As Premier, Moores advocated rural development & provincial control of natural resources as well as economic development. He left politics in 1979 to re-enter business and became a lobbyist. In 1983 he was an organizer of the successful Progressive Conservative Party of Canadaleadership campaign for Brian Mulroney. He served as an advisor to Mulroney while he was Prime Minister of Canada. In 1987, he became the chairman of Government Consultants International, a powerful international lobbying group. In the 1990s he was caught up in the Airbus affair but was ultimately cleared.
Frank Duff Moores (February 18, 1933 - July 10, 2005) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as Newfoundland and Labrador's second Premier (1972-1979).
Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario), Moores was first elected in 1968 to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative.
In 1970, he became leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador and was asked to form a government in January 1972, several months following the October 1971 election that resulted in a near tie between Joey Smallwood's Liberals and the Tories.
Born in Whitbourne, Newfoundland, Peckford first won election to the House of Assembly in 1972 as a Progressive Conservative.
In 1974 he became minister of municipal affairs and housing in the cabinet of Premier FrankD. Moores subsequently serving as minister of mines and energy and argued with the federal government over the ownership of the offshore Hibernia oil fields.
In 1979 he won the party leadership succeeding Moores as Premier leading his party to re-election in 1979 and 1982, largely on the issue of wresting control over natural resources from the federal government.Peckford clashed with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau during the debates on the Canadian constitution arguing for more provincial rights.
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