Jerome Kennedy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jerome Kennedy
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 10, 1960(1960-07-10)
Age	64
Birthplace	Carbonear
Country	Canada
Birth City	Newfoundland and Labrador
Horoscope	Cancer

Jerome Kennedy Biography

Jerome Kennedy is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 10, 1960 in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Jerome Kennedy QC, MHA , (born 10 July 1960) is a Canadian politician and lawyer from Newfoundland and Labrador, who served in cabinet positions of the Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Danny Williams.

Kennedy is elected on the 7th of July in 2007 in 2007 as the MHA Member. House of Assembly (MHA) for the Carbonear-Harbour grace district. In his cabinet, held the positions of Minister of Finance as well as Minister for Natural Resources, Government House Leader as well as Minister for Health and Community Services, and minister of Justice and Attorney General. Prior to entering politics, Kennedy was a well-known attorney for criminals at St. John’s.

In October 2009, Kennedy succeeded Paul Oram as the Minister of Health and Community Services, after Oram announced his retirement from provincial politics. Kennedy’s appointment coincided with the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic. The province started rolling out their mass H1N1 vaccination toward the end of October, which temporarily suspended attention to other health services. While there was originally much confusion and controversy with the mass vaccination, Newfoundland and Labrador ended up vaccinating more of their residents than any other province in Canada. 69 per cent of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians were vaccinated, well above the national average of 41 per cent.

Kennedy had been thought of as a likely successor to former Premier Williams since entering politics in 2007. When Williams resigned as premier and PC leader on 25 November 2010, Kennedy was thought to be the frontrunner in the leadership race to succeed him. However, on 23 December 2010, Kennedy announced that he would not be seeking the leadership after discussing it with his family. Kennedy endorsed Dunderdale, who was later acclaimed leader of the party.

On November 1, 2006. Kennedy had been his Progressive Conservative Party candidate for a by-election within the Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi to succeed the incumbent New Democratic Party (NDP) leader, Jack Harris. Kennedy did not win his campaign for the seat, and lost the race to Harris who succeeded who was NDP head, Lorraine Michael. Following the defeat, he stated that he hadn’t ever thought about running for the seat again in the near future. However, Kennedy was a candidate for Progressive Conservatives in the 2007 general election. This time Kennedy was elected to represent the Carbonear-Harbour- Grace district of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.

Jerome Kennedy Net Worth

Jerome Kennedy is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jerome Kennedy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kennedy is born and was raised within Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador and is the eldest of nine children born to Patrick Kennedy and Flora Kennedy. The Kennedys completed his studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1981 with the degree of bachelor of arts. He later received the Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of New Brunswick Law School in 1984.

Kennedy has been admitted to the Newfoundland Bar in 1985, and began to practice criminal law in 1989 full-time. Kennedy was a well-known and outspoken lawyer for criminal defence at St. John’s. Kennedy is well-known for his representation of Randy Druken and Gregory Parsons in the Lamer Inquiry that examined how the justice system dealt with three murder convictions that were discredited.

Kennedy was appointed Minister of Finance, President of Treasury Board, Minister Responsible for the Public Service Secretariat and Minister Responsible for the Office of the Chief Information Officer on 31 October 2008, taking over for Tom Marshall who moved to Kennedy’s old portfolio of Justice. Kennedy became minister just as the economy was seeing a downturn, due to the late-200s recession. In March 2009, he released his first budget titled; Building on Our Strong Foundation. Kennedy announced that the province recorded a $2.4 billion surplus during the 2008-2009 fiscal year and that the province’s debt fell below $8 billion, but that they faced a $750 million deficit for the 2009-2010 fiscal year due to the recession. Kennedy’s $6.7 billion budget put a significant focus on health and social services as well it included $800 million in infrastructure spending to stimulate the economy. Kennedy was also tasked with negotiating contracts with public sector employees. The government had agreed to giving workers a 21.5 per cent wage increase over four years and easily signed deals with the majority of the unions representing public sector employees. The province’s nurses union however asked for a raise of more than 24 per cent over two years, plus an overhaul of starting and top wage scales. Kennedy told the nurses union that if they did not accept the 21.5 per cent wage increase over four years, given to other public sector employees, by 31 December 2008, that the government’s offer may shrink due to the worsening economy. He later told nurses that “if forced to” the government would legislate nurses back to work if they chose to strike. After months of volatile negotiations Kennedy and the nurses union reached a tentative agreement on 26 May 2009, roughly two hours before nurses were expected on picket lines throughout the province. The four-year agreement, which was later accepted by nurses, included an across the board compounded pay raise of 21.5 per cent, plus new step increases for new nurses and senior nurses which represented a total pay increase of 31 per cent and 27 per cent respectively for these groups by the end of the contract.

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