Background
Rompkey was born in Belleoram, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Bill Rompkey
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He attended Bishop Feild College in Saint John"son In 1953, after he left Bishop Feild College, Rompkey entered Memorial University, where he graduated with a Bachelor, a diploma in education, and an Master of Arts. Rompkey continued his studies at the University of London, England, where he received the Academic Diploma in Education.
Career
After Rompkey returned from his studies in London, he started his career as an educator. Rompkey taught school at Upper Island Cove and in Saint Rompkey later became the first Superintendent of Education with the Labrador East Integrated School Board, a position he held until 1971. The House of Commons In 1980, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau elevated Rompkey to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of National Revenue.
In 1982, he was moved to the position of Minister of State for Small Businesses and Tourism becoming Minister of State for Mines in 1984.
He was Minister of State for Transport in the short lived Cabinet of John Turner until the government"s defeat in the 1984 election. Senate In 1995, Governor General of Canada Roméo LeBlanc, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, appointed Rompkey to the Canadian Senate.
In 2001, he became Government Whip in the Senate and was deputy leader of the government in the Senate until the Conservatives took power in February 2006. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on May 13, 2011.
Achievements
Membership
Rompkey was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Grand Falls-White Bay-Labrador, the first of seven consecutive election victories.
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