Fred Hutton is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. he was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for the Liberal Party in the 2024 Conception Bay East–Bell Island provincial by-election. The district had been held by Progressive Conservatives for the previous 20 years.[1] On February 29, 2024, he was appointed Minister of Housing and Minister responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation.[2] On July 19, 2024, he was appointed as Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.[3]
Hutton formerly worked as a journalist and advisor to Premier Andrew Furey.[4] He worked as both a news director and a morning show co-host at VOCM.[5] Hutton worked for CJON-TV co-anchoring the NTV Evening Newshour from 1990 to 2013. He also co-hosted The St. John's Morning Show on CBN from 2017 to 2019.
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