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Liberal Party Of Newfoundland And Labrador Leadership Elections
This page lists the results of leadership elections held by the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1949 leadership convention (Held April 28, 1949) * Joey Smallwood acclaimed 1969 leadership convention (Held November 1, 1969) * Joey Smallwood 1070 *John Crosbie 440 *Alexander Hickman 187 * Randolph Joyce 13 *Peter Cook 3 * Vincent Spencer 1 1972 leadership convention (Held February 5, 1972) * Edward Roberts 564 * Tom Burgess 82 *Rod Moores 14 * Vincent Spencer 3 1974 leadership convention (Held October 26, 1974) First Ballot: * Edward Roberts 337 * Joey Smallwood 305 *Roger Simmons 57 * Steve Neary 24 Second Ballot (Neary eliminated): * Edward Roberts 403 * Joey Smallwood 298 *Roger Simmons 7 1977 leadership convention (Held October 15, 1977) First Ballot: * Edward Roberts 356 * Steve Neary 238 *Bill Rowe 159 *Roger Simmons 115 * Hugh Shea 2 Second Ballot (Shea eliminated): * Edward Roberts 378 * Steve Neary 220 *Bill Rowe 150 *Roger Simmons 100 Third Ballot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leadership Convention
{{Politics of Canada In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader. Overview In Canada, leaders of a party generally remains that party's ''de facto'' candidate for Prime Minister until they die, resign, or are dismissed by the party. In the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) and some provincial NDPs, the position of party leader was treated as all other positions on the party's executive committee, and open for election at party conventions generally held every two years although incumbent leaders rarely face more than token opposition. Usually, outgoing leaders retains the party leadership until their successor is chosen at a leadership convention. However, in some circumstances, such as the death or immediate resignation of a leader, that is not possible, and an interim leader is appointed by the party for the duration of the leadership campaign. In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Bennett (politician)
Jim Bennett is a Canadian author, lawyer and former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected as the Member of the House of Assembly for St. Barbe in the 2011 provincial election serving until 2015. In 2006, Bennett was acclaimed leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, but resigned from the post after just three months. In 2013, Bennett unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the provincial Liberal Party in their 2013 election. Politics Bennett entered provincial politics in 2006, after he was acclaimed leader of the Liberal Party. Due to internal conflicts with his party Bennett resigned as leader after just three months. He was replaced by former interim leader Gerry Reid. In the 2007 general election he was unsuccessful in his bid to defeat Progressive Conservative incumbent Wallace Young. Bennett was elected to the Daniel's Harbour town council in the September 2009 municipal elections. In March 2010, Bennett was hired by the town o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Reid
Gerry Reid (born June 18, 1954) was a Canadian politician and the leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. He served as interim leader from 2005 to 2006, until Jim Bennett replaced him in February 2006. Reid was reelected as leader of the party on May 29, 2006, after Bennett resigned due to differences with the Liberal Party caucus. Prior to entering politics, Reid was a teacher and town councillor in Summerford. Reid represented the district of The Isles of Notre Dame in the House of Assembly from 1996 until his 2007 defeat. On October 9, 2007, in the general election, he led the party to its worst showing in the province's history with just 3 out of 48 potential seats. Reid was also defeated in his own riding by Progressive Conservative candidate Derrick Dalley, by a margin of twelve votes. Reid announced his departure from politics and resignation as party leader on November 13, 2007. He was subsequently replaced by MHA Yvonne Jones Yvonne Jean Jones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dicks
Paul D. Dicks (born 1950) is a lawyer and former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Humber West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 to 2001 as a Liberal. He was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador and was educated at Memorial University for undergraduate degrees in Arts and Education, and then at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia for his LL.B. Dicks was then called to the Newfoundland bar and set up practice in his hometown of Corner Brook. He ran successfully for the Liberal Party in Humber West in the general election of 1989. He was Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1993 until 1995. Dicks served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 1989 to 1991 and from 1998 to 1999, as Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board from 1995 to 2000 and as Minister of Mines and Energy from 2000 to 2001. He left politics in 2001 after running unsucc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Efford
Ruben John Efford (January 6, 1944 – January 2, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He first served as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (MHA) from 1985 to 2001, representing Port de Grave electoral district and also serving as cabinet minister of various portfolios. After losing the 2001 leadership convention of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he went into federal politics and served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2002 until 2006 for the Liberal Party of Canada. He initially represented Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, before switching to Avalon after electoral redistribution prior to the 2004 federal election. Early life Ruben John Efford was born on January 6, 1944, in Port de Grave, Newfoundland and Labrador, the son of Reuben John and Diana Efford. He completed high school in his hometown, before doing a business administration program. He went on to become the owner and operator of Efford’s Wholesale, Snow's Plumbing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Grimes
Roger D. Grimes (born May 2, 1950) is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. Grimes was born and raised in the central Newfoundland town of Grand Falls-Windsor. Grimes is a former leader of the province's Liberal Party and was its eighth premier from February 2001 until November 2003. A teacher by profession, Grimes was elected president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association in 1985, a position he held for two years. Politics In 1989, Grimes was elected to the House of Assembly representing Exploits district. Grimes entered the cabinet of Premier Clyde Wells in 1991 as Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, followed by service as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. Under Premier Brian Tobin, Grimes was by now a senior Minister and served in the portfolios of Education, Mines and Energy, and Health and Community Servies. 2001 NL Liberal Leadership Convention Grimes won the 2001 Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaton Tulk
Beaton Tulk (May 22, 1944 – May 23, 2019) was a Canadian educator, civil servant and politician. He served as the seventh premier of Newfoundland from 2000 to 2001 as a member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. Early life Born in Ladle Cove, Newfoundland, Tulk was the youngest son of Sadie and Japhet Tulk. He graduated from Memorial University with BA, B.Ed, and Master of Educational Administration degrees. He also later obtained a Canadian Securities Investment Diploma. An educator prior to politics, he was a supervising principal for the Carmanville school system from 1974 to 1979. Political career Tulk was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1979 as the Liberal Party of Newfoundland (later Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador) member for Fogo, and was re-elected in 1982 and 1985. He was defeated in the 1989 election, and in 1990 became the Assistant Deputy Minister of Children and Youth Services for the Newfoundland government. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Tobin
Brian Vincent Tobin (born October 21, 1954) is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Tobin served as the sixth premier of Newfoundland from 1996 to 2000. Tobin was also a prominent Member of Parliament and served as a cabinet minister in Jean Chrétien's Liberal government. Early life, education, and family Tobin was born in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He studied political science at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, but did not complete his degree. He worked a brief stint as a TV news announcer with NBC (now NTV) before joining the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador as a political aide to former federal Member of Parliament (MP) and federal cabinet minister Don Jamieson. Tobin is married to Jodean (Smith) and they have three children: Heather, Adam, and Jack. Political career Tobin was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal in the 1980 election. He was re-elected in the 1984 election even though Brian Mulroney's, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Baker
Winston Baker (born December 17, 1939) was a Canadian politician, who sat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1985 to 1995 as a member of the Liberals. He represented the electoral district of Gander. Baker was deputy mayor for Gander from 1981 to 1985. He was defeated by Hazel Newhook Hazel Rose Newhook (December 24, 1914 – June 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician, who sat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. where she represented the electoral district o ... when he ran for the Gander seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1982; Baker defeated Newhook to win the seat in 1985. He ran unsuccessfully for the party leadership in 1987, losing to Clyde Wells. Baker served as government house leader, president of the Treasury Board and Minister of Finance. Baker resigned his seat in 1995. References Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs 1939 births Living people {{Newfoundland-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Kirby Wells
Clyde Kirby Wells, (born November 9, 1937) was the fifth premier of Newfoundland from 1989 to 1996, and subsequently Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador, sitting on the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) from 1998 to 2009. Early life, family, and education Wells was born in Buchans Junction, Newfoundland, at a time when the Dominion was under formal administration as a 'Commission of Government' from the United Kingdom. Wells grew up from age seven in the town of Stephenville Crossing, in the western part of Newfoundland. Wells was the second-oldest of nine children of Ralph Wells and Maude (nee Kirby) Wells; his father was a railway express messenger and freight handler. The Wells family was poor, and devoutly religious, with the Anglican parish church located very close to their home; the family assisted the parish priest with church operations. Wells completed high school with grade 11 in 1952 at age 15, and then worked as a record-keeper f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Hiscock
Eugene Ronald Hiscock (born June 27, 1950) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Eagle River in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the Unicameralism, unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Build ... from 1979 to 1989. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He was born at Chamberlains, Newfoundland. References 1950 births Living people Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs People from Conception Bay South {{Newfoundland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |