Rex Gibbons

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Rex Vincent Gibbons
Born1946
Lumsden, Newfoundland
NationalityCanadian
Alma materMemorial University of Newfoundland
Caltech
Scientific career
Fields Geology
Institutions Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Thesis Experimental effects of high shock pressure on materials of geological and geophysical interest.  (1974)
Doctoral advisor Thomas J. Ahrens

Rex Vincent Gibbons (born 1946) is a geologist, educator and former politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1989 to 1997. [1]

Biography

He was born in Lumsden and was educated at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the California Institute of Technology, receiving a PhD in Geology. He went on to study Moon rocks and lunar soils at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. In 1976, Gibbons returned to Newfoundland, becoming head of the Publications and Information section of the Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, also serving as coordinator of public relations and advertising for the Mines branch of the department. He was an associate editor for Geoscience Canada and served on the board of regents for Memorial University. [1]

He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1989 and was reelected in 1993 and 1996. [2] Gibbons served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Mines and Energy and as Minister of Natural Resources. [3] He resigned his seat in April 1997 to run for the St. John's West seat in the Canadian House of Commons but came in a close second to Progressive Conservative Charlie Power. [2] [4] He ran in the 2007 provincial election in St. John's South but lost by a wide margin. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gibbons, Rex Vincent". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . pp. 519–20.
  2. 1 2 "St. John's West". Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011. CBC News.
  3. ↑ "New Cabinet Sworn In". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. March 14, 1996.
  4. ↑ "St. John's West, Newfoundland and Labrador (1953 - 1988)". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada.
  5. ↑ "Liberals fall short of full slate in N.L. election | CBC News".
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