What is Beaton Tulk?
'''Beaton Tulk''' (May 22, 1944 – May 23, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He was the [[List of premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador|seventh]] [[Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador]] from 2000 to 2001. He was born in [[Ladle Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador|Ladle Cove]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]]. He was a member of the [[Newfoundland House of Assembly]] from 1979 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 2002 as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]. On December 16, 2002, Tulk was appointed by the federal government of [[Jean Chrétien]] to the [[Canadian Transportation Agency]].<ref name=pr>{{cite web|url=http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/mediaroom/releases-nat-2002-02_h132e-1485.htm |title=Appointment to the Canadian Transportation Agency |publisher=Transport Canada |access-date=2010-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607171901/http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/mediaroom/releases-nat-2002-02_h132e-1485.htm |archive-date=2011-06-07 }}</ref> In 2018, Flanker Press released his autobiography, ''A Man of My Word''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flankerpress.com/product/a-man-of-my-word/|title=A Man of My Word|last=Press|first=Flanker|website=Flanker Press|language=en|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/former-newfoundland-labrador-premier-beaton-tulk-new-memoir-1.4654809|title=Beaton Tulk talks cancer, Joey and how he never really wanted the top job|publisher=CBC News|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> Tulk died of [[prostate cancer]], one day after his 75th birthday on May 23, 2019 at his home in [[Musgravetown]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thepacket.ca/news/local/former-newfoundland-and-labrador-premier-beaton-tulk-dead-at-75-314862/ |title=Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Beaton Tulk dead at 75 |access-date=2019-05-23 |archive-date=2019-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524072239/https://www.thepacket.ca/news/local/former-newfoundland-and-labrador-p