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The HonourableDerek BennettMHA
Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office April 12, 2021
Preceded by	Scott Reid
Minister of Environment, Climate Change, and Municipalities
In office August 19, 2020 – April 8, 2021
Preceded by	Derrick Bragg
Succeeded by	position abolished
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Lewisporte-Twillingate
Incumbent
Assumed office November 30, 2015
Preceded by	Riding Established
Personal details
Political party	Liberal

Derek John Bennett is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Lewisporte-Twillingate as a member of the Liberal Party.

He was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election.

Bennett was promoted to cabinet on August 19, 2020 as provincial Minister of Environment, Climate Change, and Municipalities.

He was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election. He was dropped from Cabinet in April 2021. Bennett was elected Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly on April 12, 2021, defeating 4 other candidates.

References

1. @MikeConnors (April 12, 2021). "Derek Bennett has been elected..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. Lindsay Bird (August 19, 2020). "New N.L. premier, new finance minister: Andrew Furey takes office and shuffles cabinet". CBC. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
3. "Cabinet".
4. ^ "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.
5. "Liberal Jim Bennett loses nomination in new district of Lewisporte-Twillingate". CBC News, August 20, 2015.
6. "Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier doesn't clear the deck, but he certainly shuffled it | SaltWire".
7. "Here are all the MHAs elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News. March 27, 2021.
8. "Premier Furey Appoints New Cabinet". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. April 8, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
9. Connors, Michael (April 12, 2021). "Premier promises provincial budget by June as Derek Bennett elected Speaker of the House". ntv.ca. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

v t e Current members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Liberal	Furey Abbott Bennett Byrne Coady Crocker Davis Dempster Gambin-Walsh Haggie Hogan Howell Hutton Korab Loveless A. Parsons P. Parsons Pike Reid Stoodley Stoyles Trimper
Progressive Conservative	Wakeham Conway-Ottenheimer P. Dinn Dwyer Evans Forsey McKenna O'Driscoll Paddock Pardy Parrott Petten Tibbs Wall
New Democratic	J. Dinn Brown
Independents	Joyce Lane

v t e Cabinet of Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Andrew Furey (2020–)
Andrew Furey John Abbott Gerry Byrne Siobhán Coady Steve Crocker Bernard Davis Lisa Dempster John Haggie John Hogan Krista Howell Fred Hutton Elvis Loveless Andrew Parsons Pam Parsons Paul Pike Scott Reid Sarah Stoodley
Derek Bennett Derrick Bragg Tom Osborne Brian Warr

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