Dwayne Provo

{{Short description|Canadian athlete, school administrator, and politician}}

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| name = Dwayne Provo

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|10|7}}

| birth_place = North Preston, Nova Scotia

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| status = Retired

| import = No

| position1 = DB

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 185

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| high_school = Cole Harbour District High School

| CIS = Saint Mary's University

| CFLDraftedYear = 1995

| CFLDraftedRound = 1

| CFLDraftedPick = 10

| CFLDraftedTeam = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1995}}–{{CFL Year|1996}}

| playing_team1 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1996}}–{{CFL Year|1998}}

| playing_team2 = Montreal Alouettes

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1998}}–{{CFL Year|2000}}

| playing_team3 = Edmonton Eskimos

| playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|2001}}

| playing_team4 = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|2002}}

| playing_team5 = Ottawa Renegades

| playing_years6 = {{CFL Year|2002}}

| playing_team6 = BC Lions

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Dwayne Provo (born October 7, 1970{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/player/dwayneprovo/2502558/profile |title=Dwayne Provo |website=nfl.com}}) is a Canadian athlete, school administrator, and politician.

Early life

Provo was born in North Preston, Nova Scotia (one of Canada's largest Black communities) and attended university at Saint Mary's University where he played Canadian football and was drafted in 1995 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Professional football career

He went on to play professional football in the Canadian Football League for 8 years (as well as a brief stint in the National Football League). Since retiring from football he has taken further university studies and worked as a school administrator.

Political career

In the 2006 Nova Scotia election, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of Preston, but finished second to Liberal Keith Colwell. In 2009, he ran again but placed third behind Colwell and New Democrat Janet Sutcliffe. He is a cousin to boxer Kirk Johnson and hockey player Evander Kane.

Electoral history

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Nova Scotia general election: Preston}}

|Liberal

|Keith Colwell

|align="right"|1,908

|align="right"|42.20

|align="right"|+0.07

|New Democratic Party

|Janet Sutcliffe

|align="right"|1,316

|align="right"|29.11

|align="right"|+9.94

|Progressive Conservative

|Dwayne Provo

|align="right"|1,240

|align="right"|27.43

|align="right"|-9.40

{{Election box begin | title=2006 Nova Scotia general election: Preston}}

|Liberal

|Keith Colwell

|align="right"|1,853

|align="right"|42.13

|align="right"|–

|Progressive Conservative

|Dwayne Provo

|align="right"|1,610

|align="right"|36.83

|align="right"|–

|New Democratic Party

|Douglas Sparks

|align="right"|843

|align="right"|19.17

|align="right"|–

References

External links

[https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-provodwa001 Canadian Football League stats] at statscrew.com
[http://jamesrjohnstonchair.dal.ca/photo_gallery_and_biographies/Dwayne_A._Provo.php Biography at Dalhousie University]

Category:1970 births

Category:Living people

Category:Black Nova Scotians

Category:Black Canadian players of Canadian football

Category:Black Canadian politicians

Category:Black Canadian sportsmen

Category:Players of Canadian football from Nova Scotia

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia politicians

Category:Candidates in Nova Scotia provincial elections

Category:Canadian sportsperson-politicians

Category:Saint Mary's Huskies football players

Category:Montreal Alouettes players