Graham Flight
Canadian politician (1936–2025)
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Graham Ralph Flight (March 22, 1936 – March 20, 2025) was a Canadian politician who represented the districts of Windsor-Buchans and Windsor-Springdale in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.[1][2]
Graham Flight | |
|---|---|
| MHA for Windsor-Buchans | |
| In office 1975–1982 | |
| MHA for Windsor-Buchans | |
| In office 1985–1987 | |
| Succeeded by | Clyde Wells |
| MHA for Windsor-Buchans | |
| In office 1989–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Clyde Wells |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MHA for Windsor-Springdale | |
| In office 1996–1999 | |
| Preceded by | new district |
| Succeeded by | Ray Hunter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 22, 1936 Cottle's Island, Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Died | March 20, 2025 (aged 88) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
Flight was born at Cottle's Island and was raised in Buchans. He was a teacher and also served as chair of the board of trustees for Buchans.[3]
He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly as a member of the Liberal Party in 1975. Flight was reelected in 1979, defeated in 1982 and was elected again in 1985.[4] He resigned his seat to allow Clyde Wells to run for a seat in the assembly in a 1987 by-election. He was reelected in 1989. Flight served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Forestry and Agriculture.[3] Flight died in St. John's on March 20, 2025, at the age of 88.[5]
