"Charlene Johnson" , is a former Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Johnson represented the electoral district (Canada)/district of Trinity-Bay de Verde for the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador/Progressive Conservative Party from 2003 to 2014.

Johnson served as a minister in the cabinets of Danny Williams (politician)/Danny Williams, Kathy Dunderdale and Tom Marshall (politician)/Tom Marshall. During her time in cabinet she was Minister of the Environment and Conservation, Minister of Child, Youth and Family Services (Newfoundland and Labrador)/Child, Youth and Family Services, Minister of Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development (Newfoundland and Labrador)/Innovation, Business and Rural Development, and Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board. Johnson is the youngest woman ever elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly/House of Assembly, and the only woman to ever give birth while serving as a Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly/Member of the House of Assembly (MHA).

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I'm ready for some warm weather. Spring has fooled us.

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She remembers so much and I have tapes of her telling stories about the old days. My family used to say I was an old young person because my cousin and I used to love to sit with my great aunt and listen to her stories. It was just fascinating the stuff she used to say.

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I just find the whole subject so exciting, it really is my passion.

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When I look back at their lives, at the hardships they endured and the sacrifices they made for generations they had never even met, I don?t see how we can do less.

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