elections of 1997, 2000, and 2004.He was diagnosed with cancer in 1998 and died on December 16, 2004 in St.
- John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- He is survived by his wife, Alice and two children.
- On January 31, 2005, the members of the House of Commons paid respects to him and his career.
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