Background
The son of Alan Decker and Leah Simms, he was born in Saint Anthony and grew up in Roddickton.
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He attended high school in Roddickton and Prince Of Wales College and went on to receive a Bachelor from Memorial University and a Master of Divinity from Pine Hill Divinity Hall in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Career
He represented The Straits – White Bay North in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1985 to 1999. Decker served as a minister in various places in Canada. In 1972, Decker returned to Roddickton, where he operated several businesses and served two terms as mayor.
He served as member and chair for the Strait of Belle Isle Integrated School Board and for the Vinland Integrated School Board.
He also served on the Integrated Education Council for Newfoundland and Labrador. Decker was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1985.
He was reelected in 1989, 1993 and 1996. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Health, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General and as Minister of Education.
After leaving politics in 1999, he worked as a consultant.
Decker also published three books:
Gravel Pit Campers (2010)
Dissolution (2012)
By Right of Soil (2011)
Decker died of cancer at the age of 73.
Membership
Decker was a member of the board of regents for Memorial University and served as chair from 2002 to 2003.
