Politicians of all stripes paid tribute Thursday to the late Harvey Hodder, the former mayor of Mount Pearl who went on to be the Speaker of the House of Assembly. He was a proud Newfoundlander and Labradorian, and I know [was] fiercely proud of the city of Mount Pearl." Steve Kent, who succeeded Hodder as both mayor and MHA, tweeted that Hodder had been fighting cancer. As mayor of Mount Pearl, he oversaw an expansion, while fighting off a potential amalgamation threat from neighbouring St. John's. He entered provincial politics in 1993, defeating Liberal cabinet minister Eric Gullage in Waterford-Kenmount.

Source: CBC News September 17, 2020 20:26 UTC