About Chris Decker
Lived 1941 – 2015 (aged 73). Chris Decker was a Canadian politician.
Christopher Robert Decker (November 17, 1941 – August 8, 2015) was an English 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 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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Canadian politician (1941-2015)
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Chris Decker was born on 17 November 1941 in St. Anthony.
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Chris Decker died on 8 August 2015 in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Chris Decker was a politician.
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Chris Decker was Canadian.
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