Ross Wiseman

Who is Ross Wiseman?

Alfred Ross Robert Martin Wiseman is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Wiseman represents the district of Trinity North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives, and is the Minister of Environment and Conservation in the government of Kathy Dunderdale.

He was first elected as a Liberal in a by-election on April 15, 2000 in Trinity North, however he crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservative caucus in 2001. Danny Williams appointed him as Minister of Health and Community Services in 2007 and in a minor cabinet shuffle in 2009, he became Minister of Business. On January 13, 2011, Premier Dunderdale shuffled the cabinet, and Wiseman became Minister of Environment and Conservation.

Following his re-election in the October 2011, election Wiseman was uncontested for the role of Speaker of the House of Assembly.