Bio Section

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Edward Moxon Roberts is a former lieutenant governor, minister of justice and head of the Liberal party in Newfoundland and Labrador. Roberts is the only person to serve as a cabinet minister in the province's first three Liberal governments, those of Joey Smallwood, Clyde Wells, and Brian Tobin, with a political career spanning thirty years. Roberts was also chair of the Board of Regents of Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1997 until his appointment as lieutenant-governor in 2002.