James Rodd (January 29, 1956) was the leader of the

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from November 2007 when he was selected as interim leader at the party's annual general meeting following the resignation of

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. Rodd was ratified as leader at a

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held on April 4, 2009. Rodd, an organic farmer, was a candidate for the district of

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in the 2003 provincial election and in

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in the 2007 provincial election and the 2011 provincial election. Rodd is also past president of the Island NDP. He announced his intention to resign as leader of the party on February 8, 2012. and was succeeded as party leader by

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in October of that year, upon his resignation."P.E.I. NDP elect Mike Redmond as party leader"

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, October 13, 2012. In 2017, Rodd, along with former PEI politicians including

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and Alan Buchanan, both former Liberal MLAs, officially joined the province's

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due that party's member

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by-election win in

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, which was the first time in PEI politics that third party had won in by-election, and their shared interest with that party's position of promoting voting reform in the province in the form of

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