Jump to content

Dwayne Provo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dwayne Provo
Born: (1970-10-07) October 7, 1970 (age 54)
North Preston, Nova Scotia
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL statusNational
Position(s)DB
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
UniversitySaint Mary's University
High schoolCole Harbour District High School
CFL draft1995, round: 1, pick: 10
Drafted bySaskatchewan Roughriders
Career history
As player
19951996Saskatchewan Roughriders
19961998Montreal Alouettes
19982000Edmonton Eskimos
2001Toronto Argonauts
2002Ottawa Renegades
2002BC Lions

Dwayne Provo (born October 7, 1970[1]) is a Canadian athlete, school administrator, and politician.

Early life

[edit]

Provo was born in North Preston, Nova Scotia (one of Canada's largest Black communities) and attended university at Saint Mary's University where he played Canadian football and was drafted in 1995 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Professional football career

[edit]

He went on to play professional football in the Canadian Football League for 8 years (as well as a brief stint in the National Football League). Since retiring from football he has taken further university studies and worked as a school administrator.

Political career

[edit]

In the 2006 Nova Scotia election, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of Preston, but finished second to Liberal Keith Colwell. In 2009, he ran again but placed third behind Colwell and New Democrat Janet Sutcliffe. He is a cousin to boxer Kirk Johnson and hockey player Evander Kane.

Electoral history

[edit]
2009 Nova Scotia general election: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Keith Colwell 1,908 42.20 +0.07
  New Democratic Party Janet Sutcliffe 1,316 29.11 +9.94
  Progressive Conservative Dwayne Provo 1,240 27.43 -9.40
Green Sarah Densmore 57 1.26 -0.60
2006 Nova Scotia general election: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Keith Colwell 1,853 42.13
  Progressive Conservative Dwayne Provo 1,610 36.83
  New Democratic Party Douglas Sparks 843 19.17
Green David Farrell 82 1.86

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Dwayne Provo". nfl.com.
[edit]