 brian vincent tobin, pc (born october 21, 1954) is a canadian businessman and former politician. tobin served as the sixth premier of newfoundland from 1996 to 2000. tobin was also a prominent member of parliament and served as a cabinet minister in jean chrÃ©tien's liberal government. == early life, education, and family == tobin was born in stephenville, newfoundland. he studied political science at memorial university of newfoundland in st. john's, but did not complete his degree. he worked a brief stint as a tv news announcer before joining the liberal party of newfoundland and labrador as a political aide to former federal member of parliament (mp) and federal cabinet minister don jamieson. tobin is married to jodean (smith) and they have three children: heather, adam, and jack. == political career == tobin was first elected to the canadian house of commons as a liberal in the 1980 election. he was re-elected in the [[canadian federal el
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