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Fred Hutton is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. he was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for the Liberal Party in the 2024 Conception Bay East–Bell Island provincial by-election. The district had been held by Progressive Conservatives for the previous 20 years. On February 29, 2024, he was appointed Minister of Housing and Minister responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation. On July 19, 2024, he was appointed as Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Hutton formerly worked as a journalist and advisor to Premier Andrew Furey. He worked as both a news director and a morning show co-host at VOCM. Hutton worked for CJON-TV co-anchoring the NTV Evening Newshour from 1990 to 2013. He also co-hosted The St. John's Morning Show on CBN from 2017 to 2019.

References

1. "Liberal wins Newfoundland district held by Progressive Conservatives for 20 years". Yahoo News. 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
2. "Fred Hutton Sworn In as Minister of Housing". VOCM. Feb 29, 2024.
3. Key Portfolios Shift Hands in Newfoundland Cabinet Shake-Up. VOCM News, July 19, 2024.
4. Kennedy, Alex (December 13, 2023). "Liberals tap Fred Hutton to run in Conception Bay East-Bell Island byelection". CBC News.
5. "Liberals Name Fred Hutton as Conception Bay East-Bell Island By-Election Candidate". VOCM. December 13, 2023.

See also

• 50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

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

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

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