Beaton Tulk

[5][6] He was defeated in the 1989 election, and in 1990 became the Assistant Deputy Minister of Children and Youth Services for the Newfoundland government.

[1][12] In December 1998, he stepped down from cabinet when he was the subject of allegations of wrongdoing by the owner of a private college.

[12] In 2002, Tulk resigned his provincial seat to run unsuccessfully for the federal Liberals for the House of Commons of Canada seat of Gander—Grand Falls in a by-election after George Baker was appointed to the Senate, but was defeated by Rex Barnes.

[19] On December 16, 2002, Tulk was appointed by the federal government of Jean Chrétien to the Canadian Transportation Agency.

[8] In 2018, Flanker Press released his autobiography, A Man of My Word, co-written by Laurie Blackwood Pike.