successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
kevin parsons sr. . outer cove , dominion of newfoundland progressive conservative party of newfoundland and labrador mha for cape st. francis 15 february 1933 1966 tom hickey -lrb- politician -rrb-
 1986 tom hickey
tom hickey -lrb- politician -rrb-

thomas valentine `` tom '' hickey -lrb- born february 15 , 1933 -rrb- is a canadian politician .
he represented the electoral district of cape st. francis in the newfoundland and labrador house of assembly from 1966 to 1986 as a member of the progressive conservative party of newfoundland and labrador .
the son of thomas and mary hickey , he was born at outer cove and was educated there and at memorial university .
hickey married dorothy grace wall ; the couple had one daughter .
he worked for the department of social services , was a sales representative for british american oil and then was the owner of a groceteria .
he also worked at the united states air force base at fort pepperrell .
hickey served on the town council for placentia .
hickey was elected to the newfoundland assembly in 1966 and was reelected in 1971 , 1972 , 1975 , 1979 and 1982 .
he served in the provincial cabinet as minister of social services , as minister of provincial affairs , as minister of transportation and communications , as minister of tourism , as minister of rehabilitation and recreation and as minister of housing .
from 2005 to 2008 , hickey was the leader of the newfoundland and labrador first party .
he ran unsuccessfully for the party in a placentia -- st. mary 's by-election held in 2006 , winning only 31 votes .
hickey was replaced by wayne bennett as party leader in 2008 due to concerns about his health .
