Calvin George Normore (June 22, 1917 – August 8, 2002)"Deaths: Normore, Calvin George (Tubby)". '' The Western Star'', August 10, 2002. was a

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politician, who served as leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party from 1963 to 1966. A machinist employed by Bowater at

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, he was an active labour unionist who served as president of the Corner Brook District Labor Council, and vice-president of the

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. He was first politically active as a candidate for the Newfoundland Democratic Party, a shortlived provincial labour political party, in the 1959 provincial election.Leo Heaps, ''Our Canada: The Story of the New Democratic Party Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow''. Lorimer, 1991. . p. 173. Following the creation of the national

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in 1961, the Newfoundland Democratic Party merged with the NDP, which continued to be led by

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. After the party failed to break through in the 1962 provincial election, Normore succeeded Finn as party leader, leading the party into the 1966 provincial election. Normore ran against premier

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in the electoral district of Humber West; while he garnered 34 per cent of the vote, he was not elected. He stepped down as leader, and Esau Thoms served as the party's interim leader until John Connors was selected at a leadership convention in 1970."NDPers choose new leader". ''

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'', September 4, 1970. His son, Calvin Normore, is a noted academic.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Normore, Calvin 1917 births 2002 deaths Leaders of the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP/CCF Trade unionists from Newfoundland and Labrador People from Corner Brook Candidates in Newfoundland and Labrador provincial elections