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Bennett Declares for Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte

Pasadena NL - Wayne Bennett, recently retired from Canada's Navy, will bethe NL First Party's candidate in Humber-St.Barbe-Baie Verte for the October14th federal election. Bennett, the son of Ivy (Perry) and Ernest (thePepsi Man) Bennett, served for some 32 years in the Navy and with the RoyalNfld Regiment. He is the founder and CEO of WRB Enterprises Limited.

WRB EnterprisesLimited is in the early stages of two developments in the Howley area. When elected, Wayne will be donating his $45,000 military pension to theRoyal Newfoundland Regiment, in concert with Senator Bill Romphey, for the purpose of the erection of a caribou in Gallipoli for the 100thAnniversary in 2015.

Wayne is single and lives in Pasadena, the crown of the Humber Valley. Isactively involved in both the Pasadena community and the town of Howley,where he spent many of his early years. He is the Grand Knight of the localKnights of Columbus Archbishop McNeil Council 8555 and is actively pursingthe formation of an Historical Society in Howley.