Dolores (Dody) Crane is a

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politician, who was interim leader of the

Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island (NDP PEI) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and a branch of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). CCF The NDP's predecessor, the Co-o ...

from 1989 to 1991.Leo Heaps, ''Our Canada: The Story of the New Democratic Party Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow''. Lorimer, 1991. . She originally ran as the party's candidate in Hillsborough in the 1988 federal election, finishing with what was at the time the best federal result for an NDP candidate in the province's history. Due to organizational upheaval in the provincial party following the resignation of

Jim Mayne James Herman Mayne (Aug 27, 1950 – July 16, 2015) was a Canadian politician, who was leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party from 1983 to 1989.Leo Heaps, ''Our Canada: The Story of the New Democratic Party Yesterday, Today and Tom ...

, she subsequently served as the party's spokesperson and acting leader until

Larry Duchesne Larry Duchesne (born 1949) is a Canadian politician, who was leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party from 1991 to 1995. A teacher and former journalist from Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, he won the party leadership on February 3 ...

was selected as the party's new permanent leader in 1991. She continued to be a New Democratic Party candidate in federal elections, running in Hillsborough again in the

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and

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elections, and in the successor riding of

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in the

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election. She is the sister of Olive Crane, a former MLA and leader of the

Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island is one of three major political parties on Prince Edward Island. The party and its rival, the Liberals, have alternated in power since responsible government was granted in 1851. Histo ...

."Battlegrounds Canada: Liberals seem safe in P.E.I., but momentum could shift"
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'', August 4, 2011.

Electoral record

References

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