The thoughtful fellow on the right is Robert Wells, then the newly appointed health minister in 1975 in Frank Moores’ administration.
Wells left politics in 1979, wound up on the bench and retired not so long ago after a distinguished career. He is currently heading up an inquiry into offshore helicopter safety.
The fellow on the left is Dr. A.T. Rowe, at the time the member of the House of Assembly for Carbonear and outgoing health minister. he left politics in 1975 and took up a post at Memorial University’s School of Medicine where he headed the family practice department from 1978 to 1985.
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