Alvin Hewlett

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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Alvin Hewlett (born Feb 3, 1952) is a former politician in Newfoundland. He represented Green Bay in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1989 to 1996.

The son of Clifford Hewlett,{{cite web |url=http://www.theshorelinenews.com/pdfs/mar28-2013/mar28-4.pdf |title=Politics 101 |last=Hewlett |first=Alvin |work=Shoreline News |date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133928/http://www.theshorelinenews.com/pdfs/mar28-2013/mar28-4.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} he was born in Port Anson and was educated at Memorial University. Hewlett was executive assistant and then chief of staff for Brian Peckford.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=1994 |last=O'Handley |first=Kathryn |ISBN=0-921925-54-9}}

Hewlett was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1989 and was reelected in 1993. He was defeated by Graham Flight when he ran for election in the newly created district of Windsor-Springdale.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/canada/nlvotes2011/ridings/019/ |title=Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South |work=Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011 |publisher=CBC News}}