Danny Wade Dumaresque (born November 6, 1959) is a

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politician. He represented the riding of Eagle River in the

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from 1989 to 1996 as a member of the

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. Dumaresque has been a Director of NL Hydro and an outspoken critic of the

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hydro development. Dumaresque is founder of Labrador Gem Seafoods. In the 1996 election, Dumaresque defeated

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for the Liberal nomination in the redistricted riding of

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. Jones ran as an independent candidate, however, and defeated Dumaresque in the general election. She later joined the Liberal caucus. He later served as

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's campaign manager in the party's

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in 2001. He subsequently threatened to sue the victorious candidate,

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, for

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after Grimes reportedly stated that he "would never be able to sleep any one night in comfort, knowing he had a minister in confidence who had Danny Dumaresque as an advisor to him." Premier Grimes issued and official apology stating there was no basis for his statement and Mr. Dumaresque dropped his suit. He also served as president of the provincial Liberal Party from 2006 until 2009. He was succeeded in this role by Judy Morrow. Dumaresque ran as the Liberal candidate in

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in the 2007 election, but narrowly lost to

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. He was also frequently rumoured as a possible candidate for the leadership of the provincial Liberal party in their 2010 leadership election. After he had previously stated that he would not rule it out, on July 29, 2010 he announced he would not run and would instead focus on his business career. Dumaresque has owned and operated seafood processing plants in Quebec and Newfoundland and successfully marketed various seafood products to the international marketplace. In March 2011, he announced that he was considering running for the Liberals in the 2011 provincial election in the district of

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, but on August 22, 2011, he was acclaimed as the party's candidate in

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and lost in the general election. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the

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to replace Yvonne Jones in August 2011. On July 2, 2013 Dumaresque announced he was running for the leadership of the provincial Liberal Party in their 2013 election. He was, again, ultimately unsuccessful in his bid to lead the party. Dumaresque ran for the Liberal nomination in

for the 2015 provincial election but lost to

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. He later won a party nomination in

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, but lost to the Progressive Conservative incumbent, David Brazil.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dumaresque, Danny 1959 births Living people Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Franco-Newfoundlander people People from Labrador