17 Facts About Loyola Sullivan

Loyola Sullivan was born on April 3,1949 and served as Canada's Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation from 2007 until 2011 and is a former Member of the House of Assembly in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Loyola Sullivan was Leader of the Official Opposition between 1996 and 1998.

Loyola Sullivan was born on April 3,1949, in Calvert, Newfoundland on the Southern Shore of the island of Newfoundland.

Loyola Sullivan is the son of a fisherman and one of 12 children, who learned from an early age the importance of hard work; he started working summers in the local fish plant when he was 13 years old.

Loyola Sullivan received his primary and elementary education in Calvert and attended high school in Ferryland where he graduated with honours at the top of his class.

Loyola Sullivan attended Memorial University of Newfoundland where he obtained Bachelor of Science degree in 1971 and Bachelor of Education degree in 1974.

Loyola Sullivan is married to Verna Walsh of Fermeuse and together they have three children, Julie, Shelley and Stefan and three grandchildren.

Loyola Sullivan became a high school biology, math and chemistry teacher, at Baltimore High School in Ferryland and was an owner and operator of two fish-processing operations as well as several other small businesses.

Loyola Sullivan served as the mayor of Fermeuse from 1979 to 1982 and was the President of the Southern Shore Arena Association from 1988 to 1991.

Loyola Sullivan was the Southern Shore Recreation Director, the coach of 12 provincial high school championships in cross-country, wrestling and hockey, as well as coaching the Newfoundland and Labrador junior wrestling team in the 1972 Canadian championship and Olympic trials.

Loyola Sullivan was a long-time member of the Kinsmen Club of Canada, rising to serve as National President of the organization in 1986.

Loyola Sullivan served on a wide-variety of community committees and boards including the Regional Arena Association, the Southern Shore Athletic Association, the Regional Oil and Gas Impact Committee, and the Committee for Primary Health Care -A Nursing Model, for which he was recognized with the Canada Volunteer Award of Merit.

Loyola Sullivan was first elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature in a 1992 by-election and was re-elected in the next four general elections.

Loyola Sullivan did not lead the PC Party through an election campaign and was replaced as leader by Ed Byrne in 1998.

The next month on January 25,2007, Loyola Sullivan was appointed by the federal Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Fisheries and Oceans as Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation by the Government of Canada.

Loyola Sullivan spent the four years furthering Canada's position on global fishery issues meeting with foreign fisheries ministers, ambassadors, foreign government and industry representatives to advance Canada's international fisheries agenda.

Loyola Sullivan announced on March 29,2011, that he had resigned his post as Canada's Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation in order to seek the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in the riding of St John's South-Mount Pearl for the 2011 federal election.