Jerry Dean

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{for|the English footballer|Jerry Dean (footballer)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Jerry Dean

| honorific-suffix = MHA

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| assembly = Newfoundland and Labrador House of

| constituency_AM = Exploits

| term_start = November 30, 2015

| term_end = April 17, 2019

| predecessor = Clayton Forsey

| successor = Pleaman Forsey

| party = Liberal

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Jerry H. Dean is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/provincial-election-candidates-1.3343999 "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"]. CBC News, November 30, 2015. He represented the electoral district of Exploits as a member of the Liberal Party until his loss in the 2019 election.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/defeated-incumbents-1.5139759 "Cabinet ministers Letto and Hawkins among 9 defeated Liberals"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 17, 2019.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Dean was the mayor of Botwood.{{cite web|url=http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/News/Local/2015-09-23/article-4286369/Jerry-Dean-wins-Liberal-nomination/1|title=Jerry Dean wins Liberal nomination|work=Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser|date=September 23, 2015|access-date=August 1, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208144851/http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/News/Local/2015-09-23/article-4286369/Jerry-Dean-wins-Liberal-nomination/1|archivedate=December 8, 2015}}