Editing Brian Tobin (section)

=== Premier of Newfoundland ===
In 1996, Tobin resigned from federal politics to succeed [[Clyde Kirby Wells|Clyde Wells]] as leader of the governing [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal Party of Newfoundland]] and premier. The Liberal Party won a large majority government later that year. During his time as premier Tobin pursued tough negotiations with out-of-province companies seeking to export resources for refining and smelting elsewhere. He insisted that the resources will never be mined unless Newfoundlanders received secondary manufacturing and tertiary service spin-offs. A similar tough stance was taken in seeking to [[Lower Churchill Project|develop]] the [[Churchill River (Atlantic)|Lower Churchill River]], keeping in mind the contract his predecessor [[Joey Smallwood]] had negotiated. His Liberals won re-election in [[1999 Newfoundland general election|1999]].<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/player/Digital+Archives/Politics/Provincial+and+Territorial+Politics/Newfoundland+and+Labrador+Elections/ID/1822259854/ Brian Tobin's Liberals win re-election]</ref>

It was also during this time in the lead-up to the millennium that Newfoundland undertook an aggressive tourism marketing campaign which focused on important anniversaries such as the 500th year since [[John Cabot]]'s voyage of discovery (1997), as well as the 1000th year since [[Vikings]], such as [[Leif Ericson]], made landfall on the province's shores (2000).