About Harold Barrett
Lived 1935 – 2018 (aged 83). Harold Barrett was a politician.
Harold Matthew Barrett (September 4, 1935 – December 4, 2018) was a Canadian marine insurance executive and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1989. He ran unsuccessfully for the Progressive Conservative party leadership in 1989. Barrett served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Development and Tourism and as Minister of Finance. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1989,
Barrett died on December 4, 2018, at the age of 83.
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