Yvonne Jones

Yvonne Jean Jones (born March 15, 1968) is a Canadian politician of Inuit descent in Newfoundland and Labrador, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on May 13, 2013. She represents the district of Labrador as a member of the Liberal Party caucus. On December 2, 2015, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.From 1996 to 2013, Jones represented the district of Cartwright-LAnse au Clair in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. During her career in provincial politics, she served as Minister of Fisheries in Premier Roger Grimes government, and later as a leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador and Leader of the Official Opposition.

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