Brian Thomas Burke (born in Perth, 25 February 1947) was Labor premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 until his resignation on 25 February 1988. Burke was imprisoned for seven months in 1994, after being convicted of "false pretence" regarding travel expenses.^[1]

In following decades, Burke continued to maintain his Labor party contacts and parliamentary influence, using them to further his career as a pro-business lobbyist. Burke worked both sides of politics in partnership with disgraced former ministerial colleague Julian Grill and assisted by former senator, Noel Crichton-Browne, to influence Liberal parliamentarians.^[2]

Political career[link]

The son of federal Labor parliamentarian Tom Burke, Brian Burke started his career as a journalist, initially at the West Australian newspaper and later in radio and television. He entered politics in 1973, winning the Legislative Assembly seat of Balcatta at a by-election.^[3] His elder brother Terry held the seat of Perth from 1968-1987. In 1981, Brian Burke defeated Ron Davies to become opposition leader.^[4] At the February 1983 state election, he became the state's 23rd premier (and its third youngest after John Scaddan and Newton Moore), ending almost nine years of conservative coalition government which had commenced under Sir Charles Court, and was completed by Ray O'Connor (1982–1983). On 25 February 1983, Burke's 36th birthday, the governor commissioned the Burke ministry.

The Burke government abolished capital punishment in Western Australia in 1984.^[5]

His premiership was characterised by very close associations with businessmen such as Laurie Connell and Alan Bond and arranging joint government and business deals. As a result of the 1987 stock market crash, major corporate collapses including that of Connell's merchant bank Rothwells unwound some of those deals which, in turn, caused major losses to the state. The corporate deals and the attempted government-sponsored rescue of Rothwells under subsequent premier Peter Dowding were widely styled in media and civil society as "WA Inc".

Burke resigned as premier and as member for Balga on 25 February 1988, on the fifth anniversary of his becoming premier and his own 41st birthday. A packed public gallery attended his resignation speech and both he and his deputy Mal Bryce, who resigned on the same day, were given a rare standing ovation in the House.^[6] Burke was able to play the part of kingmaker, convincing party colleagues to support the Dowding-Parker ticket for the leadership. Burke then accepted an appointment as Australia's ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See.

As a result of the allegations, the WA Inc royal commission was established in 1991, and led to Burke being charged with various offences for which he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. He served seven months in jail in 1994 for travel expense rorts before being released on parole. In March 1997 he was sentenced to three years' jail for stealing $122,585 in campaign donations. He served six months before the convictions were quashed on appeal. He was stripped of his honour as a Companion of the Order of Australia.^[7]

Burke has since been active as a consultant and lobbyist for Western Australian business interests. His continued involvement in state Labor branch politics has been a subject of controversy since before Labor returned to power in 2001. Former premier Geoff Gallop banned cabinet ministers from contact with Burke, but this was lifted by his successor Alan Carpenter when he took office in February 2006.

On 9 November 2006, Burke resigned from the Labor party after public criticism from Labor premier Alan Carpenter, in part due to evidence provided to the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC).^[8] Norm Marlborough MLA, the Minister for Small Business and the South-West in the Carpenter Ministry, was forced to resign from the Ministry and from the parliament on 10 November 2006 after the Corruption and Crime Commission revealed he had kept a "secret mobile phone" to stay in touch with Burke.

This triggered a by-election for Marlborough's seat of Peel, although Labor retained the seat.^[9][10] Burke subsequently stood trial on five charges of telling lies to the CCC inquiry and on 1 April 2010 was found guilty of deliberately giving false testimony.^[11] He was fined $25,000.

See also[link]

• Burke Ministry (Western Australia)

References[link]

Sources[link]

• Quentin Beresford (2008). The Godfather: The Life of Brian Burke. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74175-556-5, 9781741755565. 
• Moon J, Fletcher C (1988). "New Government and Policy Change in Western Australia 1983-1988: Did Mr Burke Make a Difference?". Australian Journal of Political Science (Routledge) 23. 

External links[link]

• Constitutional Centre biographical entry
• Western Australian Government Commissions of Inquiry
• ABC News: Burke a 'highly successful premier'
• video of Brian Burke reporting for 7 News 1966

v t e Premiers of Western Australia Forrest Throssell Leake Morgans Leake James Daglish Rason Moore Wilson Scaddan Wilson Lefroy Colebatch Mitchell Collier Mitchell Collier Willcock Wise McLarty Hawke Brand Tonkin C. Court O'Connor Burke Dowding Lawrence R. Court Gallop Carpenter Barnett

Robert "Bob" McCown (born May 21, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio) is a Canadian sports talk show personality and the host of a late afternoon/early evening radio talk show called Prime Time Sports. The program is broadcast from the Toronto-based studio of the Fan 590 (the flagship radio station of the Fan Radio Network) and is syndicated nationally in Canada. Since 2004, this radio talk show has also been simulcast on television on Rogers Sportsnet. Since 2009, the show's live stream has been available online in Canada on the FAN590 website. The late actor Rory Calhoun was McCown's second cousin.

Career[link]

During the Toronto Blue Jays' inaugural season in 1977, McCown was the public address announcer for their home games. He was also the original host of Global TV's Sportsline, and also hosted a magazine program on TSN called The Business of Sports.

In 1988, McCown joined CJCL-AM as a sports radio personality, and in 1989, he became the original host of the sports radio talk show Prime Time Sports. In 1993, he was re-assigned as the host of the Fan 1430's morning show (The Bob McCown Show), relinquishing his PTS hosting duties to Dan Shulman. In 1995, The Fan fired McCown as their morning show host, but when Shulman left the station to join TSN, McCown was re-hired as the host of Prime Time Sports a month later. In 2007, McCown received a Sports Radio Award for "Air Talent Of The Year" at the 2007 Rick Scott & Associates Sports Radio Conference.^[1] In 2007, McCown published his first book, "McCown's Law: The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments" with co-author David Naylor.

McCown has also been known for his 30 year standing bet with former Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Paul Godfrey regarding an NFL team in Toronto. It was on a beach in the year of 1977 that the two men debated long hours about the subject. Godfrey to this day asserts that there will one day be an NFL team in Toronto, while McCown guarantees that there will not. Once a year or every so often, the debate is brought up again.

Also referred to by the nickname The Bobcat, McCown has maintained his residence between both Las Vegas and Toronto over the past decade, though he has settled in Toronto over the past few years. He also became a Canadian citizen in 2004, and revoked his American citizenship since 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2009 he launched a new website fadoo.ca with the goal to "provide a platform for dialogue and comment among people of power and influence in the sports world. And then, let everyone in on the conversation." The website lasted just over a year before being removed in early June 2010. “It just didn’t make business sense, anymore,” a source close the operation wrote in an e-mail message.^[2] It appeared McCown lost interest in the fadoo.ca site months ago with no posts, updates, or otherwise.

Broadcast style[link]

Among his on-air trademarks on the show include his deadpan greetings to guest callers and his audience such as "Greetings! Salutations!", his constant use of rich vocabulary to describe things (referring to sportswriters as "ink-stained wretches"), his dry wit (which includes using such quips as "Who gives a flying fadoo?!", "Kicking ass, taking names", "Raising a Spockian eyebrow", "giddyup" and "Bite me!", referencing the fictional hockey players Claude and Orest Themalfachuk, and likening someone who is impatient to "Sonic the Hedgehog, tapping his foot"), and a pair of sunglasses he wears during the television simulcasts of Prime Time Sports. McCown is often indifferent about the fact that his radio show is simulcast on television, often saying during his introductions "also simulcast on Rogers Sportsnet for those of you who do not own radios" or "simulcast on Rogers Sportsnet in lieu of other programming". He has on many occasions maintained his stance against fighting in hockey (especially staged fights), hits to the head, and a strong aversion for the sport of soccer^{[citation needed]}.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Bob McCown; David Naylor (23 September 2008). McCown's Law: The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66676-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=hPHNsOx7zaYC&pg=PA1. 

External links[link]

• The Business of Sports
• Rogers Sportsnet bio
• Bob McCown on Twitter
• "Interactive Bob" game on Fan590.com

Randy Carlyle
Born	(1956-04-19) April 19, 1956 (age 56) Sudbury, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	NHL Winnipeg Jets Pittsburgh Penguins Toronto Maple Leafs CHL Dallas Black Hawks
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	30th overall, 1976 Toronto Maple Leafs
WHA Draft	7th overall, 1976 Cincinnati Stingers
Playing career	1976–1993

Randolph Robert Carlyle (born April 19, 1956) is a former ice hockey defenceman and current head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[1][2] He was raised in Azilda, just northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. He won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with his previous team, the Anaheim Ducks.^[3]

Career[link]

Carlyle was drafted by the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft, 30th overall. He was also drafted by the Cincinnati Stingers in the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft, seventh overall. Carlyle played 17 seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets. He appeared in 1055 games and earned 647 points. Known as a fiery, tough-nosed defenceman, he was selected to play in four NHL All-Star Games, winning the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenceman in 1981. At the conclusion of his playing career in 1993, Carlyle remained with the Jets organization, eventually becoming an assistant coach for the 1995–96 season. In 1989, Randy represented Canada at the World Hockey Championships in Stockholm. In that tournament, Carlyle failed the A sample of a drug test, but was cleared of any improper drug use when his B sample came back clean. [1]

Carlyle spent six seasons (1996–2001 & 2004–2005) as head coach of the Manitoba Moose (both in the International and American Hockey Leagues), earning a career mark of 222–159–52–7 with the franchise. He had the additional duties of General Manager of the Moose from 1996–2000, adding the title of club President for the 2001–2002 season. He helped the Moose to a 47–21–14 record for 108 points in 1998–99, for which he was named the IHL's General Manager of the Year.

Following the 2001–2002 season, Carlyle joined the Washington Capitals as an assistant coach for two years (2002–2004), before rejoining The Moose.

Carlyle spent 2004–2005 as head coach of the Manitoba Moose, the Vancouver Canucks’ primary development affiliate in the AHL. In 2004–2005, he led the Moose to a 44–26–3–7 record (.613 winning percentage) and an appearance in the Calder Cup Semi-Finals.

Starting August 1, 2005, he became head coach of the Anaheim Ducks. He led a completely rebuilt Ducks team to the playoffs in his first year as coach, advancing to the conference finals during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

During the 2007 season, Carlyle coached the Ducks to the best regular season in franchise history, setting a record for points in a season at 110 and grabbing the team's first division title. His team was dominating in the playoffs, as Carlyle led the franchise to its first Stanley Cup victory.

On February 8, 2008, with the Ducks 2–1 win over the New Jersey Devils, Ducks coach Randy Carlyle earned his 121st victory, passing Ron Wilson for the franchise record.[2]

His tenure as head coach of the Ducks ended on November 30th, 2011. An hour after securing a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on November 30th 2011, Carlyle was fired by the franchise. He had served as the Ducks head coach since 2005 winning the Stanley Cup in 2007.

Carlyle was hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs as their new head coach on March 2, 2012. replacing the outgoing Ron Wilson^[4]

NHL coaching statistics[link]

Coaching record[link]

The winner of the cup in 2007.

Career statistics[link]

Awards and achievements[link]

• OMJHL Second All-Star Team (1976)
• Norris Trophy winner (1981)
• NHL First AlI-Star Team (1981)
• “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

See also[link]

• Captain (ice hockey)
• List of NHL players with 1000 games played

External links[link]

• Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
• Randy Carlyle's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Randy Carlyle's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Randy Carlyle's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

References[link]

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Don Cherry
Don Cherry at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Born	(1934-02-05) February 5, 1934 (age 78) Kingston, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Hershey Bears Boston Bruins Springfield Indians Trois-Rivières Lions Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers Sudbury Wolves Spokane Comets Rochester Americans Tulsa Oilers Vancouver Canucks
Playing career	1954–1972

Donald Stewart "Grapes" Cherry (commonly referred to as Don Cherry) (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian ice hockey commentator for CBC Television. Cherry co-hosts the "Coach's Corner" intermission segment (with Ron MacLean) on the long-running Canadian sports program Hockey Night in Canada, and has also worked for ESPN in the United States as a commentator during the latter stages of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He is known for his outspoken manner, flamboyant dress, and staunch patriotism.^[1]

Prior to his broadcast career, Cherry was a professional hockey player and National Hockey League coach. He played one game with the Boston Bruins, and later coached them for 5 seasons, starting with Bobby Orr's final 93 games as a Bruin. He is also well known as an author, syndicated radio commentator for the Sportsnet Radio Network,^[2] creator of the Rock'em Sock'em Hockey video series, and celebrity endorser. Cherry was voted as the seventh greatest Canadian on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television special, The Greatest Canadian. In March 2010, his life was dramatized in a two-part Canadian Broadcasting Corporation made-for-television movie, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, based on a script written by his son, Timothy Cherry. In March 2012 CBC aired a sequel, The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II.

Biography[link]

Early life and family[link]

Cherry was born in Kingston, Ontario to Delmar (Del) and Maude Cherry.^[3] His paternal grandfather, John T. (Jack) Cherry, was an original member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and a Great Lakes ship captain. His maternal grandfather, Richard Palamountain, was a British orphan of Cornish parentage who was emigrated to Canada as one of the Home Children. The name Palamountain is a corruption of the Cornish language 'pol-mun-tyr' meaning 'pool by the mineral land'.^[4] Palamountain was also a veteran of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.^[5] Cherry's father Del was an amateur athlete and worked as an electrician with the Canadian Steamship Lines.^[3] On the March 15, 2008 edition of Coach's Corner, Cherry wore the green and gold colours of County Kerry, Ireland. In his segment following the game, he claimed ancestry from that region. Cherry's younger brother, Dick Cherry played hockey at various levels, including two seasons in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers.^[6]

In his first year with the Bears, he met his future wife Rosemarie (Rose) Cherry née Madelyn Martini (born 1935 in Hershey, Pennsylvania). Rose was hugely influential in Don's life—because of Don's minor-league hockey lifestyle, they moved 53 times; they rarely had decent housing or furnishings, and Don was often away playing during major events, such as the birth of their daughter and first child, Cindy Cherry.^[7] Six years after Cindy's birth, Rose gave birth to son Tim Cherry.^[8] When Tim needed a kidney transplant at age 13, Cindy donated one of hers. The two currently live across the street from each other, around the corner from their father, in Mississauga.^[9]

Rose died of liver cancer on June 1, 1997 and in honour of her perseverance, Don created Rose Cherry's Home for Kids.^[7] Her name has motivated Cherry to always wear a rose on his lapel. Cherry contributed in developing Rose Cherry's Home for Kids which has since been renamed to The Darling Home for Kids, in Milton, Ontario.^[10] The Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario is located on "Rose Cherry Place," a street named for his late wife.

In 1999, Don married his second wife, Luba.^[11]

Playing career[link]

Cherry played junior hockey with the Barrie Flyers and the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey Association. Cherry won the Memorial Cup as a defenceman with Barrie in 1953. He dropped out of high school, and in 1954 he signed with the American Hockey League's (AHL) Hershey Bears.^[12]

Cherry had a long playing career in professional minor hockey, and in 1955 played his only NHL game when the Boston Bruins called him up during the playoffs. According to Cherry, a baseball injury suffered in the off season kept him from making the NHL despite his almost 20 years playing in the minor leagues. He retired as a player in 1970.^[12] Cherry won the Calder Cup championship (AHL) four times—1960 with the Springfield Indians, and 1965, 1966, 1968 with Rochester Americans. He also won the Lester Patrick Cup, the Western Hockey League Championship, with Vancouver Canucks in 1969.

Career statistics[link]