This page lists the results of
leadership elections held by the
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party is the provincial branch, and affiliate of the federal Liberal Party of Canada. It has served as the Government o ...
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1949 leadership convention
(Held April 28, 1949)
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Joey Smallwood
Joseph Roberts Smallwood (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of ...
acclaimed
1969 leadership convention
(Held November 1, 1969)
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Joey Smallwood
Joseph Roberts Smallwood (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of ...
1070
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John Crosbie
John Carnell Crosbie, (January 30, 1931 – January 10, 2020) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to being lieutenant governor, he served as a pr ...
440
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Alexander Hickman
Thomas Alexander Hickman, (October 19, 1925 – January 10, 2016) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.
Biography
Born in Grand Bank, Newfoundland (present-day Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), Hickman studied at Memorial Univer ...
187
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Randolph Joyce 13
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Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor, comedian, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishme ...
3
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Vincent Spencer 1
1972 leadership convention
(Held February 5, 1972)
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Edward Roberts 564
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Tom Burgess 82
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Rod Moores
Roderick Moores (born April 9, 1949) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Carbonear in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the Unicameralism, unicam ...
14
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Vincent Spencer 3
1974 leadership convention
(Held October 26, 1974)
First Ballot:
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Edward Roberts 337
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Joey Smallwood
Joseph Roberts Smallwood (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of ...
305
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Roger Simmons
Roger Cyril Simmons, (born June 3, 1939) is a Canadian public policy consultant and former politician and diplomat.
Simmons is originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, where he was a politician for many years. He was later based at the Vancou ...
57
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Steve Neary 24
Second Ballot (Neary eliminated):
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Edward Roberts 403
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Joey Smallwood
Joseph Roberts Smallwood (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of ...
298
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Roger Simmons
Roger Cyril Simmons, (born June 3, 1939) is a Canadian public policy consultant and former politician and diplomat.
Simmons is originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, where he was a politician for many years. He was later based at the Vancou ...
7
1977 leadership convention
(Held October 15, 1977)
First Ballot:
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Edward Roberts 356
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Steve Neary 238
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Bill Rowe
William Neil Rowe, (born June 4, 1942) is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Rowe was born in Grand Bank and is the son of the late Liberal Senator Frederick William Rowe and the late Edit ...
159
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Roger Simmons
Roger Cyril Simmons, (born June 3, 1939) is a Canadian public policy consultant and former politician and diplomat.
Simmons is originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, where he was a politician for many years. He was later based at the Vancou ...
115
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Hugh Shea
Hugh Joseph Shea (1932 – 1993) was a businessperson and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1971 to 1972.
The son of William Shea and Ellen Cleary, he was born in St. Joh ...
2
Second Ballot (Shea eliminated):
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Edward Roberts 378
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Steve Neary 220
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Bill Rowe
William Neil Rowe, (born June 4, 1942) is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Rowe was born in Grand Bank and is the son of the late Liberal Senator Frederick William Rowe and the late Edit ...
150
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Roger Simmons
Roger Cyril Simmons, (born June 3, 1939) is a Canadian public policy consultant and former politician and diplomat.
Simmons is originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, where he was a politician for many years. He was later based at the Vancou ...
100
Third Ballot (Simmons eliminated):
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Edward Roberts 373
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Bill Rowe
William Neil Rowe, (born June 4, 1942) is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Rowe was born in Grand Bank and is the son of the late Liberal Senator Frederick William Rowe and the late Edit ...
227
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Steve Neary 215
Fourth Ballot (Neary eliminated):
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Bill Rowe
William Neil Rowe, (born June 4, 1942) is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Rowe was born in Grand Bank and is the son of the late Liberal Senator Frederick William Rowe and the late Edit ...
439
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Edward Roberts 376
1979 leadership election
Following Rowe's resignation on May 27, 1979 the Party Executive elected
Don Jamieson leader.
1980 leadership convention
(Held November 1, 1980)
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Len Stirling
Len Stirling is a former politician in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. He was a member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1982 and was leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1980 to 1982. ...
666
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Les Thoms 140
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Ted Noseworthy 1
Stirling was personally defeated in the
1982 general election. On October 16, 1982
Steve Neary was named interim leader.
1984 leadership convention
(Held October 13, 1984)
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Leo Barry
Leo Barry (born 19 May 1977) is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) with the Sydney Swans.
Originally from Deniliquin, New South Wales, Barry attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, before being d ...
517
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Eugene Hiscock
Eugene Ronald Hiscock (born June 27, 1950) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Eagle River in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the Unicameralism ...
51
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Hugh Shea
Hugh Joseph Shea (1932 – 1993) was a businessperson and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1971 to 1972.
The son of William Shea and Ellen Cleary, he was born in St. Joh ...
24
1987 leadership convention
(Held June 5, 1987)
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Clyde Wells 564
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Winston Baker
Winston Baker (born December 17, 1939) was a Canadian politician, who sat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1985 to 1995 as a member of the Liberals. He represented the electoral district of Gander.
Baker was deputy mayor for Gander f ...
67
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Ted Noseworthy 10
1996 leadership convention
(Held January 17, 1996)
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Brian Tobin
Brian Vincent Tobin (born October 21, 1954) is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Tobin served as the sixth premier of Newfoundland from 1996 to 2000. Tobin was also a prominent Member of Parliament and served as a cabinet minister i ...
acclaimed
Tobin resigned as premier and leader on October 16, 2000.
Beaton Tulk
Beaton Tulk (May 22, 1944 – May 23, 2019) was a Canadian educator, civil servant and politician. He served as the seventh premier of Newfoundland from 2000 to 2001 as a member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Early life
Born ...
was chosen interim leader and premier.
2001 leadership convention
(Held February 3, 2001)
First Ballot:
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Roger Grimes
Roger D. Grimes (born May 2, 1950) is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. Grimes was born and raised in the central Newfoundland town of Grand Falls-Windsor.
Grimes is a former leader of the province's Liberal Party and was its ...
609
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John Efford
Ruben John Efford (January 6, 1944 – January 2, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He first served as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (MHA) from 1985 to 2001, representing Port de Grave electoral district and also se ...
546
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Paul Dicks
Paul D. Dicks (born 1950) is a lawyer and former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Humber West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 to 2001 as a Liberal.
He was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland an ...
111
Second Ballot (Dicks eliminated):
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Roger Grimes
Roger D. Grimes (born May 2, 1950) is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. Grimes was born and raised in the central Newfoundland town of Grand Falls-Windsor.
Grimes is a former leader of the province's Liberal Party and was its ...
638
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John Efford
Ruben John Efford (January 6, 1944 – January 2, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He first served as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (MHA) from 1985 to 2001, representing Port de Grave electoral district and also se ...
624
Grimes resigned on May 30, 2005 and
Gerry Reid
Gerry Reid (born June 18, 1954) was a Canadian politician and the leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. He served as interim leader from 2005 to 2006, until Jim Bennett replaced him in February 2006. Reid was reelected as ...
was named interim leader.
2006 leadership convention
(Held February 6, 2006)
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Jim Bennett acclaimed
Bennett resigned as leader on May 8, 2006. Gerry Reid once again became interim leader and was elected by the executive as permanent leader on May 29, 2006. Reid was personally defeated in the
2007 General Election and resigned.
Yvonne Jones
Yvonne Jean Jones (born March 15, 1968) is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on May 13, 2013. She represents the district of Labrador as a member of the Liberal ...
was named interim leader on November 15, 2007.
May 2011 leadership convention
(Held May 28, 2011)
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Yvonne Jones
Yvonne Jean Jones (born March 15, 1968) is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on May 13, 2013. She represents the district of Labrador as a member of the Liberal ...
acclaimed
Jones resigned on August 9, 2011. The Party Executive elected a successor on August 14.
August 2011 leadership election
(Held August 14, 2011 - secret ballot by party executive, vote totals not released)
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Kevin Aylward
Kevin Aylward (born August 24, 1960) is a Canadians, Canadian businessman and former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He has served as leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador from August 14, 2011 until January 3, ...
elected
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Brad Cabana
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Bern Coffey
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Danny Dumaresque
Danny Wade Dumaresque (born November 6, 1959) is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Eagle River in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 to 1996 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dumaresque has been a Direc ...
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Ryan Lane
Ryan Thomas Lane (born November 23, 1987) is an American actor. Beginning his professional career at the age of nineteen, Lane is best known for his portrayal of Cincinnati Reds center-fielder Dummy Hoy, William Ellsworth Hoy in the DOC: The Do ...
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Rodney Martin
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Charles Murphy
Aylward was defeated in the
2011 general election and resigned effective January 3, 2012.
Dwight Ball
Dwight Ball (born December 21, 1957) is a Canadian politician who was the 13th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from December 14, 2015, to August 19, 2020, and an MHA. He represented the electoral district of Humber Valley in the Newfoundla ...
was chosen interim leader.
2013 leadership convention
(Held November 15–17, 2013)
= Winner
2020 leadership convention
(Held August 3, 2020) after Dwight Ball announced his pending resignation in February 2020.
References
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*Carty, Kenneth R et al., ''Leaders and Parties in Canadian Politics: Experiences of the Provinces''. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Canada, 1992.
See also
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Leadership convention {{Politics of Canada
In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader.
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Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party is the provincial branch, and affiliate of the federal Liberal Party of Canada. It has served as the Government o ...