Joe Byrne (born December 26, 1961) served as leader of the
New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island
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from 2018 to 2020. He became leader on April 7, 2018, after defeating two other candidates on the first ballot of the NDP leadership convention.
Previously, Byrne was the federal NDP candidate in
Charlottetown
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riding in the
2011
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,
2015
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and
2019
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federal elections, placing second behind
Liberal
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candidate Sean Casey in 2015, and fourth in 2019.
Byrne was a
missionary
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in the
Dominican Republic
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for seven years and then served as director of youth ministry at the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown
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for 12 years. Since 2010, he has been community connections supervisor with the PEI Association of Newcomers to Canada, where he has helped plan the annual ‘DiverseCity’ festival.
Byrne also contested the
2019 Prince Edward Island general election
The 2019 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The vote in 26 of the 27 districts was held on 23 April 2019, while the vote for the member from Charlottetown-Hills ...
in District 12,
Charlottetown-Victoria Park
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, losing to
Green Party
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