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A man of my word : a memoir / Beaton Tulk with Laurie Blackwood Pine.

by Tulk, Beaton, 1944-

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Flanker Press Ltd., 2018.

971.804092 T917m

Tulk, Beaton, 1944-

Premiers (Canada) -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.

Politicians -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.

Newfoundland and Labrador -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

Newfoundland and Labrador -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

9781771176705 (Paper)

1771176709 (Paper)

230 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Issued also in electronic formats.

"Laurie Blackwood Pike and Beaton Tulk have known each other since 1979. At the time, Beaton was the Member of the House of Assembly for Fogo, Newfoundland. They did some business together in the early 1980s and got to know each other well, spending many evenings at the Albatross and other hotels in Gander going over business plans, pro forma, budgets, and discussing subjects as diverse and important as history, politics, religion, and good beer. One night, Laurie suggested that Beaton should seek the leadership of his political party. Beaton laughed and declined, but Laurie Pike admits he would have quit his job in a minute and worked with him on a campaign, helped write speeches-not that he needed help-been a personal assistant, or done anything else the man wanted. Beaton had a special way with people that made you like him instantly. Laurie believed he could win and, if he won, become the next premier. He saw Beaton only occasionally over the next number of years, but he followed his career. Beaton Tulk didn't seek the leadership at that upcoming convention-or ever. Leadership sought him. He was voted unanimously, by his peers, to be leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party in 2000, when Premier Brian Tobin resigned to go to Ottawa. Beaton was sworn in as premier on October 16 of that year. A Man of My Word is the heartfelt and often humourous memoir of the Honourable Beaton Tulk, seventh premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, co-written by bestselling author Laurie Blackwood Pike and told anecdotally. Beaton Tulk's memoir is a tribute to his family and to the beloved way of life he saw growing up in outport Newfoundland: hard-working youth, family togetherness, and innocent homespun entertainment. The stories contained herein range from the sentimental to the laugh-out-loud, showing the human side of a politician: the mirthful, amiable, and charming man just about everyone in the province knows Beaton Tulk to be."--From publisher.

Autobiographies.

Pike, Laurie Blackwood.

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