Roland Butler

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

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| name = Roland Butler

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| office = MHA for Port de Grave

| term_start = 2001

| term_end = September 19, 2011

| predecessor = John Efford

| successor = Glenn Littlejohn

| party = Liberal

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Roland Butler is a Canadian politician. He represented the district of Port de Grave in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2001 to 2011.{{cite web|title=Roland Butler|url=http://www.assembly.nl.ca/members/cms/memberdetail.asp?MemberID=10|work=House of Assembly|accessdate=26 January 2011}}

Butler attended Coley's Point High School before going on to complete a Business Administration Program.{{cite web | url=http://www.liberal.nf.net/RolandButlerWebsite/home.htm | title=Roland Butler }}

He is a member of the Liberal Party. From 1974 to 1984, he held a number of positions in the Port de Grave District Liberal Association, including Vice-president and Secretary. He was one of only three Liberal candidates elected in 2007 provincial election.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/former-minister-calls-liberal-collapse-catastrophic-1.683525|title=Former minister calls Liberal collapse 'catastrophic'|publisher=CBC News|date=October 10, 2007|accessdate=2017-10-15}}{{cite news|title=Jones takes on interim Liberal leadership|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/jones-takes-on-interim-liberal-leadership-1.635573|access-date=8 April 2014|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=15 November 2007}} Butler announced in April 2010, that he would not seek re-election in the 2011 provincial election.{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tories-set-sights-on-port-de-grave-1.988082 | work=CBC News | title=Tories set sights on Port de Grave | date=26 September 2011}} He has suggested that he may write a book about the 2001 leadership race.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-05-28/article-2541867/Ready-for-retirement-/1|title = Saltwire | Newfoundland & Labrador}} He has a wife, a son, and two grandsons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=171716|title = Our Campaigns - Candidate - Roland Butler}}